Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
School Background
2022 Undergraduate Enrollment: 7,104
Graduate Enrollment: 6,685
Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
Highest degree awarded:
Graduate
Religious Affiliation:
None
Campus Details
Large City (>250k)
Four-year, large, highly residential
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full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
Applicant and Admittance Traits
2022 Admission Rate: 7.14%
Male/Female: 47% / 53% (2017)
First generation college students: 12.2% (2017)
Percentage of students who are married when enrolled: 0.8% (2011)
Percentage of students who are veterans: 0.6% (2006)
Test scores for admission: Considered but not required
Appliants applying to 2+ schools: 62.8% (2017)
Appliants applying to 3+ schools: 56.9% (2017)
Appliants applying to 4+ schools: 52.3% (2017)
Appliants applying to 5+ schools: 49.2% (2017)
Ethnicity Information
White: 41.4%
Black: 10.7%
Hispanic: 10.7%
Asian: 16.6%
American Indian/Alaska Native: 0.4%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0.3%
2+ races: 5.7%
Non-resident alien: 10.2%
Unknown race: 4.1%
Black: 10.7%
Hispanic: 10.7%
Asian: 16.6%
American Indian/Alaska Native: 0.4%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0.3%
2+ races: 5.7%
Non-resident alien: 10.2%
Unknown race: 4.1%
Costs & Fees
2022 Average Tuition & Fees (Room/Board/Books): $76,044
In-State tuition: $56,966Out-of-State tuition: $56,966
Estimated books and supplies: $1,194 (2022)
Estimated on-campus room & board: $18,376 (2022)
Estimated on-campus other fees: $3,002 (2022)
Estimated off-campus room & board: $13,818 (2013)
Estimated off-campus other fees: $2,584 (2013)
Average Family Income: $93,402 (2017)
Median Family Income: $58,118 (2017)
Scholarships & Financial Aid
Percentage of students receiving Pell Grant: 16.0%Percentage of students with Federal Loans: 10.8%
Median federal loan debt at graduation: $14,000 (2021)
Median federal loan payment: $148 (2021)
| Household Income | Net Cost |
|---|---|
| 0-$30k | $4,752 |
| $30k-48k | $7,456 |
| $48k-75k | $9,117 |
| $75k-110k | $16,889 |
| $110k+ | $43,395 |
Graduate Outcomes & Job Placements
4-year graduation rate: 89%6-year graduation rate: 93%
1 year post-graduation workforce participation: 93.5% (2020)
Loans
Median federal debt for graduates: $14,000 (2021)Median federal debt for non-graduates: $7,811 (2021)
Median federal debt for first-generation graduates: $11,981 (2021)
Median federal debt for Pell grant recipient graduates: $9,500 (2021)
Ability to Repay Loans
| Graduates, % of Loans in Repayment (Non-delinquent/default) |
Percentage |
|---|---|
| @1 Year | 82.3% (2015) |
| @3 year | 86.0% (2017) |
| @5 year | 90.7% (2017) |
1-year Graduate % of Loans being Repaid (Non-delinquent/default) - Pell Grant Recipients: 74.8% (2015)
1-year Graduate % of Loans being Repaid - 1st Generation Attendees: 72.8% (2015)
Earnings Power
Median earnings, 1 year post graduation: $59,743 (2020)Median earnings, 4 years post graduation: $78,257 (2020)
Popular Majors
| Type of Degree | Major | 2022 Graduates | Median Federal Debt | Median Monthly Payment | 1yr Median Earnings (monthly gross) | 4yr Median Earnings (monthly gross) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's Degree | Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 7 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Mathematics. | 7 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 11 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language. | 17 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Biomedical/Medical Engineering. | 62 | $19,500 | $159 | $58,683 ($4,890) | $94,340 ($7,862) |
| Master's Degree | Biomedical/Medical Engineering. | 4 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Biomedical/Medical Engineering. | 12 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Chemical Engineering. | 39 | $76,636 ($6,386) | $96,178 ($8,015) | ||
| Master's Degree | Chemical Engineering. | 3 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Chemical Engineering. | 10 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Civil Engineering. | 23 | $64,258 ($5,355) | $84,716 ($7,060) | ||
| Master's Degree | Civil Engineering. | 11 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Civil Engineering. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Computer Engineering. | 14 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering. | 29 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering. | 8 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering. | 11 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Engineering Science. | 33 | $15,000 | $159 | $71,477 ($5,956) | |
| Doctoral Degree | Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering. | 5 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Mechanical Engineering. | 77 | $14,000 | $148 | $70,549 ($5,879) | $84,813 ($7,068) |
| Master's Degree | Mechanical Engineering. | 8 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Mechanical Engineering. | 10 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Engineering, Other. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 6 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Materials Sciences. | 7 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 81 | $12,000 | $127 | $29,944 ($2,495) | $57,455 ($4,788) |
| Master's Degree | Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 5 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. | 15 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. | 12 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate). | 5 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Mathematics. | 1 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Applied Mathematics. | 66 | $700 | $104,120 ($8,677) | ||
| Bachelor's Degree | Science, Technology and Society. | 8 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Classical and Ancient Studies. | 5 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Cognitive Science. | 34 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 207 | $12,000 | $127 | $35,847 ($2,987) | $60,205 ($5,017) |
| Master's Degree | Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 18 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Philosophy. | 24 | $31,434 ($2,620) | $81,508 ($6,792) | ||
| Master's Degree | Philosophy. | 3 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Philosophy. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Religion/Religious Studies. | 3 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Religion/Religious Studies. | 7 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Religion/Religious Studies. | 6 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Theological and Ministerial Studies. | 61 | $493 | $43,194 ($3,600) | $51,969 ($4,331) | |
| Bachelor's Degree | Chemistry. | 20 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Chemistry. | 4 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Chemistry. | 13 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences. | 14 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences. | 3 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Physics. | 18 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Physics. | 1 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Physics. | 9 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Psychology, General. | 60 | $11,209 | $119 | $54,652 ($4,554) | |
| Master's Degree | Psychology, General. | 6 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Psychology, General. | 8 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Research and Experimental Psychology. | 28 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Research and Experimental Psychology. | 6 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 7 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 2 | ||||
| First Professional Degree | Medicine. | 100 | $1,965 | $61,701 ($5,142) | $82,698 ($6,892) | |
| Master's Degree | Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies. | 13 | $100,756 ($8,396) | $197,452 ($16,454) | ||
| Master's Degree | Public Health. | 58 | $609 | $144,893 ($12,074) | $111,656 ($9,305) | |
| First Professional Degree | Public Health. | 4 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Medical Illustration and Informatics. | 6 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 349 | $1,031 | $103,860 ($8,655) | $112,247 ($9,354) | |
| Doctoral Degree | Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 5 | ||||
| First Professional Degree | Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 55 | $783 | $126,498 ($10,542) | $117,230 ($9,769) | |
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 39 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 177 | $1,033 | $136,818 ($11,402) | $155,974 ($12,998) | |
| Master's Degree | Accounting and Related Services. | 39 | $683 | $67,269 ($5,606) | $101,813 ($8,484) | |
| Master's Degree | Finance and Financial Management Services. | 67 | $866 | $140,812 ($11,734) | $147,778 ($12,315) | |
| Master's Degree | Human Resources Management and Services. | 28 | $476 | $113,936 ($9,495) | $121,755 ($10,146) | |
| Master's Degree | Marketing. | 48 | $688 | $88,831 ($7,403) | $136,944 ($11,412) | |
| Bachelor's Degree | History. | 70 | $15,000 | $175 | $41,761 ($3,480) | $60,522 ($5,044) |
| Master's Degree | History. | 2 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | History. | 12 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Area Studies. | 17 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Area Studies. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies. | 19 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Communication and Media Studies. | 27 | $62,250 ($5,188) | |||
| Bachelor's Degree | Computer Science. | 114 | $14,500 | $154 | $103,975 ($8,665) | $164,139 ($13,678) |
| Master's Degree | Computer Science. | 25 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Computer Science. | 8 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Education, General. | 10 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Curriculum and Instruction. | 19 | $378 | $50,891 ($4,241) | ||
| Master's Degree | Educational Administration and Supervision. | 61 | $403 | $52,966 ($4,414) | $64,808 ($5,401) | |
| Doctoral Degree | Educational Administration and Supervision. | 34 | $749 | $98,395 ($8,200) | $130,972 ($10,914) | |
| Master's Degree | International and Comparative Education. | 12 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Special Education and Teaching. | 13 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Materials Sciences. | 1 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Special Education and Teaching. | 54 | $313 | $51,109 ($4,259) | $49,873 ($4,156) | |
| Doctoral Degree | Special Education and Teaching. | 13 | $77,819 ($6,485) | |||
| Master's Degree | Student Counseling and Personnel Services. | 25 | $879 | $42,593 ($3,549) | $51,771 ($4,314) | |
| Bachelor's Degree | Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 28 | $41,835 ($3,486) | |||
| Master's Degree | Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 35 | $431 | $44,777 ($3,731) | $47,927 ($3,994) | |
| Doctoral Degree | Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 4 | ||||
| First Professional Degree | Law. | 210 | $1,591 | $144,075 ($12,006) | $154,348 ($12,862) | |
| Master's Degree | Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies. | 54 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | English Language and Literature, General. | 60 | $13,420 | $160 | $32,438 ($2,703) | $53,767 ($4,481) |
| Master's Degree | English Language and Literature, General. | 8 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | English Language and Literature, General. | 6 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. | 2 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 9 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Biology, General. | 13 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Biology, General. | 2 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Biology, General. | 10 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. | 44 | $14,250 | $175 | ||
| Doctoral Degree | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. | 13 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences. | 1 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences. | 10 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Microbiological Sciences and Immunology. | 3 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Microbiological Sciences and Immunology. | 12 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences. | 18 | $51,844 ($4,320) | |||
| Doctoral Degree | Pharmacology and Toxicology. | 11 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology. | 12 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology. | 7 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology. | 10 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Neurobiology and Neurosciences. | 113 | $15,796 | $170 | $26,611 ($2,218) | $78,554 ($6,546) |
| Master's Degree | Neurobiology and Neurosciences. | 3 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Neurobiology and Neurosciences. | 18 | $55,605 ($4,634) | |||
| First Professional Degree | Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other. | 14 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Mathematics. | 126 | $10,000 | $102 | $83,673 ($6,973) | $125,955 ($10,496) |
| Master's Degree | Community Organization and Advocacy. | 9 | $466 | $66,182 ($5,515) | ||
| Bachelor's Degree | Public Policy Analysis. | 42 | $47,780 ($3,982) | |||
| Master's Degree | Public Policy Analysis. | 13 | $460 | $61,376 ($5,115) | $72,427 ($6,036) | |
| Bachelor's Degree | Social Sciences, General. | 223 | $11,000 | $130 | $57,333 ($4,778) | $80,320 ($6,693) |
| Bachelor's Degree | Anthropology. | 10 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Anthropology. | 5 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Anthropology. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Economics. | 297 | $12,424 | $127 | $75,319 ($6,277) | $104,258 ($8,688) |
| Master's Degree | Economics. | 18 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Economics. | 11 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Political Science and Government. | 110 | $12,000 | $148 | $51,769 ($4,314) | $72,701 ($6,058) |
| Master's Degree | Political Science and Government. | 5 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Political Science and Government. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Sociology. | 27 | $33,129 ($2,761) | |||
| Master's Degree | Sociology. | 7 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Sociology. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 12 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Fine and Studio Arts. | 20 | $75,877 ($6,323) | |||
| Master's Degree | Fine and Studio Arts. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Music. | 57 | $21,500 | $228 | $20,721 ($1,727) | $61,014 ($5,085) |
| Master's Degree | Communication Disorders Sciences and Services. | 24 | $1,141 | $54,010 ($4,501) | ||
| Doctoral Degree | Communication Disorders Sciences and Services. | 6 | ||||
| First Professional Degree | Communication Disorders Sciences and Services. | 12 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 21 | $888 | $116,850 ($9,738) | $166,391 ($13,866) |
Campus Resources
Average faculty salary: $132,381Full time faculty: 80%
Undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio: 8.0
School's endowment start of year: $6,917,370,802 (2022)
School's endowment end of year: $10,928,512,332 (2022)