Vanderbilt University Overview

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt University is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Vanderbilt University Known For?

• Vanderbilt has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 7 to 1.
• The highest award offered at Vanderbilt is the doctor's degree.
• During a recent academic cycle, 82% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Vanderbilt bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $91,565 a year. That's about 124% more than their peers at other schools.
• On average, it takes about 4.1 years for students from Vanderbilt to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Vanderbilt University?

Contact details for Vanderbilt are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2101 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37240
Phone:	615-322-7311
Website:	www.vanderbilt.edu

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How Do I Get Into Vanderbilt?

You can apply to Vanderbilt online at: admissions.vanderbilt.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Vanderbilt

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Vanderbilt?

The acceptance rate at Vanderbilt is 7%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 46% of accepted students are men and 54% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 7%, and the acceptance rate for women is 6%.

Average Test Scores

About 29% of students accepted to Vanderbilt submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 730 and 770. Math scores were between 760 and 800.

Vanderbilt received ACT scores from 32% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 35 and 36. Math scores were between 32 and 0. Composite scores were between 34 and 35.

Can I Afford Vanderbilt University?

The overall average net price of Vanderbilt is $48,005. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Vanderbilt, approximately 11% of students took out student loans averaging $8,872 a year. That adds up to $35,488 over four years for those students.

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Vanderbilt University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 7,057 undergraduate students at Vanderbilt, with 6,983 being full-time and 74 being part-time.

There are also 6,480 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,983 full-time undergraduates at Vanderbilt, 49% are male and 51% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Vanderbilt University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,117
Black or African American	773
Hispanic or Latino	703
White	2,964
International Students	658
Other Races/Ethnicities	768

Geographic Diversity

Tennessee students aren't the only ones who study at Vanderbilt University. At this time, 43 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 93 countries are represented at Vanderbilt. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Vanderbilt University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Nursing	0	25	363	70	458
Economics	286	0	42	9	337
General Social Sciences	302	0	2	0	304
Business Administration & Management	0	0	155	139	294
Computer Science	198	0	72	12	282
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	263	0	17	1	281
Law	0	0	0	200	200
Mathematics	157	0	3	5	165
Applied Mathematics	0	0	146	0	146
Political Science & Government	130	0	8	8	146
General Psychology	113	0	11	16	140
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	112	0	1	18	131
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	0	126	0	126
Child Development & Psychology	35	0	71	4	110
Medicine	0	0	0	104	104
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	74	0	2	23	99
Teacher Education Grade Specific	26	0	52	9	87
Biomedical Engineering	56	0	6	20	82
Theological & Ministerial Studies	0	0	56	26	82
Educational Administration	0	0	57	22	79
Mechanical Engineering	54	0	7	17	78
Special Education	9	0	62	6	77
Public Health	0	0	67	0	67
History	53	0	8	5	66
Public Policy	28	0	35	0	63
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	57	3	60
General English Literature	52	0	4	3	59
Romance Languages	53	0	0	6	59
Music	56	0	0	0	56
Human Development & Family Studies	19	0	35	0	54
Cognitive Science	51	0	0	1	52
Accounting	0	0	46	0	46
Chemical Engineering	35	0	3	8	46
Chemistry	26	0	3	16	45
Legal Research	0	0	42	0	42
General Biology	17	0	15	8	40
Civil Engineering	22	0	11	7	40
Human Resource Management	0	0	38	0	38
Electrical Engineering	11	0	9	18	38
Sociology	34	0	0	3	37
Computational Science	0	0	36	0	36
General Engineering	0	0	33	0	33
Teaching English or French	0	0	32	0	32
Communication Sciences	0	0	19	13	32
Engineering Science	30	0	0	0	30
Philosophy	27	0	1	2	30
Marketing	0	0	29	0	29
Communication & Media Studies	22	0	0	3	25
Area Studies	22	0	2	0	24
Fine & Studio Arts	22	0	2	0	24
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	23	0	23
Physics	16	0	2	5	23
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	22	0	0	0	22
Educational Assessment	0	0	21	0	21
Science, Technology & Society	21	0	0	0	21
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	8	0	0	12	20
Religious Studies	4	0	5	11	20
Teacher Education Subject Specific	9	0	10	0	19
Anthropology	14	0	2	3	19
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)	0	0	0	18	18
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	0	0	2	16	18
Geological & Earth Sciences	11	0	3	4	18
Community Organization & Advocacy	0	0	18	0	18
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	0	0	2	15	17
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	0	0	10	6	16
General Education	15	0	1	0	16
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	13	0	0	0	13
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	10	0	0	0	10
Ethnic Studies	10	0	0	0	10
Pharmacology & Toxicology	0	0	1	8	9
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	0	9	0	0	9
Classical & Ancient Studies	9	0	0	0	9
Architectural History	8	0	0	0	8
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	8	0	8
Computer Engineering	8	0	0	0	8
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	8	0	8
Materials Sciences	0	0	2	6	8
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	0	0	0	7	7
Writing Studies	0	0	7	0	7
Medical Science	0	0	7	0	7
Drama & Theater Arts	7	0	0	0	7
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	6	0	6
Medical Illustration & Informatics	0	0	6	0	6
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	6	0	6
Sustainability Science	5	0	0	0	5
Astronomy & Astrophysics	0	0	0	5	5
Genetics	0	0	1	3	4
Environmental Engineering	0	0	2	2	4
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	4	0	0	0	4
Germanic Languages	0	0	0	3	3
Other Education	1	0	0	0	1
Student Counseling	0	0	1	0	1
Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0	0
International Education	0	0	0	0	0
Other Engineering	0	0	0	0	0
Classical Languages & Literature	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2,590	34	1,940	929	5,493

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
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