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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?

0 Undergraduate Awards
$48,005 Avg Cost After Aid
7% Acceptance Rate
  • Students at Vanderbilt may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 8 to 1.
  • The 1% student loan default rate at Vanderbilt is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
  • The highest award offered at Vanderbilt is the doctor's degree.
  • For the <nil> academic year, 80% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt makes roughly $84,415 a year. This is 107% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
  • 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?

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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

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 Required
High School Rank Recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Required
Recommendations Recommended
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Vanderbilt?

7% Acceptance Rate
52% Of Accepted Are Women
25% Submit SAT Scores
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 48% of accepted students are men and 52% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 8%, and the acceptance rate for women is 7%.

Average Test Scores

About 25% 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 720 and 770. Math scores were between 760 and 800.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Vanderbilt University  ( 720 to 770 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Vanderbilt University  ( 760 to 800 )
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800
Vanderbilt received ACT scores from 32% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 34 and 36. Math scores were between 31 and 35. Composite scores were between 34 and 35.

ACT English Scores for Vanderbilt University  ( 34 to 36 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Vanderbilt University  ( 31 to 35 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Vanderbilt University  ( 34 to 35 )
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36

Can I Afford Vanderbilt University?

$48,005 Net Price
10% Take Out Loans
0.5% Loan Default Rate
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 10% of students took out student loans averaging $9,084 a year. That adds up to $36,336 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Vanderbilt is 0.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Vanderbilt University Undergraduate Student Diversity

7,042 Full-Time Undergraduates
51% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 7,111 undergraduate students at Vanderbilt, with 7,042 being full-time and 69 being part-time.

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There are also 6,685 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 7,042 full-time undergraduates at Vanderbilt, 49% are male and 51% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 1,170
Black or African American 753
Hispanic or Latino 754
White 2,912
International Students 714
Other Races/Ethnicities 739

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.

Online Learning at Vanderbilt University

698 Took All Classes Online
1,519 Took At Least One Class Online
188.9% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 1,519 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Vanderbilt has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 36th most popular in Tennessee for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Vanderbilt

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Vanderbilt University was 188.9%. This is the #291 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Vanderbilt regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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