Engineering Science at Vanderbilt University

Every engineering science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering science program at Vanderbilt University stacks up to those at other schools.

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 13,537. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering science from Vanderbilt.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering Science section at the bottom of this page.

Vanderbilt Engineering Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Science

Vanderbilt Engineering Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering science progam at Vanderbilt compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering science major at Vanderbilt is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Engineering Science Schools	3
Best Value Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8

Engineering Science Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering science majors at Vanderbilt University.

Vanderbilt Engineering Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 38 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in engineering science from Vanderbilt in 2021, 61% were men and 39% were women. The typical engineering science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% women. So female students are more repesented at Vanderbilt since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Vanderbilt University with a bachelor's in engineering science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Vanderbilt also has a doctoral program available in engineering science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• General Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Civil Engineering

Careers That Engineering Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TN, the home state for Vanderbilt University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Engineers	4,250	$82,030
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,300	$129,320
Engineering Professors	610	$107,480

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Dansan4444 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.