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Medical Scientist at Vanderbilt University

Medical Scientist at Vanderbilt University

Every medical scientist school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the medical scientist 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.

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

Vanderbilt Medical Scientist Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Medical Scientist

Vanderbilt Medical Scientist Rankings

Medical Scientist Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

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

Vanderbilt Medical Scientist Master’s Program

71% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of medical scientist master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

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Of the students who received a medical scientist master's degree from Vanderbilt, 86% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Medical Scientist Grads May Go Into

A degree in medical scientist 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
Medical Scientists 1,370 $81,390
Natural Sciences Managers 500 $111,670
Epidemiologists 230 $84,560

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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