Economics at Vanderbilt University

If you are interested in studying economics, you may want to check out the program at Vanderbilt University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and approximately 13,537 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 211 economics majors received their bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt.

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

Vanderbilt Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics
• Master’s Degree in Economics
• Doctorate Degree in Economics

Vanderbilt Economics Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The economics major at Vanderbilt is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Economics. 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 Economics Doctor’s Degree Schools	10
Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Best Value Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	127

In 2021, 47 students received their master’s degree in economics from Vanderbilt. This makes it the #25 most popular school for economics master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in economics, making the school the #31 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Vanderbilt Economics Graduates

The median salary of economics students who receive their bachelor's degree at Vanderbilt is $72,741. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 59% higher than the national average of $45,868 for all economics bachelor's degree recipients.

Economics Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

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

Vanderbilt Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 211 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in economics from Vanderbilt in 2021, 61% were men and 39% were women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at Vanderbilt since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its economics 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 economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	30
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	101
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	25

Vanderbilt Economics Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 students graduated with a master's degree in economics from Vanderbilt. About 40% were men and 60% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	39
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Vanderbilt also has a doctoral program available in economics. In 2021, 14 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Anthropology
• Sociology
• Political Science & Government
• General Social Sciences

Careers That Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in economics 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
Managers	14,480	$83,010
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	9,050	$60,990
Survey Researchers	190	$45,240
Economics Professors	160	$130,170
Economists	60	$83,350

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.