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#54 of 2,597 In North America
#50 of 2,496 In the United States
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Acceptance rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Avg. cost to attend
$25,606 /y
Aid receiving
69%
Undergraduates
7,151
Graduates
6,559
Male:Female Ratio
44:56
Control
Private
not-for-profit
Highest Degree
Doctor's degree
Website
vanderbilt.edu

Vanderbilt University Acceptance rate and admissions statistics

Vanderbilt University has an acceptance rate of 7% and is among the top 1% of the most difficult universities to gain admission to in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.

Total Men Women
Acceptance Rate 7% 7% 6%
Applicants 46,377 20,388 25,989
Admissions 3,093 1,411 1,682
Freshmen enrolled full time 1,617 739 878
Freshmen enrolled part time 2 2

618 students enrolled in some distance education courses.

699 enrolled exclusively in distance education.

SAT scores

Among admitted applicants
468 or 29%
submitted SAT

25% of them
had 1490
or below

75% of them
had 1570
or below

Typical SAT scores of first-years in Vanderbilt University are 1490-1570 (middle 50% range).

ACT scores

Among admitted applicants
519 or 32%
submitted ACT

25% of them
had 34
or below

75% of them
had 35
or below

Typical ACT scores of first-years in Vanderbilt University are 34-35 (middle 50% range).

Admissions requirements

College-preparatory program Required
Recommendations Required
Secondary school GPA Required
Secondary school record Required
TOEFL Required
SAT/ACT Considered but not required
Secondary school rank Considered but not required
Formal demonstration of competencies Neither required nor recommended
Other Tests Neither required nor recommended

Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity

White 6658 (49%)
Nonresident Alien 1714 (13%)
Asian 1698 (12%)
Hispanic 1279 (9%)
Black or African American 1269 (9%)
Two or more races 643 (5%)
Race or Ethnicity unknown 377 (3%)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 28 (0.2%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 14 (0.1%)

Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees

The average net cost to attend Vanderbilt University is $25,606 per year, calculated as the sum of the average cost of tuition, room and board, books, and supplies, reduced by the amount of average financial aid received.

The final cost of attendance varies for each student based on household income, residency, program, and other factors.

Net average cost to attend
$25,606/year
Average aid awarded
$53,932
Students receiving aid
69%

Average costs by household income

<$30K $7,451
$30-48K $4,475
$48-75K $8,892
$75-110K $16,934
$110K+ $43,288

Tuition and fees

UndergraduatesGraduates
Tuition in-district $58,130$53,160
Tuition in-state $58,130$53,160
Tuition out-of-state $58,130$53,160
Fee in-district $2,218$562
Fee in-state $2,218$562
Fee out-of-state $2,218$562

Room and board costs

Dormitory capacity 5,966
Combined charge for room and board $19,862
Room charge $12,720
Meal charge $7,142

Vanderbilt University majors

Vanderbilt University has granted 1,715 bachelor's degrees across 63 programs, 1,674 master's across 96 programs, and 834 doctorate degrees across 55 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at Vanderbilt University.

Major Bachelor Master Doctoral
Multi- & Interdisciplinary Studies, Other 217 24 3
Social Sciences, General 237
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics 209 7
Computer Science 158 36 5
Law 178
Organizational Leadership 1 136
Financial Mathematics 127
Medicine 99
Neuroscience 62 17
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering 47 7 18
Mechanical Engineering 51 11 8
Family Practice Nurse & Nursing 68
Psychology, General 45 11 11
Pediatric Nurse & Nursing 63
Nursing Practice 62
Special Education and Teaching, General 12 44 6
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other 60
Political Science and Government, General 40 14 6
Business Administration and Management, General 56
Counselor Education & School Counseling and Guidance Services 55
Programs for Foreign Lawyers 55
Critical Care Nursing 53
Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse & Nursing 49
English Language and Literature, General 40 4 3
Chemistry, General 13 3 28
Mathematics, General 29 4 10
Electrical and Electronics Engineering 13 12 16
Educational Leadership and Administration, General 25 14
Organizational Behavior Studies 39
Secondary Education and Teaching 19 20
Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other 37
Chemical Engineering 26 3 8
Engineering Science 37
Child Development 12 23
Engineering, General 35
Maternal & Child Health and Neonatal Nurse & Nursing 34
Sociology, General 24 3 7
Health Services Administration 33
Accounting 32
Adult Health Nurse & Nursing 32
Cognitive Science, General 32
Divinity & Ministry 31
Computational Science 29
History, General 16 5 8
Biochemistry 21 2 5
Public Health, General 28
Anthropology, General 19 3 5
Civil Engineering, General 13 10 4
Marketing & Marketing Management, General 27
Women's Health Nurse & Nursing 27
Biology & Biological Sciences, General 12 4 9
Molecular Biology 25
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language & ESL Language Instructor 25
Health & Health Care Administration & Management 23
History, Other 23
Nurse Midwife & Nursing Midwifery 23
Speech Communication and Rhetoric 22
Developmental and Child Psychology 21
Elementary Education and Teaching 2 18
Management Science 20
Public Policy Analysis, General 20
Nursing Science 11 8
Science, Technology and Society 19
Theology & Theological Studies 19
Curriculum and Instruction 18
Higher Education & Higher Education Administration 13 5
Speech-Language Pathology & Pathologist 18
Community Organization and Advocacy 17
Education, General 16 1
Urban Education and Leadership 17
Education Policy Analysis 16
Emergency Room & Trauma Nursing 16
Medical Science & Scientist 16
Microbiology, General 5 11
Philosophy 9 2 4
Reading Teacher Education 15
Biomedical Sciences, General 14
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services, Other 14
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels 14
Accounting and Finance 13
Computer Engineering, General 13
Spanish Language and Literature 3 7 3
Cell & Cellular and Molecular Biology 12
Legal Studies 12
Audiology & Audiologist 11
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 1 10
Religion & Religious Studies 3 8
Classical, Ancient Mediterranean, and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology 10
Economics, General 10
Educational Evaluation and Research 10
Geology & Earth Science, General 7 1 2
Stringed Instruments 10
Community Psychology 1 8
Fine & Studio Arts, General 9
Nursing Administration 9
Pharmacology 1 8
Physics, General 3 1 5
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 7 1
Astrophysics 8
French Language and Literature 3 1 4
Materials Science 1 7
Biostatistics 3 4
Brass Instruments 7
Film & Cinema & Media Studies 7
Liberal Arts and Sciences & Liberal Studies 7
Medical Informatics 7
Genetic Counseling & Counselor 6
Health & Medical Physics 3 3
Human & Medical Genetics 6
Music Teacher Education 4 2
Pathology & Experimental Pathology 6
Voice and Opera 6
African-American & Black Studies 5
American & United States Studies & Civilization 5
Asian Studies & Civilization 5
Audiology & Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology & Pathologist 5
Bioinformatics 4 1
Oncology and Cancer Biology 5
Percussion Instruments 5
Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology 5
Woodwind Instruments 5
Creative Writing 4
Latin American Studies 4
Molecular Physiology 1 3
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other 4
Environmental & Environmental Health Engineering 2 1
Epidemiology 3
Drama and Dramatics & Theatre Arts, General 2
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 2
Education & Teaching of Individuals with Hearing Impairments Including Deafness 2
Engineering, Other 2
German Language and Literature 1 1
German Studies 2
International and Comparative Education 2
Keyboard Instruments 2
Music Theory and Composition 2
Applied Economics 1
Architectural History and Criticism, General 1
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other 1
European Studies & Civilization 1
Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 1
Investments and Securities 1
Jazz & Jazz Studies 1
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 1
Grand Total 1,715 1,674 834

Vanderbilt University has a graduation rate of 93%, which is among the 3% highest for universities in the US.

Total Men Women
Graduation rate 93% 91% 94%
  • Full-time retention rate - 96%
  • Part-time retention rate - 100%

Publications & Citations

Vanderbilt University is a world-class research university with 133,959 scientific papers published and 4,960,387 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Medicine, Chemistry, Computer Science, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Genetics, Biochemistry, Engineering, Psychology, and Physics.

Publications
133,959
Citations
4,960,387

Publication / Citation count by topic

Biology
87,351 / 3,768,820
Medicine
80,888 / 3,422,918
Chemistry
65,738 / 2,828,638
Computer Science
54,351 / 2,069,780
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
53,376 / 1,788,963
Genetics
52,867 / 2,501,140
Biochemistry
49,022 / 2,371,131
Engineering
45,142 / 1,551,334
Psychology
43,727 / 1,763,994
Physics
43,614 / 1,451,764
Pathology
34,542 / 1,617,964
Environmental Science
32,346 / 1,113,608
Organic Chemistry
27,944 / 1,112,788
Political Science
26,451 / 774,141
Quantum and Particle physics
26,208 / 850,256
Psychiatry
25,308 / 1,147,297
Mathematics
25,205 / 1,036,974
Law
25,051 / 761,431
Philosophy
24,952 / 819,013
Sociology
24,165 / 874,537
Surgery
22,135 / 918,127
Neuroscience
19,873 / 831,952
Statistics
19,428 / 859,807
Materials Science
18,275 / 611,532
Immunology
17,498 / 833,410
Geology
16,635 / 590,550
Business
15,668 / 521,908
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
15,473 / 488,811
Radiology and Nuclear medicine
15,166 / 572,665
Geography and Cartography
15,159 / 460,263
Economics
14,438 / 501,759
Oncology and Cancer research
13,446 / 683,838
Linguistics
13,040 / 468,975
History
12,941 / 321,014
Paleontology
12,627 / 486,886
Optical Engineering
12,345 / 413,077
Public Health
11,233 / 484,126
Ecology
10,666 / 394,778
Archaeology
10,137 / 299,390
Anatomy and Physiology
9,707 / 398,574

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1991 1302 19835
1992 1318 21396
1993 1319 21622
1994 1346 23929
1995 1353 25546
1996 1560 28944
1997 1592 31813
1998 1665 36785
1999 1802 40983
2000 1763 46003
2001 1876 51082
2002 2228 57441
2003 2387 65555
2004 2700 72479
2005 2910 84270
2006 3227 94455
2007 3255 105686
2008 3454 115967
2009 3823 125717
2010 4299 142236
2011 4341 158652
2012 4785 177402
2013 4942 196529
2014 5335 214662
2015 5505 230173
2016 5669 239033
2017 5548 253260
2018 5697 273048
2019 5883 293459
2020 6279 337815
2021 5873 371266
2022 5622 366172
2023 5709 354587
Academic rankings

Vanderbilt University alumni

  1. Al Gore

    Al Gore
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    environmentalistbusinesspersoninternational forum participantwriterpolitician
    Biography

    Albert Arnold Gore Jr. is an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He previously served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1985 to 1993 and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1985. Gore was the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in the 2000 presidential election, which he lost to George W. Bush.

  2. Duncan Jones

    Duncan Jones
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    film producerfilm directorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones is a British film director, film producer and screenwriter. He directed the films Moon (2009), Source Code (2011), Warcraft (2016), and Mute (2018). For Moon, he won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. He is the son of English singer-songwriter David Bowie and Cypriot-born American model, actress, and journalist Angie Bowie.

  3. Greg Abbott

    Greg Abbott
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    lawyerinternational forum participantpoliticianjudge
    Biography

    Gregory Wayne Abbott is an American politician, attorney, and jurist serving as the 48th governor of Texas since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 50th attorney general of Texas from 2002 to 2015 and as a justice of the Texas Supreme Court from 1996 to 2001.

  4. Kim Dickens

    Kim Dickens
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Kim Dickens is an American actress. Her film debut was in the 1995 comedy film Palookaville. Dickens played lead roles in the films Truth or Consequences, N.M., Zero Effect (1998) and Mercury Rising (1998). Her other films include Great Expectations (1998), Hollow Man (2000), House of Sand and Fog (2003), Thank You for Smoking (2005), The Blind Side (2009), Gone Girl (2014), Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016), Lizzie (2018), Land (2021), and The Good Nurse (2022).

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General info

Founded 1873
Colors black, gold
Academic calendar August to April (August - December; January-April). Also Summer Session (May-July)
Total FTE staff 5,922
Carnegie classification Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity

Location and contacts

Address 2101 West End Avenue
Nashville, Tennessee, 37240
United States
City population 689,000
Phone 6153227311

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