Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

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Undergrad

Tuition & Fees

$54,158

not including room and board

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Test Scores

Average freshman score by percentile.

75th
770
25th
720
75th
800
25th
750
75th
36
25th
34
75th
35
25th
31
75th
35
25th
33
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undergraduateRatios

49%

male

51%

female

7

students

1

faculty

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Extremely Selective

11%

acceptance rate

Accepted 4,259
Declined 32,387
Total Received 36,646
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Private

6,998

undergraduate students

6,920

graduate students

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Location

School Facts

Vanderbilt University, founded in 1873, is a private university. Its 330-acre campus is located only 1.5 miles from downtown Nashville.

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Public/private Private
Campus enrollment 13,918
Established in 1873
Coeducational Coeducational

333-acre, urban campus in Nashville (population: 691,243). Served by air, bus, and train. Public transportation serves campus.

  • Campus Setting: Major city

Vanderbilt University
2201 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN
37240

Campus Life

yes
Housing available
85%
of undergraduates that live in campus-owned housing
100%
of freshmen that live in campus-owned housing
yes
Students are required to live in school housing
no
Students may not have cars on campus
yes
Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age

Fun Facts

  • Contrary to popular belief, the character of Professor Keating in Dead Poets Society is not based on a Vanderbilt University teacher. A school alumnus did write the screenplay, but it was based on his experiences at a private high school.

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% freshman classHigh School Class Rank

Top 1/10
90%
Top 1/4
7%
Top 1/2
2%

Test Scores

Average freshman score by percentile.

75th
770
25th
720
75th
800
25th
750
75th
36
25th
34
75th
35
25th
31
75th
35
25th
33

Admissions Facts

Application fee $50
Admissions interview (required or recommended) Neither
Common application accepted Yes
Application deadline (final deadline) January 1
School has early decision program Yes
Early decision program application deadline November 1
SAT/ACT requirements SAT or ACT Required SAT Subject Tests Considered if submitted

Extremely Selective

11%

acceptance rate

Accepted 4,259
Declined 32,387
Total Received 36,646

Admissions Factors

Required

Admission test scores
Secondary School GPA
Secondary School Record
Completion of college-preparatory program
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
Formal demonstration of competencies

Recommended

Secondary School Rank
Recommendations

Neither required nor recommended

Other Test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)

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Counseling services

  • Academic
  • Birth control
  • Career
  • Military
  • Minority student
  • Older student
  • Personal
  • Psychological
  • Religious
  • Veteran student

Remedial services offered

Not reported

Career placement services

  • Alumni network
  • Career/job search classes
  • Co-op education
  • Interest inventory
  • Internships
  • Interview training
  • On-campus job interviews
  • Resume assistance

Percent of the campus accessible to physically disabled students

Not Reported

Additional services

  • Day care
  • Health insurance
  • Health service
  • Nonremedial tutoring
  • Placement service
  • Women's Center

Special programs for physically disabled students

  • Adaptive equipment
  • Braille services
  • Interpreters for hearing-impaired
  • Note-taking services
  • Reader services
  • Special housing
  • Special transportation
  • Talking books
  • Tape recorders
  • Tutors

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Financial Aid

65%

Of undergraduate students
receiving financial aid

$44,675

Average financial aid

Cost

Tuition $52,781
Room $11,540
Board $6,130
Additional fees $1,377
Books & supplies $1,194
Total $73,022
Average Financial Aid - $44,675
Total with Avg. Aid $28,347

Scholarships & Grants

Need-based

Federal $7,165,622
State $2,265,580
Institutional $155,785,183
Other external $1,805,365
Total $167,021,750

Non-need-based

Federal $2,850,426
State $752,987
Institutional $19,843,816
Other external $1,488,854
Total $24,936,083

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Financial Facts

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Financial Aid Office


P: 800 288-0204
F: 615 343-8512
finaid@vanderbilt.edu

Varsity Sports

M W
All track combined yes
Baseball yes
Basketball yes yes
Bowling yes
Football yes
Golf yes yes
Lacrosse yes
Soccer yes
Swimming yes
Tennis yes yes
Track and field x country yes

Club Sports - Men's

badminton, baseball, basketball, capoeira, climbing, cricket, equestrian sports, fencing, field hockey, figure skating, golf, ice hockey, kung fu, lacrosse, rowing, rugby, running, sailing, soccer, spikeball, squash, swimming, tennis, trapshooting, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, water polo

Club Sports - Women's

badminton, baseball, capoeira, climbing, cricket, equestrian sports, fencing, field hockey, figure skating, golf, ice hockey, kung fu, lacrosse, rowing, rugby, running, sailing, soccer, spikeball, squash, swimming, tennis, trapshooting, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, water polo

Intramural/Recreational Sports

badminton, basketball, bowling, dodgeball, flag football, golf, kickball, racquetball, soccer, softball, squash, table tennis, tennis, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, weight lifting

Majors

Assc. Bach. Mast. Doct.
Accounting and Finance. yes
Accounting. yes
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing. yes
African-American/Black Studies. yes
American/United States Studies/Civilization. yes
Ancient Studies/Civilization. yes
Anthropology, General. yes yes yes
Applied Economics. yes
Art History, Criticism and Conservation. yes yes
Asian Studies/Civilization. yes
Astrophysics. yes
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist. yes yes
Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law. yes
Biochemistry. yes yes yes
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering. yes yes yes
Bioinformatics. yes yes
Biology/Biological Sciences, General. yes yes yes
Biomedical Sciences, General. yes
Biostatistics. yes yes
Brass Instruments. yes
Business Administration and Management, General. yes yes
Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other. yes
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology. yes yes
Chemical Engineering. yes yes yes
Chemistry, General. yes yes yes
Child Development. yes yes
Civil Engineering, General. yes yes yes
Classical, Ancient Mediterranean, and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology. yes
Clinical Child Psychology. yes
Cognitive Science, General. yes yes yes
Communication and Media Studies, Other. yes
Community Organization and Advocacy. yes
Community Psychology. yes yes
Computer Engineering, General. yes
Computer Science. yes yes yes
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services. yes
Creative Writing. yes
Critical Care Nursing. yes
Curriculum and Instruction. yes
Development Economics and International Development. yes
Developmental and Child Psychology. yes
Divinity/Ministry. yes
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General. yes
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics. yes yes
Economics, General. yes yes yes
Education Policy Analysis. yes
Education, General. yes
Education, Other. yes
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Hearing Impairments Including Deafness. yes
Educational Leadership and Administration, General. yes yes
Electrical and Electronics Engineering. yes yes yes
Elementary Education and Teaching. yes yes
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing. yes
Engineering Science. yes
Engineering, Other. yes
English Language and Literature, General. yes yes yes
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering. yes yes
Epidemiology. yes
European Studies/Civilization. yes
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing. yes
Film/Cinema/Media Studies. yes
Finance, General. yes
Financial Mathematics. yes
Fine/Studio Arts, General. yes
Foreign Language Teacher Education. yes
French Language and Literature. yes yes yes
Geology/Earth Science, General. yes yes yes
German Language and Literature. yes yes yes
German Studies. yes
Health Services Administration. yes
Health Teacher Education. yes
Health/Health Care Administration/Management. yes
Health/Medical Physics. yes
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration. yes yes
Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General. yes
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies. yes
History, General. yes yes yes
History, Other. yes
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services, Other. yes
Human/Medical Genetics. yes
International and Comparative Education. yes
Investments and Securities. yes
Jewish/Judaic Studies. yes
Keyboard Instruments. yes
Latin American Studies. yes yes
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies. yes
Management Information Systems, General. yes
Management Science. yes
Marketing/Marketing Management, General. yes
Materials Science. yes yes
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing. yes
Mathematics, General. yes yes yes
Mechanical Engineering. yes yes yes
Medical Informatics. yes
Medical Science/Scientist. yes
Microbiology, General. yes yes
Molecular Biology. yes
Molecular Physiology. yes yes
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. yes yes yes
Music Teacher Education. yes yes
Music Theory and Composition. yes
Music, General. yes
Music, Other. yes
Neuroscience. yes yes yes
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery. yes
Nursing Administration. yes
Nursing Science. yes yes
Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN) yes
Oncology and Cancer Biology. yes yes
Operations Management and Supervision. yes
Organizational Behavior Studies. yes
Pediatric Nurse/Nursing. yes
Percussion Instruments. yes
Pharmacology. yes yes
Philosophy. yes yes yes
Physics, General. yes yes yes
Political Science and Government, General. yes yes yes
Portuguese Language and Literature. yes
Programs for Foreign Lawyers. yes
Psychology, General. yes yes yes
Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology. yes
Public Health, General. yes
Public Policy Analysis, General. yes
Reading Teacher Education. yes
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Other. yes
Religion/Religious Studies. yes yes yes
Russian Language and Literature. yes
Science, Technology and Society. yes
Secondary Education and Teaching. yes yes
Social Sciences, General. yes
Sociology, General. yes yes yes
Spanish Language and Literature. yes yes yes
Special Education and Teaching, General. yes yes yes
Speech Communication and Rhetoric. yes
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist. yes
Stringed Instruments. yes
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other. yes yes
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels. yes
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor. yes
Theology/Theological Studies. yes
Voice and Opera. yes
Women's Health Nurse/Nursing. yes
Women's Studies. yes
Woodwind Instruments. yes

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Most Popular Majors

  1. Economics
  2. Social Sciences
  3. Interdisciplinary Studies

Programs Offered

  • Accelerated study
  • Certificate programs
  • Double majors
  • Dual degrees
  • Honors program
  • Independent study
  • Internships
  • Pass/fail grading option
  • Self-designed majors

Pre-professional Programs

  • Other
  • Pre-law
  • Pre-medicine

13,918

total students

9%

in-state

91%

out-of-state

Undergraduate

Graduate

50%

6,998
students

Female
51%
3,599

Male
49%
3,399

50%

6,920
students

Female
61%
4,245

Male
39%
2,675

undergraduateFull-time

undergraduatePart-time

99%

6,894
students

Female
52%
3,554

Male
48%
3,340

1%

104
students

Female
43%
45

Male
57%
59

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Student Break-down

9%
Nonresident aliens
11%
Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
< 1%
Native American or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic/Latino
14%
Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
10%
Hispanic/Latino
43%
White, non-Hispanic/Latino
4%
Race and/or ethnicity unknown
5%
Two or more races, non-Hispanic/Latino
< 1%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino

Transfer Enrollment

164

Transfer applicants enrolled

2%

Students are transfer students

Transfer Requirements

Minimum requirements
High school transcript Recommended of All
College transcript(s) Required of All
Essay or personal statement Required of All
Interview Not Required/Recommended
Standardized test scores Recommended of All
Statement of good standing from prior institution(s) Required of All

Transfer Application Deadline

Fall: June 1

Transfer Credits

Minimum transfers must complete

60

semester hours

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International Students

Number of foreign countries represented by degree-seeking undergraduate non-resident aliens 51
Countries most often represented Canada
China
India
Malaysia
South Korea
Vietnam
Special services offered for international applicants ESL program/classes
English lab
International student center
Special counselors/advisors
Special orientation

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