Vanderbilt University

Also known as

Institutional Enrollment

Total Post-Bac Enrollment

7,409

61.6% Female

38.4% Male

Institution Overview

System

-2

School Type

Private not-for-profit (no religious affiliation)

Academic Calendar

Semester

Setting

City: Large

Academics

Graduate Assistantships

Yes

Full Time Graduate Enrolled

Yes

Part Time Graduate Enrolled

Yes

Total # of Programs

290

Number of Programs Available (in Category Selected Above)

Master's

127

Doctoral Research

Doctoral Professional

Distance

Degrees Offered

Master's

Doctor's (Research)

Doctor's (Professional)

Certificate Offered

Post-master's

Student Body

Demographics

0.26%

American Indian or Alaska Native

6.63%

Asian

8.08%

Black or African American

7.56%

Hispanic or Latino

0.09%

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

58.20%

White

3.58%

Two or more races

1.44%

Unknown

14.16%

Non-resident Alien

Admissions

Admissions Office Web Address

www.vanderbilt.edu/Admissions/

Tuition & Aid

Average Tuition

$56,376

Academics: Programs - Overview

Academic

Yes

Occupational

Continuing Professional

Yes

Recreational or avocational

Highest Degree offered

Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice

Distance Learning Options

Grad programs or courses

Yes

Degree Programs Offered (in Category Selected Above)

Master's

127

Master's (Distance)

Doctor's Degree Research

Doctor's Degree Research (Distance)

Doctor's Degree Professional

Doctor's Degree Professional (Distance)

Post Master's Certificate

Post Master's Certificate (Distance)

Program Area	Program Type	Program Format
Program Area	Program Type	Campus	Distance
Accounting	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Accounting and Finance	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	Master's Degree Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes	No No
Anthropology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Applied Behavior Analysis	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Applied Economics	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Astrophysics	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Audiology/Audiologist	Doctoral – Professional	Yes	No
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Biochemistry	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Bioinformatics	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other	Doctoral – Professional	Yes	No
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Biomedical Sciences, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Biostatistics	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Business Administration and Management, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Chemical Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Chemistry, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Child Development	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Civil Engineering, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Clinical Child Psychology	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Cognitive Science	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Communication and Media Studies, Other	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Community Organization and Advocacy	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Community Psychology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Computational Science	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Computer Science	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Creative Writing	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Critical Care Nursing	Master's Degree Doctoral – Professional Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes Yes	No Yes No
Curriculum and Instruction	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Development Economics and International Development	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Developmental and Child Psychology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Divinity/Ministry	Master's Degree Doctoral – Professional	Yes Yes	No No
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Economics, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Education Policy Analysis	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Education, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Hearing Impairments Including Deafness	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Educational Evaluation and Research	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Educational Leadership and Administration, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Elementary Education and Teaching	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing	Master's Degree Doctoral – Professional Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes Yes	No Yes No
Engineering, General	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Engineering, Other	Master's Degree	Yes	No
English Language and Literature, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Epidemiology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	Master's Degree Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes	No No
Finance, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Financial Mathematics	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Foreign Language Teacher Education	Master's Degree	Yes	No
French Language and Literature	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Genetic Counseling/Counselor	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Geology/Earth Science, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
German Language and Literature	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Health Services Administration	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Health Teacher Education	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Health/Medical Physics	Master's Degree Doctoral – Professional	Yes Yes	No No
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
History, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Human Development and Family Studies, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services, Other	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Human/Medical Genetics	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	Master's Degree	Yes	No
International and Comparative Education	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Investments and Securities	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Latin American Studies	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Law	Doctoral – Professional	Yes	No
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Management Information Systems, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Management Science	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Materials Science	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing	Master's Degree Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes	No No
Mathematics, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Mechanical Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Medical Informatics	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Medical Scientist	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Medicine	Doctoral – Professional	Yes	No
Microbiology, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Molecular Physiology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Music Teacher Education	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Neuroscience	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	Master's Degree Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes	No No
Nursing Administration	Master's Degree Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes	Yes No
Nursing Practice	Doctoral – Professional	Yes	Yes
Nursing Science	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes Yes	Yes No Yes
Oncology and Cancer Biology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Operations Management and Supervision	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Organizational Behavior Studies	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Organizational Leadership	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	Yes Yes
Pathology/Experimental Pathology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Pediatric Nurse/Nursing	Master's Degree Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes	No No
Pharmacology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Philosophy	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Physics, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Political Science and Government, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Portuguese Language and Literature	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Programs for Foreign Lawyers	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	Master's Degree Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes	No No
Psychology, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Public Health, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Reading Teacher Education	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursin	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Religion/Religious Studies	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Research and Experimental Psychology, Other	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Secondary Education and Teaching	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Social Sciences, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Sociology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Spanish Language and Literature	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Special Education and Teaching, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Systems Science and Theory	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Theology/Theological Studies	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Urban Education and Leadership	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Women's Health Nurse/Nursing	Master's Degree Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes	No No

Faculty

	Total	Instructional Staff	Research
Total	1,538	1,359	179
With faculty status	1,455	1,295	160
Tenured	602	602	0
On tenure track	198	198	0
Not on tenure track	655	495	160
Multi-year contract	468	409	59
Annual contract	167	73	94
Less-than annual contract	20	13	7
Without faculty status	83	64	19

Graduate Assistantships

Yes

Graduate Assistantship

Teaching

Research

Additional Information

State-Approved Teacher Certification?

Yes

Medical Degree Offered?

Yes

Institution Has a Hospital?

Overview

Average Tuition

$56,376

Financial aid office web address

www.vanderbilt.edu/financialaid/

Tuition & Fees

	Amount
Full time Average Tuition	$56,376
Full time Fees	$1,492
Part time, per credit hour	$2,349

Tuition & Fees By Program

Program	Tuition	Fees
Law	$73,148	$700
Medicine	$68,834	$758

Tuition Plan Options

Institutional Enrollment

Total Post-Bac Enrollment

7,409

61.6% Female

38.4% Male

Post-Bac Race / Ethnicity

Demographics

0.26%

American Indian or Alaska Native

6.63%

Asian

8.08%

Black or African American

7.56%

Hispanic or Latino

0.09%

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

58.20%

White

3.58%

Two or more races

1.44%

Unknown

14.16%

Non-resident Alien

Gender

Race / Ethnicity	Men	Women
American Indian Or Alaska Native	6	13
Asian	189	302
Black Or African American	204	395
Hispanic Or Latino	210	350
Native Hawaiian OrOther Pacific Islander	3	4
Non-resident Alien	545	504
White	1,549	2,763
Two Or More Races	93	172
Unknown	47	60

Services offered

Service	Offered
Academic Career Counseling Service	Yes
Employment Services For Students	Yes
Placement Services For Completers	Yes

Advanced Awards/ Degrees Conferred Statistics

Award: Master's degree

Total

1,733

39.3% Male

60.7% Female

Award: Doctor's degree - research/scholarship

Total

501

42.9% Male

57.1% Female

Award: Doctor's degree - professional practice

Total

383

44.6% Male

55.4% Female

Award: Post-master's certificate

Total

9.8% Male

90.2% Female

Overview

Library Facilities at Institution

Services offered

Service	Offered
Remedial services
On-campus day care for student's children	Yes

Admissions Office Contact

Address

2101 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN 37240

Phone

615-322-7311

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National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Provisional Release as of January 2025. Surveys: Institutional Characteristics (2023), Data File: [HD2023], [IC2023], [IC2023_AY]; Surveys: Completions (2023), Data File: [C2023_A],[C2023DEP]; Surveys: 12-Month Enrollment (2023), Data File: [EFFY2023]; Surveys: Employees by Assigned Position (2023), Data File: [EAP2023]