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Vanderbilt University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Nashville, Tennessee. The location of Vanderbilt is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

714 Graduate Degrees
$48,005 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
7% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Vanderbilt University?

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Contact details for Vanderbilt are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 2101 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37240
Phone: 615-322-7311
Website: www.vanderbilt.edu

How Do I Get Into Vanderbilt?

You can apply to Vanderbilt online at: admissions.vanderbilt.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Vanderbilt

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 1
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Vanderbilt?

7% Acceptance Rate
54% Of Accepted Are Women
29% Submit SAT Scores
If you plan to apply to Vanderbilt, make sure you don't wait until the last minute to fill out your application. The school is one of the most selective in the United States and has a low acceptance rate of 7%. If you are admitted, that's something to brag about!

Approximately 46% of accepted students are men and 54% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 7%, and the acceptance rate for women is 6%.

Average Test Scores

About 29% of students accepted to Vanderbilt submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 730 and 770. Math scores were between 760 and 800.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Vanderbilt University  ( 730 to 770 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Vanderbilt University  ( 760 to 800 )
200
800
Vanderbilt received ACT scores from 32% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 35 and 36. Math scores were between 32 and 0. Composite scores were between 34 and 35.

ACT English Scores for Vanderbilt University  ( 35 to 36 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Vanderbilt University  ( 34 to 35 )
1
36

Can I Afford Vanderbilt University?

$48,005 Net Price
11% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Vanderbilt is $48,005. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Vanderbilt, approximately 11% of students took out student loans averaging $8,872 a year. That adds up to $35,488 over four years for those students.

Vanderbilt University Undergraduate Student Diversity

6,983 Full-Time Undergraduates
51% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 7,057 undergraduate students at Vanderbilt, with 6,983 being full-time and 74 being part-time.

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There are also 6,480 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,983 full-time undergraduates at Vanderbilt, 49% are male and 51% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Vanderbilt University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 1,117
Black or African American 773
Hispanic or Latino 703
White 2,964
International Students 658
Other Races/Ethnicities 768

Geographic Diversity

Tennessee students aren't the only ones who study at Vanderbilt University. At this time, 43 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 93 countries are represented at Vanderbilt. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Vanderbilt University Healthcare Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Medicine 0 0 104 104
School Nursing 5 72 0 77
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 2 62 0 64
Nursing Practice 0 0 61 61
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 3 56 0 59
Critical Care Nursing 4 39 3 46
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing 7 28 1 36
Health Services Administration 0 31 0 31
Women’s Health Nurse/Nursing 1 29 0 30
General Public Health 0 30 0 30
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 2 23 0 25
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery 0 25 0 25
Health Care Management 0 23 0 23
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist 0 19 0 19
Nursing Science 0 11 5 16
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing 1 11 0 12
Nursing Education 9 0 0 9
Audiology/Audiologist 0 0 8 8
Genetic Counseling/Counselor 0 8 0 8
Medical Scientist 0 7 0 7
Nursing Administration 0 7 0 7
Medical Informatics 0 6 0 6
Health/Medical Physics 0 6 0 6
Speech Pathology & Audiology 0 0 5 5
Registered Nursing 0 0 0 0
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 34 493 187 714

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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