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Nursing at Vanderbilt University

If you are interested in studying nursing, 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 has a total student population of 13,537.

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

Vanderbilt Nursing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Nursing
  • Doctorate Degree in Nursing

Vanderbilt Nursing Rankings

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There were 49 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #57 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

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

Vanderbilt Nursing Master’s Program

89% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The nursing program at Vanderbilt awarded 347 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 11% of these degrees went to men with the other 89% going to women.

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Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from Vanderbilt, 83% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 17
Hispanic or Latino 18
White 289
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 13

Concentrations Within Nursing

Nursing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Vanderbilt University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 76
School Nursing 67
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 53
Nursing Practice 46
Critical Care Nursing 42
Women’s Health Nurse/Nursing 41
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 30
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery 26
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing 25
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing 15
Nursing Science 3

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing 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
Registered Nurses 60,360 $61,320
Medical and Health Services Managers 10,320 $101,550
Nurse Practitioners 7,010 $95,990
Nurse Anesthetists 2,190 $150,880
Nursing Instructors and Professors 910 $75,300

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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