Nursing Science at Vanderbilt University

If you plan to study nursing science, take a look at what Vanderbilt University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and approximately 13,537 students attend the school each year.

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

Vanderbilt Nursing Science Degrees Available

• Doctorate Degree in Nursing Science

Vanderbilt Nursing Science Rankings

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Related Majors

• Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing
• Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing
• Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery
• Adult Health Nurse/Nursing
• Women’s Health Nurse/Nursing

Careers That Nursing Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing science 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
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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Dansan4444 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.