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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN · Private (nonprofit) · 7,208 students · mostly bachelor degrees
68th-cheapest of 124 Tennessee colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$15,846
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$89,590
Graduation rate
94%
Admission rate
6%
Median graduate earnings
$91,565
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$14,000
Average SAT
1549
Median ACT
35
Pell grant recipients
20%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
181 programsFinancial Mathematics · Master's Degree146 grads/yr$216,406Medical Science/Scientist · Master's Degree7 grads/yr$199,064Finance, General · Master's Degree6 grads/yr$198,584Law · First Professional Degree200 grads/yr$196,797Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree155 grads/yr$190,365Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist · Master's Degree23 grads/yr$178,361Environmental Health · Master's Degree67 grads/yr$166,705Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree198 grads/yr$160,021Mathematics, General · Bachelor's Degree157 grads/yr$141,171Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Master's Degree29 grads/yr$140,404Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree286 grads/yr$140,337Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General · Master's Degree38 grads/yr$138,852Clinical Nurse Leader · First Professional Degree65 grads/yr$133,154Accounting · Master's Degree46 grads/yr$128,337Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Doctoral Degree22 grads/yr$122,742Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering · Bachelor's Degree35 grads/yr$121,641Clinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree363 grads/yr$118,826Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree56 grads/yr$116,662French Language and Literature · Bachelor's Degree53 grads/yr$114,368Survey Research/Methodology · Bachelor's Degree302 grads/yr$103,229Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree130 grads/yr$102,789Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree54 grads/yr$101,345Education/Teaching of Individuals with Orthopedic and Other Physical Health Impairments · Doctoral Degree6 grads/yr$98,012Pathology/Experimental Pathology · Doctoral Degree16 grads/yr$97,544Education Policy Analysis · Master's Degree35 grads/yr$96,305
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.