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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
281
Number of Programs Available (in Category Selected Above)
Master's
122
Doctoral Research
57
Doctoral Professional
9
Distance
5
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

Application Fee
$95
Admissions Office Web Address
www.vanderbilt.edu/Admissions/

Tuition & Aid

Average Tuition
$54,744

Academics: Programs - Overview

Academic
Yes
Occupational
No
Continuing Professional
Yes
Recreational or avocational
No
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
122
Master's (Distance)
4
Doctor's Degree Research
57
Doctor's Degree Research (Distance)
1
Doctor's Degree Professional
9
Post Master's Certificate
12
Program Area Program Type Program Format
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 Yes
Creative Writing Master's Degree Yes No
Critical Care Nursing Master's Degree
Doctoral – Professional
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
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 Yes 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
No
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 Doctoral – Research Yes 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
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 No
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		 No
No
Nursing Practice Doctoral – Professional Yes No
Nursing Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
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
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
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

TotalInstructional StaffResearchPublic Service
Total 1,558 1,360 181 17
With faculty status 1,478 1,302 161 15
Tenured 611 598 0 13
On tenure track 204 204 0 0
Not on tenure track 663 500 161 2
Multi-year contract 459 405 52 2
Annual contract 186 86 100 0
Less-than annual contract 18 9 9 0
Without faculty status 80 58 20 2

Graduate Assistantships

Graduate Assistantships
Yes
Graduate Assistantship
Teaching
Research

Additional Information

State-Approved Teacher Certification?
Yes
Medical Degree Offered?
Yes
Institution Has a Hospital?
No

Overview

Average Tuition
$54,744
Financial aid office web address
www.vanderbilt.edu/financialaid/
Tuition fee varies by residency status
No
Typical Room
$13,484
Typical Board
$7,570
Tuition & Fees
Amount
Full time Average Tuition$54,744
Full time Fees$1,384
Part time, per credit hour$2,281

Tuition & Fees By Program

ProgramTuitionFees
Law $69,998 $700
Medicine $66,828 $1,602

Tuition Plan Options

Alternative Tuition Plans Offered
No
Tuition Guaranteed Plan
No
Prepaid Tuition Plan
No
Tuition Payment Plan
No
Other Alternative Tuition Plan
No

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 ServiceYes
Employment Services For StudentsYes
Placement Services For CompletersYes

Advanced Awards/ Degrees Conferred Statistics

Award: Master's degree
Total
1,940
37.7% Male
62.3% Female

Award: Doctor's degree - research/scholarship
Total
508
46.3% Male
53.7% Female

Award: Doctor's degree - professional practice
Total
421
39.7% Male
60.3% Female

Award: Post-master's certificate
Total
34
5.9% Male
94.1% Female

Overview

Library Facilities at Institution
No
On-Campus Housing Available?
Yes

Services offered

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

Admissions Office Contact

Address
2101 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN 37240
Phone
615-322-7311
Fax
Email
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]


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