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Vanderbilt University

Basic Information

Type Private

Location Nashville, TN

Population 1,500,000

Website http://www.vanderbilt.edu/

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 7,143

Men / Women 48% / 52%

White 42%

Asian 15%

Hispanic 12%

International 11%

Black 8%

Mixed 4%

Native American 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees

Humanities & Social Sciences 48%

Engineering, Computing & Math 22%

Business & Economics 12%

Life & Natural Sciences 10%

Arts 5%

Education 3%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $67,934

Est. Cost of Attendance $89,590

10-Year ROI $312,000

ROI Percentile 98th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 96%

4-Year Graduation Rate 87%

6-Year Graduation Rate 94%

Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84th pctl)

Sunshine Hours 2,510 (33th pctl)

Days Without Precipitation 246 (48th pctl)

Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 4%

Yield (Unbound) 41%

Early Decision Nov 1

Regular Decision Jan 1

Early Decision 2 Jan 15

Research

Research Level R1

Expenditure

Life & Natural Sciences	$1,057M	#20
Humanities & Social Sciences	$52M	#27
Engineering, Computing & Math	$113M	#59

Graduate Degrees

Humanities & Social Sciences	334	#62
Engineering, Computing & Math	88	#63
Life & Natural Sciences	303	#101

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy test_optional

Submitted Test Scores 52%

SAT Range 1,500 – 1,570

ACT Range 34 – 35

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
Blair School of Music	54	57% / 43%	4%	$85,981
Brass Instruments	8 —	88% / 12%	0%	$85,981
Jazz/Jazz Studies
Keyboard Instruments	3 —	67% / 33%	0%	$85,981
Music	2 —	50% / 50%	0%	$85,981
Music Education	9 —	44% / 56%	0%	—
Musical Arts/Composition	3 —	67% / 33%	33%	$85,981
Percussion Instruments
Stringed Instruments	17 —	47% / 53%	6%	$85,981
Voice and Opera	6 —	67% / 33%	0%	$85,981
Woodwind Instruments	6 —	50% / 50%	0%	$85,981

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
College of Arts and Science	1,284	45% / 55%	7%	$100,356
Mathematics	30 +118	63% / 37%	17%	$150,611
Physics	6 +8	67% / 33%	0%	—
Biochemistry	29 —	52% / 48%	7%	—
Biological Sciences	15 +6	40% / 60%	7%	—
Chemistry	20 +8	45% / 55%	5%	—
Earth and Environmental Sciences	12 +8	33% / 67%	8%	—
Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology	6 +2	17% / 83%	33%	—
Medicine, Health, and Society	14 +19	29% / 71%	7%	—
Molecular and Cellular Biology	33 +16	39% / 61%	15%	—
Neuroscience	50 +48	50% / 50%	6%	$76,063
Economics	229 +56	66% / 34%	16%	$138,117
African American and Diaspora Studies	3 —	67% / 33%	0%	—
American Studies	7 +1	57% / 43%	0%	—
Anthropology	14 —	29% / 71%	0%	—
Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	—
Asian Studies	5 +2	40% / 60%	20%	—
Classical and Mediterranean Studies	2 +5	100% / 0%	0%	—
Communication Studies	20 +4	15% / 85%	5%	$70,868
Economics and History	17 +1	71% / 29%	0%	$94,825
English	27 +16	22% / 78%	4%	$70,289
Environmental and Sustainability Studies	12 +6	25% / 75%	0%	—
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	6 +4	17% / 83%	0%	—
European Studies
French	4 +5	25% / 75%	0%	$76,357
German Studies	3 +5	67% / 33%	0%	—
History	20 +13	60% / 40%	0%	$94,825
Interdisciplinary Studies	190 +84	30% / 70%	2%	$79,125
Jewish/Judaic Studies
Latin American Studies	1 +1	0% / 100%	0%	—
Latino and Latina Studies	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	—
Law, History, and Society	23 +18	43% / 57%	4%	—
Philosophy	7 +4	57% / 43%	0%	$115,223
Political Science	52 +62	60% / 40%	6%	$99,280
Psychology	57 +41	16% / 84%	11%	$67,570
Public Policy Studies	11 +14	36% / 64%	0%	$87,417
Religious Studies	1 +3	100% / 0%	0%	$91,439
Russian	2 —	50% / 50%	0%	—
Social Sciences	304 +10	47% / 53%	4%	$96,992
Sociology	14 +15	36% / 64%	0%	—
Spanish	4 +21	75% / 25%	0%	$76,357
Architectural History and Criticism	9 +5	44% / 56%	0%	—
Cinema and Media Arts	12 +4	25% / 75%	0%	—
History of Art	5 +3	20% / 80%	0%	$90,045
Studio Art	6 +5	33% / 67%	17%	$90,045

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
Peabody College of Education and Human Development	145	21% / 79%	9%	$59,229
Child Development	11 +8	9% / 91%	27%	$59,869
Child Studies	26 +19	12% / 88%	8%	—
Cognitive Studies	54 +17	31% / 69%	13%	—
Education	12 +1	25% / 75%	0%	—
Elementary Education	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	$57,425
Secondary Education	14 —	29% / 71%	0%	$57,425
Special Education	15 —	13% / 87%	0%	$62,009
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	12 —	0% / 100%	8%	$57,425

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
School of Engineering	372	62% / 38%	14%	$113,540
Biomedical Engineering	47 +4	34% / 66%	6%	$113,631
Chemical Engineering	24 —	42% / 58%	0%	$113,917
Civil Engineering	11 —	18% / 82%	0%	$115,659
Computer Science	169 +74	71% / 29%	21%	—
Electrical and Computer Engineering	38 —	71% / 29%	8%	—
Engineering Science	42 —	60% / 40%	5%	$117,329
Mechanical Engineering	41 —	73% / 27%	22%	$108,766