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Vanderbilt University

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  1. Families earning under $30k paid $3,414 a year after grants and aid, against a published cost of $89,590.

  2. Students who received federal aid earned a median $91,565 ten years after entering, the 96th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years.

  3. 94% of students finish within 150% of normal time.

Founded
1873
Enrollment, 2023
14,693
Website
vanderbilt.edu
Campus of Vanderbilt University

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Vanderbilt University is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school with its initial $1 million endowment in the hopes that his gift, and the greater work of the university, would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the American Civil War. Vanderbilt is a founding member of the Southeastern Conference and has been the conference's only private school since 1966.

From the Wikipedia article “Vanderbilt University”, revision 1359913147, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What it costs

The published sticker cost is $89,590 a year; after grants, families who received aid paid between $1,876 and $45,145 a year depending on income at Vanderbilt University.

Statement of cost · Vanderbilt University

Family income (per year)
Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
$89,590
What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
$3,414
Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
$15,846
In-state tuition & feesLatest reported, 2024
$67,498

Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.

Net price by family income

Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.

Yearly net price by family income, in dollars

under $30k: $3,414; $30–48k: $1,876; $48–75k: $4,498; $75–110k: $12,153; over $110k: $45,145. Shaded band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years, from $17,360 to $28,210; dotted line at the median, $22,313.
  • Shaded: the middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes), $17,360 to $28,210. Dotted line: the median, $22,313.
Table of the same numbers
Average yearly net price by family income bracket
Family incomePaid per year
Under $30k$3,414
$30k–$48k$1,876
$48k–$75k$4,498
$75k–$110k$12,153
Over $110k$45,145

College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)

What graduates earn and owe

Ten years after entry, the median federally aided student here earns $91,565; the median graduate who borrowed owes $14,000.

Statement, continued

Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$73,909
Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$84,542
Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
96th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years
$91,565
Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
8th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years
$14,000
Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
$12,913

Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.

Earnings after entry

The shaded band is the middle half of private nonprofit 4-years at 10 years: $43,845 to $62,830.

6 yrs after entry: $73,909; 8 yrs after entry: $84,542; 10 yrs after entry: $91,565. Median graduate debt: $14,000. Shaded band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years at 10 years, from $43,845 to $62,830; dotted line at the median, $52,889.
  • Shaded: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years, 10 years out ($43,845 to $62,830); dotted line is the median.
  • Dashed: median graduate debt, $14,000.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Hollow marks are rungs with no reported value, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Earnings after entry and graduate debt
MeasureDollars
Median earnings, 6 yrs after entry$73,909
Median earnings, 8 yrs after entry$84,542
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry$91,565
Median graduate debt$14,000

College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records

What programs pay

Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.

What programs pay at Vanderbilt University
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingMaster's Degree363$122,896not reported
Social Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree302$90,203$11,000
EconomicsBachelor's Degree286$128,449$12,424
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherBachelor's Degree263$73,586$12,000
LawFirst Professional Degree200$172,684not reported
Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree198not reported$14,500
MathematicsBachelor's Degree157$140,068$10,000
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree155$176,932not reported
Applied MathematicsMaster's Degree146not reportednot reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsDoctoral Degree139not reportednot reported
Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's Degree130$92,330$12,000
Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsMaster's Degree126not reportednot reported
Show all 24 programs
Remaining programs
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree113$62,840$11,209
Neurobiology and NeurosciencesBachelor's Degree112$70,739$15,796
MedicineFirst Professional Degree104$112,986not reported
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular BiologyBachelor's Degree74not reported$14,250
Computer ScienceMaster's Degree72not reportednot reported
Research and Experimental PsychologyMaster's Degree71not reportednot reported
Public HealthMaster's Degree67$228,535not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingFirst Professional Degree65$130,684not reported
Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical StudiesMaster's Degree7$223,080not reported
Finance and Financial Management ServicesMaster's Degree6$172,725not reported
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesMaster's Degree23$177,317not reported
MarketingMaster's Degree29not reportednot reported

Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Who goes here

Vanderbilt University: 7,208 undergraduates; 20% of students receive Pell grants; 6% of applicants are admitted.

Admission rate

6%

2nd percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Undergraduates

7,208

96th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Pell share

20%

of undergraduates receive Pell grants

20th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Completion

94%

finish within 150% of normal time

96th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

First-generation

12%

parents did not attend college

Median family income

$58,118

69th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Students by family income

Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.

not reported

Show as a table
Students by family income
Family incomeShare of students
Under $30knot reported
$30k–$48knot reported
$48k–$75knot reported
$75k–$110knot reported
Over $110knot reported

Who Wikipedia remembers

Wikidata records 3,513 people who studied at Vanderbilt University, most often in science & academia (49%). That is the archive's memory, not a census.

What the recorded alumni are remembered for

Share of recorded people by field, in a fixed order so schools compare.

Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school, in a fixed order: science & academia 49% (1,634 people); medicine 2.9% (97 people); law 4.2% (139 people); politics & gov 5.3% (176 people); business 3.0% (100 people); engineering & tech 1.7% (56 people); writing & journalism 5.4% (180 people); film & stage 1.4% (46 people); music 0.8% (26 people); visual arts 0.7% (24 people); sports 23% (763 people); religion 1.2% (39 people); military 0.9% (29 people). These are shares of people recorded in Wikidata, the archive's memory, not a census of alumni.
Table of the same numbers
Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school (the archive's memory, not a census)
FieldPeople recordedShare
science & academia1,63449.4%
medicine972.9%
law1394.2%
politics & gov1765.3%
business1003.0%
engineering & tech561.7%
writing & journalism1805.4%
film & stage461.4%
music260.8%
visual arts240.7%
sports76323.1%
religion391.2%
military290.9%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

most recorded occupationsresearcher (1,106) · basketball player (491) · university teacher (284) · American football player (178) · politician (152) · lawyer (126) · writer (89) · mathematician (59)

Women among recorded alumni, by birth decade

Counts reflect who the archive records, not a census.

Share of women among recorded alumni, from 7% for the 1850s to 31% for the 2000s. Decades with fewer than 5 recorded people are not drawn. The line breaks at every decade not drawn.

Counts only people the archive records with a gender. Hollow marks are decades with no women reported or fewer than 5 recorded, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Recorded alumni by birth decade
BornWomenMenShare women
1850s1147%
1860s2316%
1870s1373%
1880s2603%
1890s65111%
1900s5657%
1910s85513%
1920s138114%
1930s101039%
1940s2711519%
1950s3010622%
1960s339426%
1970s257026%
1980s249420%
1990s278025%
2000s163631%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

Wikipedia attention, by month

Wikipedia attention

monthly views

Monthly Wikipedia article views from 2015-07 to 2026-06; peak 137,773 in 2024-10.
Table of the same numbers
Wikipedia article views by month
MonthViews
2026-0624,178
2026-0529,349
2026-0428,531
2026-0338,839
2026-0227,524
2026-0135,678
2025-1243,327
2025-1150,427
2025-1073,875
2025-0939,580
2025-0843,262
2025-0732,822
2025-0630,264
2025-0535,623
2025-0437,326
2025-0343,717
2025-0235,823
2025-0145,868
2024-1254,225
2024-1153,371
2024-10137,773
2024-0952,802
2024-0875,730
2024-0743,312
2024-0635,460
2024-0541,801
2024-0447,293
2024-0346,381
2024-0239,280
2024-0145,586
2023-1247,092
2023-1144,087
2023-1051,051
2023-0946,938
2023-0845,915
2023-0738,121
2023-0638,228
2023-0544,237
2023-0444,488
2023-0350,130
2023-0238,992
2023-0141,236
2022-1237,826
2022-1149,841
2022-1046,647
2022-0946,804
2022-0841,938
2022-0738,975
2022-0638,178
2022-0540,308
2022-0445,013
2022-0346,416
2022-0237,022
2022-0141,481
2021-1239,760
2021-1140,556
2021-1047,535
2021-0950,247
2021-0839,791
2021-0745,551
2021-0656,537
2021-0540,626
2021-0445,151
2021-0344,220
2021-0235,202
2021-0140,564
2020-1252,110
2020-1165,107
2020-1049,521
2020-0940,082
2020-0840,448
2020-0739,569
2020-0638,353
2020-0547,425
2020-0449,741
2020-0347,752
2020-0244,649
2020-0151,138
2019-1251,943
2019-1154,731
2019-1053,911
2019-0961,718
2019-0848,071
2019-0746,335
2019-06113,808
2019-0549,579
2019-0447,242
2019-0350,454
2019-0238,723
2019-0149,601
2018-1270,079
2018-1145,955
2018-1056,843
2018-0962,570
2018-0842,999
2018-0737,565
2018-0637,789
2018-0540,100
2018-0442,733
2018-0344,781
2018-0234,893
2018-0139,466
2017-1239,502
2017-1141,355
2017-1043,982
2017-0957,433
2017-0840,866
2017-0739,012
2017-0641,767
2017-0544,268
2017-0444,824
2017-0358,908
2017-0238,895
2017-0147,689
2016-1249,448
2016-1154,868
2016-1052,126
2016-0952,296
2016-0839,607
2016-0734,874
2016-0639,401
2016-0542,312
2016-0452,086
2016-0350,327
2016-0239,493
2016-0140,298
2015-1236,797
2015-1147,833
2015-1045,220
2015-0949,664
2015-0837,460
2015-0735,039

Source: Wikimedia pageviews.

Nobel laureates who studied here

  • Stanford Moore Chemistry 1972
  • Muhammad Yunus Peace 2006
  • Al Gore Peace 2007
  • John Michael Jumper Chemistry 2024

The portrait wall

Similar schools

These are the nearest neighbors in the same sector. The list is not an ordering.

Sources & caveats

Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.

not reported
Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
Percentiles
A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
Earnings
Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.
  • Wikidata is not an alumni census: a person appears only when volunteer editors record them. Counts measure the archive's memory - access x achievement x documentation - never placement rates or institutional quality.
  • Images are from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses. Render the credit line (artist + license) with every image.

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