Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational, research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. It was founded in 1873. The university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment.

Vanderbilt enrolls more than 11,000 students from all 50 U.S. states and over 90 foreign countries. U.S. News & World Report in its 2009 rankings placed Vanderbilt 18th among national universities. The campus covers 330 acres. The university is organized into the following academic divisions:

Blair School of Music
College of Arts and Science
Divinity School
Graduate School
Law School
Owen Graduate School of Management
Peabody College of Education and Human Development
School of Engineering
School of Medicine
School of Nursing

Vanderbilt recognizes more than 350 student organizations ranging from academic major societies and honoraries to recreational sports clubs. The university has an active Greek life. It is home to over 20 fraternities and more than 12 sororities.

Campus Location

2101 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN 37240
USA
Main Tel: (615) 322-7311
Web Site

The campus is in a large city.

Vanderbilt University Highlights

Where Vanderbilt University stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

Many students concentrating in religion and philosophy, law, liberal arts, medicine, engineering, and mathematics.
Large number of programs of study offered.
High faculty salary.
High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
Large number of students.
Selective admissions.
Number of dorm rooms for students.
Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
Good faculty-to-student ratio.
High percentage of students are from out-of-state.

Other important characteristics:

Faculty tenure system
On-campus hospital
Library on-campus
Campus housing available
Study abroad option
Distance learning available
Weekend study option
Part-time classes available
ROTC
Athlete financial aid

Degrees Awarded (in 2007)

Degree	Total Earned	Different Programs
Bachelor	1,468	62
Master	1,033	80
First-professional degree	367	3
Doctorale	274	49

Students

The student enrollment at Vanderbilt University was 11,847 in 2007 (11,395 full-time equivalent).

About 44% of the freshmen class in 2007 was male and women were 56% of the class.

Undergrads are 53% of enrolled students, graduate students are 36%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 11%.

About 4% of freshmen are from countries other than the US. Students living in the US make up 96% of incoming freshmen.

Tuition and Other Costs

Item	Cost
State Tuition and fees	$ 35,278
Room	$ 7,456
Board	$ 3,990
Books and supplies	$ 1,140
Other	$ 1,970

Financial Aid: Vanderbilt University participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Similar Schools

Based on computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to Vanderbilt University:

School	Location	Enrollment
Washington University in St Louis	Saint Louis, MO	13,382
Duke University	Durham, NC	13,598
Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA	10,326
Tufts University	Medford, MA	9,758
University of Notre Dame	Notre Dame, IN	11,733
Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	19,800
Dartmouth College	Hanover, NH	5,849
Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland, OH	9,844
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, MD	19,682
Villanova University	Villanova, PA	10,470

Faculty

Tenure (2007):

Full-Time Faculty		Total
With tenure		837
Without tenure; working toward tenure		341
Without tenure; tenure not available		1,717

Housing and Meals

Vanderbilt University provides on-campus housing for 5,500 of its 11,395 (full-time) students (as of 2007). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Vanderbilt University Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. Vanderbilt University is in the Southeastern Conference for major sports.

Vanderbilt University offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 154 male students received the aid (men were 65% of those receiving aid) and 84 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 35% of students receiving such aid) .

Vanderbilt University Admissions (2007)

Applicants	Admitted
Men	34%
Women	32%
All	33%

SAT Test Scores:

SAT	Middle 50%
Verbal	640-740
Math	660-740
Writing	640-730

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2007 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (31 awarded)

Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (284 awarded)

Accounting
Business Administration and Management
Business Administration, Management and Operations
Finance
Human Resources Development
Management Information Systems
Marketing/Marketing Management
Operations Management and Supervision
Organizational Behavior Studies

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (52 awarded)

Computer Engineering
Computer Science

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (2 awarded)

Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (286 awarded)

Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
Early Childhood Education and Teaching
Education
Educational Leadership and Administration
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision
Elementary Education and Teaching
English/Language Arts Teacher Education
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
International and Comparative Education
Mathematics Teacher Education
Music Teacher Education
Reading Teacher Education
Secondary Education and Teaching
Special Education and Teaching
Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods

ENGINEERING (363 awarded)

Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Engineering Science
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
Materials Science
Mechanical Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (45 awarded)

Child Development
Community Organization and Advocacy
Public Policy Analysis

FINE ARTS (3 awarded)

Fine/Studio Arts

LAW (243 awarded)

Law (LLB, JD)
Programs for Foreign Lawyers (LLM, MCL)

LIBERAL ARTS (784 awarded)

Anthropology
Classical/Ancient Mediterranean/Near Eastern Studies & Archaeology
Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
Comparative Literature
Development Economics and International Development
East Asian Studies
Economics
English Language and Literature
European Studies/Civilization
French Language and Literature
German Language and Literature
History
Latin American Studies
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
Political Science and Government
Regional Studies (US, Canadian, Foreign)
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Social Sciences
Sociology
Spanish Language and Literature
Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (37 awarded)

Mathematics

MEDIA (58 awarded)

Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (0 awarded)

Health/Health Care Administration/Management

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (33 awarded)

Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MEDICINE (214 awarded)

Health/Medical Physics
Medical Scientist (MS, PhD)
Medicine (MD)
Neuroscience
Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)

MUSIC (31 awarded)

Music Performance
Music Theory and Composition
Music
Piano and Organ
Violin, Viola, Guitar and Other Stringed Instruments
Voice and Opera

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (243 awarded)

Adult Health Nurse/Nursing
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Critical Care Nursing
Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery
Nursing Administration (MSN, MS, PhD)
Nursing Science (MS, PhD)
Nursing
Pediatric Nurse/Nursing
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (3 awarded)

Film/Cinema Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (100 awarded)

Divinity/Ministry (BD, MDiv)
Philosophy
Religion/Religious Studies
Theology/Theological Studies

SCIENCE (208 awarded)

Biochemistry
Bioinformatics
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biology/Biological Sciences
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
Chemistry
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology
Geology/Earth Science
Human/Medical Genetics
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Molecular Physiology
Oncology and Cancer Biology
Pathology/Experimental Pathology
Pharmacology
Physics
Science, Technology and Society

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (122 awarded)

Cognitive Science
Community Psychology
Developmental and Child Psychology
Psychology