Graduate Programs at Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt Directory Information
School Name	Vanderbilt University (Vanderbilt)
Address	2101 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37240
Phone	615-322-7311
Web	https://www.vanderbilt.edu
Online Application	https://www.vanderbilt.edu/Admissions/applyNow.php
Financial Info	https://www.vanderbilt.edu/financialaid

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$56,128
Student Population	6,559
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	268 graduate programs (1 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	7 to 1

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Tuition	$53,160
Required Fees	$562
Tuition per Credit Hour
Tuition	$2,215

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	1 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Navy, Air Force) Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Vanderbilt University is $56,128. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 4.48% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$47,208	$478
2019-2020	$48,624	$500
2020-2021	$50,082	$542
2021-2022	$51,600	$562
2022-2023	$53,160	$562
2023-2024	$54,744	$1,384

The graduate school tuition & fees of Vanderbilt is very expensive compared to private graduate schools in Tennessee. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Tennessee graduate tuition is $20,557 (public) / $20,515 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Vanderbilt University	$56,128
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Tennessee Graduate Schools	$16,573	$20,098
Public	$11,434	$20,557
Private	$20,515

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $21,054 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Vanderbilt.

On-campus living costs are increased by 6.91% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$16,234	$2,802
2019-2020	$16,910	$2,874
2020-2021	$17,670	$3,022
2021-2022	$18,376	$3,002
2022-2023	$19,862	$3,008
2023-2024	$21,054	$3,396

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $2,314 at Vanderbilt University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 4.47% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$1,967
2019-2020	$2,026
2020-2021	$2,087
2021-2022	$2,150
2022-2023	$2,215
2023-2024	$2,314

The law school tuition at Vanderbilt University is $67,396 for academic year 2022-2023. For medical school, the average tuition & fees is $65,563.

The following table shows the tuition & fees for law school and medical school at Vanderbilt.

Law School Tuition

Medical School Tuition

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at Vanderbilt University
	Tuition	Fees
Medicine	$64,882	$681
Law	$66,696	$700

Graduate Programs at Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt University offers 189 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 2,543 students have completed their study at Vanderbilt University.

Offered Degrees at Vanderbilt University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	117	1	1,674
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	55	0	481
Doctor's degree - other	6	0	353
Post Master's Degree	11	0	35
Total	189	1	2,543

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Vanderbilt University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing program with 14 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Financial Mathematics program with 127 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Law program with 178 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Vanderbilt University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing	✕	14	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✕	9	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	5	-
Pediatric Nurse/Nursing	✕	3	-
Critical Care Nursing	✕	2	-

Popular Master's Programs at Vanderbilt University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Financial Mathematics	✕	127	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✕	68	-
Pediatric Nurse/Nursing	✕	63	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✕	60	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✕	59	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Vanderbilt University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Law	✕	178	-
Organizational Leadership	✕	136	-
Medicine	✕	99	-
Nursing Practice	✕	62	-
Chemistry	✕	28	-

Vanderbilt University offers 189 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 2,543 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,674 students have earned/completed Master's program.
353 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
35 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Latin American Studies	✕	4	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	36 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	36	-
Education [+]	✕	267 completers	-
Education	✕	1	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	18	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	25	$48,500
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	13	-
Urban Education and Leadership	✕	17	-
Educational Evaluation and Research	✕	10	-
International and Comparative Education	✕	2	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	44	$44,300
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Hearing Impairments Including Deafness	✕	2	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	55	$44,000
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	18	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	20	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✕	-	-
Health Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Music Teacher Education	✕	2	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	15	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	25	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (1 completers)	82 completers	-
Engineering	✔	35	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	7	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	3	-
Civil Engineering	✕	10	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	12	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	2	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	11	-
Engineering (other)	✕	2	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	10 completers	-
German Language and Literature	✕	1	-
French Language and Literature	✕	1	-
Portuguese Language and Literature	✕	-	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	7	-
Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	1	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	37 completers	-
Child Development	✕	23	-
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services (other)	✕	14	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	55 completers	-
Programs for Foreign Lawyers	✕	55	-
Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	8 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	4	-
Creative Writing	✕	4	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	7	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	35 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	4	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	14	-
Biochemistry	✕	2	-
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	✕	1	-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	✕	-	-
Microbiology	✕	5	-
Molecular Physiology	✕	1	-
Pathology/Experimental Pathology	✕	-	-
Oncology and Cancer Biology	✕	-	-
Pharmacology	✕	1	-
Biostatistics	✕	3	-
Bioinformatics	✕	4	-
Neuroscience	✕	-	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	131 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	4	-
Financial Mathematics	✕	127	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	53 completers	-
Cognitive Science	✕	-	-
Computational Science	✕	29	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	24	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	2	-
Religion/Religious Studies	✕	3	-
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✕	50 completers	-
Theology/Theological Studies	✕	19	$34,000
Divinity/Ministry	✕	31	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	3	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	1	-
Physics	✕	1	-
Materials Science	✕	1	-
Psychology [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Psychology	✕	11	-
Developmental and Child Psychology	✕	-	-
Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology	✕	5	-
Community Psychology	✕	1	-
Clinical Child Psychology	✕	-	-
Applied Behavior Analysis	✕	-	-
Human Services [+]	✕	33 completers	-
Community Organization and Advocacy	✕	17	$42,000
Education Policy Analysis	✕	16	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	27 completers	-
Social Sciences	✕	-	-
Anthropology	✕	3	-
Economics	✕	-	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	7	-
Development Economics and International Development	✕	-	-
Political Science and Government	✕	14	-
Sociology	✕	3	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	519 completers	-
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	18	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	-	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	23	$123,700
Medical Scientist	✕	16	-
Genetic Counseling/Counselor	✕	6	-
Public Health	✕	28	$104,300
Health/Medical Physics	✕	3	-
Health Services Administration	✕	33	-
Medical Informatics	✕	7	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	-	$89,500
Nursing Administration	✕	9	-
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	32	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✕	68	-
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing	✕	34	-
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	✕	23	-
Nursing Science	✕	11	-
Pediatric Nurse/Nursing	✕	63	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	49	-
Critical Care Nursing	✕	53	-
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing	✕	16	-
Women's Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	27	-
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	✕	-	-
Business [+]	✕	286 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	56	$119,200
Operations Management and Supervision	✕	-	-
Organizational Leadership	✕	1	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✕	37	-
Accounting	✕	32	$64,100
Accounting and Finance	✕	13	-
Finance	✕	-	$112,500
Investments and Securities	✕	1	-
Organizational Behavior Studies	✕	39	-
Management Information Systems	✕	-	-
Management Science	✕	20	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✕	60	-
Marketing/Marketing Management	✕	27	$108,100
History [+]	✕	5 completers	-
History	✕	5	-
	Total	1,674

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	-	-
Communication and Media Studies (other)	✕	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	5	-
Education [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	14	$97,300
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	5	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	6	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✕	4	-
Engineering [+]	✕	55 completers	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	18	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	8	-
Civil Engineering	✕	4	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	16	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	1	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	8	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	9 completers	-
German Language and Literature	✕	1	-
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	1	-
French Language and Literature	✕	4	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	3	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	3 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	3	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	100 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	9	-
Biochemistry	✕	5	-
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	✕	10	-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	✕	12	-
Microbiology	✕	11	-
Human/Medical Genetics	✕	6	-
Molecular Physiology	✕	3	-
Pathology/Experimental Pathology	✕	6	-
Oncology and Cancer Biology	✕	5	-
Pharmacology	✕	8	-
Biostatistics	✕	4	-
Bioinformatics	✕	1	-
Epidemiology	✕	3	-
Neuroscience	✕	17	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	10	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Cognitive Science	✕	-	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	3	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	4	-
Religion/Religious Studies	✕	8	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	50 completers	-
Astrophysics	✕	8	-
Chemistry	✕	28	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	2	-
Physics	✕	5	-
Materials Science	✕	7	-
Psychology [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Psychology	✕	11	-
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics	✕	-	-
Developmental and Child Psychology	✕	-	-
Community Psychology	✕	8	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	5	-
Economics	✕	10	-
Applied Economics	✕	1	-
Political Science and Government	✕	6	-
Sociology	✕	7	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	5	-
Nursing Science	✕	8	-
Business [+]	✕	136 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	-	-
Organizational Leadership	✕	136	-
History [+]	✕	8 completers	-
History	✕	8	-
	Total	481

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies [+]	✕	178 completers	-
Law	✕	178	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)	✕	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	175 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist	✕	11	-
Medicine	✕	99	-
Health/Medical Physics	✕	3	-
Nursing Practice	✕	62	-
	Total	353

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	35 completers	-
Nursing Administration	✕	-	-
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	-	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✕	9	-
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing	✕	-	-
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	✕	1	-
Nursing Science	✕	-	-
Pediatric Nurse/Nursing	✕	3	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	5	-
Critical Care Nursing	✕	2	-
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing	✕	14	-
Women's Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	1	-
	Total	35

Graduate Student Population at Vanderbilt

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 6,559 students enrolled into Vanderbilt University graduate schools where it has total 13,710 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 5,404 full-time and 1,155 part-time graduate students. By gender, 2,604 male and 3,955 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,559	2,604	3,955
Full-time	5,404	2,225	3,179
Part-tme	1,155	379	776

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 3,754 White (57.23%), 526 Black/African American (8.02%), 492 Hispanic (7.50%), 448 Asian (6.83%), and 1,339 students with other races. 985 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,559	2,604	3,955
American Indian/Native American	15	5	10
Asian	448	174	274
Black/African American	526	181	345
Hispanic	492	190	302
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	3	4
White	3,754	1,405	2,349
Two More	231	89	142
Un-Known	101	45	56
Non-resident Alien	985	512	473

Vanderbilt University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 699 graduate students (10.66% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 618 graduate students (9.42% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	6,559
Enrolled Online Exclusively	699
Enrolled Some Online Courses	618
Not in Online Courses	5,242

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Vanderbilt University. 2,130 students are aged 20 to 24 (32.47% of total students), 2 students are aged below 20 (0.03%), 238 students are aged above 50 (3.63%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Vanderbilt University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,559	2,604	3,955
Age 18-19	2	1	1
Age 20-21	80	27	53
Age 22-24	2,050	710	1,340
Age 25-29	2,365	998	1,367
Age 30-34	954	425	529
Age 35-39	422	178	244
Age 40-49	448	172	276
Age 50-64	229	88	141
Over 64	9	5	4

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