Nashville, Tennessee · Private nonprofit · 4-year · Large city
Overview
Vanderbilt University is a private nonprofit four-year institution based in Nashville, Tennessee. The campus sits in a large city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 13,575, made up of 7,221 undergraduates and 6,354 graduate students. It holds the Carnegie R1 designation for very high research activity.
Vanderbilt University offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 181 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other, Computer Science, and Social Sciences, General. It awarded 4,249 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 11 of its programs can be completed entirely online.
96% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 8 to 1.
Key figures
13,575
Students enrolled
96%
First-year retention
4,249
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
181
Programs and majors
8:1
Student-to-faculty ratio
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Delivery modes
CampusOnlineHybrid
Program levels
CertificateBachelorMasterPhDProfessional
Programs and majors offered 181
Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.
Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.
First-year retention, full-time students
96%
First-year retention, part-time students
100%
Student-to-faculty ratio
8:1
Degrees and certificates awarded
Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
Bachelor's degrees
1,830
Master's degrees
1,532
Doctoral degrees (research)
473
Professional doctorates
349
Post-master's certificates
65
Enrollment
Students, fall 2024
13,575
Undergraduates, fall 2024
7,221
Graduate students, fall 2024
6,354
Full-time, fall 2024
95%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
14,473
Undergraduates, 2024-25
7,353
Graduate students, 2024-25
7,120
Full-time, 2024-25
93%
Size category
10,000 to 19,999 students
Student body
Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.
Women
57%
Men
43%
White
47%
Hispanic or Latino
10%
Black or African American
9%
Asian
13%
Two or more races
5%
International (U.S. nonresident)
13%
Race or ethnicity unknown
3%
Online and flexible learning
Distance education in 2024-25.
Programs that can be completed fully online
11
Programs with a fully online option
2
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
5%
Students taking some online courses
12%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes
Campus and services
Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
Research designation
Research 1: Very High Spending and Doctorate Production
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Southeastern Conference
Chancellor
Daniel Diermeier
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, Undergraduate research, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, On-campus day care, Accepts AP credit