Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University admitted 5.9% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1500–1570 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $15,497 a year. Within six years, 93% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 5.9%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1500–1570
- ACT middle 50%
- 34–35
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $94,142 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $15,497 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $3,637 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $71,226 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 93%
- Students who return for a second year
- 96%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $99,080 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $15,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 7,208
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 25%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 8 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Social sciences
- 31%
- Multi/interdisciplinary studies
- 16%
- Engineering
- 12%
- Computer and information sciences
- 9%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Duke University NC · 5.7% admitted
- Dartmouth College NH · 5.4% admitted
- University of Pennsylvania PA · 5.4% admitted
- Brown University RI · 5.4% admitted
- Johns Hopkins University MD · 6.4% admitted
- Pomona College CA · 7.1% admitted
More colleges in Tennessee
- The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN · 42% admitted
- Middle Tennessee State University TN · 69% admitted
- University of Memphis TN · 72% admitted
- The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga TN · 81% admitted
- East Tennessee State University TN · 86% admitted
- Tennessee Technological University TN · 76% admitted
- Austin Peay State University TN · 96% admitted
- Belmont University TN · 95% admitted
Official sources
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.