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Vanderbilt University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Nashville, Tennessee. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

1,810 Master's Degrees
857 Doctor's Degrees

Where Is Vanderbilt University?

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Contact details for Vanderbilt are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 2101 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37240
Phone: 615-322-7311
Website: www.vanderbilt.edu

Vanderbilt University Graduate Student Diversity

6,685 Graduate Students
61% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,685 graduate students at Vanderbilt, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Vanderbilt University graduate students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 403
Black or African American 514
Hispanic or Latino 501
White 4,016
International Students 896
Other Races/Ethnicities 355

Geographic Diversity

Tennessee students aren't the only ones who study at Vanderbilt University. At this time, 43 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 93 countries are represented at Vanderbilt. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Vanderbilt University

699 Took All Classes Online
1,317 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2022-2023, 1,317 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Vanderbilt has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 26th most popular in Tennessee for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Vanderbilt majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Engineering 13%

Vanderbilt University Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Nursing 35 385 70 490
Business Administration & Management 0 153 136 289
Law 0 0 178 178
Applied Mathematics 0 142 0 142
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 106 0 106
Medicine 0 0 99 99
Educational Administration 0 55 19 74
Public Health 0 64 3 67
Student Counseling 0 55 0 55
Legal Research 0 55 0 55
Special Education 0 46 6 52
Theological & Ministerial Studies 0 50 0 50
Accounting 0 49 0 49
Human Resource Management 0 46 0 46
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 38 4 42
Computer Science 0 36 5 41
Human Development & Family Studies 0 37 0 37
Marketing 0 35 0 35
General Engineering 0 35 0 35
Communication Sciences 0 18 16 34
Chemistry 0 3 28 31
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 30 0 30
Computational Science 0 29 0 29
Electrical Engineering 0 12 16 28
General Biology 0 18 9 27
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 24 3 27
Teaching English or French 0 25 0 25
Biomedical Engineering 0 7 18 25
General Psychology 0 11 11 22
Political Science & Government 0 14 6 20
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 0 19 19
Mechanical Engineering 0 11 8 19
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 3 15 18
Curriculum & Instruction 0 18 0 18
Economics 0 7 11 18
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 17 0 17
Romance Languages 0 9 8 17
Community Organization & Advocacy 0 17 0 17
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 5 11 16
Medical Science 0 16 0 16
Public Policy 0 16 0 16
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 1 14 15
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 0 0 14 14
Civil Engineering 0 10 4 14
History 0 6 8 14
Mathematics 0 4 10 14
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 7 5 12
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 0 0 12 12
Chemical Engineering 0 3 8 11
Religious Studies 0 3 8 11
Educational Assessment 0 10 0 10
Sociology 0 3 7 10
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 1 8 9
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 1 8 9
Astronomy & Astrophysics 0 0 8 8
Materials Sciences 0 1 7 8
Anthropology 0 3 5 8
General English Literature 0 4 3 7
Medical Illustration & Informatics 0 7 0 7
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 7 0 7
Child Development & Psychology 0 5 2 7
Genetics 0 0 6 6
Finance & Financial Management 0 6 0 6
Writing Studies 0 6 0 6
Mental & Social Health Services 0 6 0 6
Philosophy 0 2 4 6
Physics 0 1 5 6
Communication & Media Studies 0 0 4 4
Area Studies 0 4 0 4
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 0 3 3
Environmental Engineering 0 2 1 3
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 1 2 3
International Education 0 2 0 2
Other Engineering 0 2 0 2
Germanic Languages 0 1 1 2
General Social Sciences 0 2 0 2
General Education 0 1 0 1
Cognitive Science 0 0 1 1
Fine & Studio Arts 0 1 0 1
Architectural History 0 0 0 0
Management Information Systems 0 0 0 0
Other Education 0 0 0 0
Computer Engineering 0 0 0 0
Engineering Science 0 0 0 0
Ethnic Studies 0 0 0 0
Classical Languages & Literature 0 0 0 0
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 0 0 0
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 0 0 0 0
Classical & Ancient Studies 0 0 0 0
Science, Technology & Society 0 0 0 0
Drama & Theater Arts 0 0 0 0
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 0 0 0
Music 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 35 1,810 857 2,702

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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