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Nursing at Vanderbilt University

If you plan to study nursing, take a look at what Vanderbilt University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and approximately 13,537 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 347 students received their master's degree in nursing.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

Vanderbilt Nursing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Nursing
  • Doctorate Degree in Nursing

Vanderbilt Nursing Rankings

There were 49 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #57 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at Vanderbilt University.

Vanderbilt Nursing Master’s Program

89% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 347 nursing majors earned their master's degree from Vanderbilt. Of these graduates, 11% were men and 89% were women.

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Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from Vanderbilt, 83% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Vanderbilt University with a master's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 17
Hispanic or Latino 18
White 289
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 13

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TN, the home state for Vanderbilt University.

Occupation Jobs in TN Average Salary in TN
Registered Nurses 60,360 $61,320
Medical and Health Services Managers 10,320 $101,550
Nurse Practitioners 7,010 $95,990
Nurse Anesthetists 2,190 $150,880
Nursing Instructors and Professors 910 $75,300

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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