Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN · Private nonprofit5.9%
Acceptance rate
1,550
SAT Average
$19,040
Avg net price
7,143
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 1,830Master’s 1,532Doctoral 822 |
| Bachelor’s 566Master’s 42Doctoral 26 |
| Bachelor’s 296Master’s 51Doctoral 4 |
| Bachelor’s 223Master’s 69Doctoral 54 |
| Bachelor’s 170Master’s 91Doctoral 20 |
| Bachelor’s 121Master’s 71Doctoral 104 |
| Bachelor’s 80Master’s 1Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 73Master’s 88Doctoral 14 |
| Bachelor’s 54Master’s 156Doctoral 44 |
| Bachelor’s 45Master’s 86Doctoral 8 |
| Bachelor’s 38Master’s 0Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 30Master’s 0Doctoral 10 |
| Bachelor’s 27Master’s 53Doctoral 168 |
| Bachelor’s 24Master’s 9Doctoral 27 |
| Bachelor’s 23Master’s 9Doctoral 6 |
| Bachelor’s 19Master’s None reportedDoctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s 12Master’s 19Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 12Master’s 0Doctoral 6 |
| Bachelor’s 8Master’s 5Doctoral 7 |
| Bachelor’s 7Master’s 22Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 2Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 407Doctoral 158 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 327Doctoral 138 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 23Doctoral 28 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 3Doctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Southeastern Conference
Projected sponsored sports17
Athletic participation
453 unique student-athletes · 14 varsity teams
Early Decision I
Binding · CSS Profile due Nov 1
Early Decision II
Binding · CSS Profile due Jan 1
Regular Decision
CSS Profile due Feb 1
· Apply with Common App, Coalition, or QuestBridge
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $65,008
- Required fees
- $2,490
- Food and housing
- $22,054
- Books and supplies
- $1,194
- Other expenses
- $3,396
- Total
- $94,142
- $73,1482019–2019–20
- $76,0442020–2120–21
- $79,5382021–2221–22
- $84,4122022–2322–23
- $89,5902023–2423–24
- $94,1422024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $19,040 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 49%
- Average share of need met
- 100%
- Average need-based grant
- $77,563
- Required forms
- FAFSA and CSS Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Vanderbilt University’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Vanderbilt University admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Vanderbilt University runs two binding Early Decision rounds. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Vanderbilt University admits in-state applicants at 10.4%, out-of-state applicants at 5.3%, and international applicants at 4%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
1,635 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT and an ACT.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
24% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
28% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Vanderbilt University’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 99.8% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 20% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.90
High-school class rank
Among the 20% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Vanderbilt University rates 6 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Class rank
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Standardized test scores
- Important
- Recommendation(s)
- Important
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Very important
- Character / personal qualities
- Very important
- Talent / ability
- Important
- Interview
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- State residency
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
Vanderbilt University leaves 1 Common Data Set answer blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
With the pool size hidden, a student’s odds of clearing the waitlist can’t be computed.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Early Decision applicants & admits (C21) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
Vanderbilt University’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $97,996 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $19,040 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 808 of 1,634 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $97,996
Averages among the 808 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Vanderbilt University offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Vanderbilt University admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class, but withholds how many were offered or accepted a place.
Offered a place
Not disclosedAccepted a place
Not disclosed96.4% of Vanderbilt University’s first-years return for a second year and 92.7% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03