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Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN. 340 fields, verified each cycle. from the Department of Education, the Common Data Set and the school's own bulletin, not scraped once and forgotten.

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“Boston is the campus, for better and worse. No quad to sit on, no bubble to stay in. I loved it.”

Alum, 2024, College of Communication

“I was in a lab the second semester of sophomore year. Professors answer email here.”

Junior, Engineering

“The education is worth it. The cost is not the number on the website.”

Sophomore, College of Arts and Sciences

“Consulting and finance firms recruit through Questrom. Three internships before senior year.”

Senior, Questrom

“Four years of guaranteed housing in a city this expensive is the underrated benefit.”

Senior, College of Arts and Sciences

“Sixty of my sixty four credits transferred. Get the agreement in writing first.”

Transfer, 2025, Engineering
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“My funding package covered five years. That decision was made for me before I arrived, and it changed everything.”

Doctoral candidate, Biology

“The clinical placements are in Boston hospitals. You are working with patients in your first year.”

Second year, Medicine

“My advisor has eleven students. Ask how many before you accept an offer anywhere.”

Doctoral candidate, Economics

“The part time law option let me keep working. Four years instead of three, no debt.”

Third year, Law

“Teaching load is two sections a term. Budget for that when you plan your dissertation timeline.”

Doctoral candidate, English

“Master of Public Health placement was strong. Career services is thinner than the undergraduate side.”

Alum, 2025, Public Health

Acceptance rate

5.9%

2025-2026

SAT middle 50%

1500-1570

Test optional

ACT middle 50%

34-35

Composite

Average net price

$15,846

After grants

Graduation rate

94%

Within six years

Acceptance rate

28%

34,100 applied, 9,500 admitted

Median undergraduate GPA

3.5

Across all master's programs

Funded doctoral offers

94%

Five year package, tuition and stipend

Average net cost

$41,800

Master's, after aid and assistantships

Completion rate

82%

Doctoral, within eight years

Deadlines

Early Decision (ED) November 1, 2025
Early Decision II (ED II) January 1, 2026
Regular Decision (RD) January 1, 2026

Requirements

Application platform Common App
Application fee $50
Test scores Not required (test-optional)
Writing supplement Not required
Counselor recommendation Required
Teacher evaluations 2
Supplemental prompt 300 words Vanderbilt University's motto, Crescere aude, is Latin for "dare to grow." In your response, reflect on how one or more aspects of your identity, culture, or background has played a role in your personal growth, and how it will contribute to our campus community as you dare to grow at Vanderbilt.
Supplemental prompt 50 words Who will you ask for recommendation letters? Teachers: 2 required. Other recommenders: up to 1 optional. List only.

Where Vanderbilt University stands on AI

The school's published guidance, in plain terms. The line is authorship, not tooling.

The line

Grammar tools and feedback ok, but AI must not replace your own thinking or write the essay.

Allowed

Online grammar checking, brainstorming help, feedback on clarity from others

Not allowed

Using AI to replace independent thinking, generate the essay topic, or rewrite the essay

Read the full policy and source.

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