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#20 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#7 Best Value Schools
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#59 Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects
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#34 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
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#21 Biomedical
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
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#31 Most Innovative Schools
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#291 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#27 First-Year Experiences
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#16 Learning Communities
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#16 Service Learning
Vanderbilt University is ranked #15 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
84
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
47
Graduation and retention rank
19
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
93%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
97%
Social Mobility Rank
291
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
90%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
94%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
98%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-4
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
4.3
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
16
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
19
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
91.1%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
96%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
65.9%
Classes with 50 or more students
7%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
7:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
11
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
33-35
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
89%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
11
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
21
Average alumni giving rate
26.3%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
