Enrollment Trends at Vanderbilt

The student population at Vanderbilt University is 13,710 (7,151 undergraduate and 6,559 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 953 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Vanderbilt is 52.16% which is increased by 316 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 637 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.27 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

699 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 406.52% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 13,019 where 13,710 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

52.16% of total students is undergraduate students and 47.84% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 316 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 637 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.27 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Vanderbilt than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Vanderbilt University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	12,757	6,835	3,429	3,406	5,922	2,546	3,376
2014-15	12,686 -71	6,851 16	3,418 -11	3,433 27	5,835 -87	2,475 -71	3,360 -16
2015-16	12,567 -119	6,883 32	3,474 56	3,409 -24	5,684 -151	2,381 -94	3,303 -57
2016-17	12,587 20	6,871 -12	3,401 -73	3,470 61	5,716 32	2,334 -47	3,382 79
2017-18	12,592 5	6,885 14	3,363 -38	3,522 52	5,707 -9	2,337 3	3,370 -12
2018-19	12,824 232	6,861 -24	3,339 -24	3,522 0	5,963 256	2,423 86	3,540 170
2019-20	13,131 307	6,886 25	3,335 -4	3,551 29	6,245 282	2,480 57	3,765 225
2020-21	13,537 406	7,057 171	3,435 100	3,622 71	6,480 235	2,586 106	3,894 129
2021-22	13,796 259	7,111 54	3,476 41	3,635 13	6,685 205	2,639 53	4,046 152
2022-23	13,710 -86	7,151 40	3,443 -33	3,708 73	6,559 -126	2,604 -35	3,955 -91
Average	13,019	6,939	3,411	3,528	6,080	2,481	3,599

Vanderbilt University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,939 where 7,151 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Vanderbilt University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,835	6,764	3,387	3,377	71	42	29
2014-15	6,851	6,778	3,383	3,395	73	35	38
2015-16	6,883	6,822	3,439	3,383	61	35	26
2016-17	6,871	6,817	3,369	3,448	54	32	22
2017-18	6,885	6,805	3,322	3,483	80	41	39
2018-19	6,861	6,789	3,298	3,491	72	41	31
2019-20	6,886	6,833	3,300	3,533	53	35	18
2020-21	7,057	6,983	3,401	3,582	74	34	40
2021-22	7,111	7,042	3,435	3,607	69	41	28
2022-23	7,151	7,082	3,403	3,679	69	40	29
Average	6,939	6,939	3,374	3,498	6,939	38	30

Vanderbilt University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 6,080 where 6,559 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Vanderbilt University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,922	5,201	2,387	2,814	721	159	562
2014-15	5,835	5,094	2,295	2,799	741	180	561
2015-16	5,684	4,985	2,222	2,763	699	159	540
2016-17	5,716	5,017	2,187	2,830	699	147	552
2017-18	5,707	4,977	2,173	2,804	730	164	566
2018-19	5,963	5,075	2,206	2,869	888	217	671
2019-20	6,245	5,219	2,184	3,035	1,026	296	730
2020-21	6,480	5,326	2,225	3,101	1,154	361	793
2021-22	6,685	5,558	2,287	3,271	1,127	352	775
2022-23	6,559	5,404	2,225	3,179	1,155	379	776
Average	6,080	6,080	2,239	2,947	6,080	241	653

Vanderbilt University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 48.56% and the percentage of black students is 9.26% at Vanderbilt University. 12.39% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Vanderbilt University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	43	855	949	774	13	7,826	431
2014-15	35	966	932	810	12	7,653	456
2015-16	37	1,049	918	856	13	7,371	471
2016-17	40	1,105	996	920	18	7,154	509
2017-18	47	1,215	1,095	964	28	6,918	527
2018-19	46	1,270	1,210	1,008	28	6,847	557
2019-20	48	1,329	1,246	1,069	28	6,837	573
2020-21	46	1,487	1,285	1,168	32	7,063	608
2021-22	46	1,586	1,274	1,259	31	6,960	622
2022-23	44	1,698	1,269	1,279	28	6,658	643
Average	43	1,256	1,117	1,011	23	7,129	540

Vanderbilt University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

699 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has increased 406.52% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Vanderbilt University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	12,686	138	89	12,459
2015-16	12,567	95	87	12,385
2016-17	12,587	96	193	12,298
2017-18	12,592	112	195	12,285
2018-19	12,824	252	574	11,998
2019-20	13,131	494	545	12,092
2020-21	13,537	3,052	8,212	2,273
2021-22	13,796	698	821	12,277
2022-23	13,710	699	618	12,393
Average	13,048	626	1,259	11,162

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