How many students at Vanderbilt? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 13,710 students have enrolled in Vanderbilt University with 7,151 undergraduate and 6,559 graduate students.

By gender, 6,047 male and 7,663 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (19,694 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (very high research activity)).

699 students are enrolled exclusively, and 618 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

Vanderbilt University has a total of 13,710 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 7,151 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 6,559 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 6,047 male and 7,663 female students (the male-female ratio is 44:56) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total13,7107,1516,559
Men6,0473,4432,604
Women7,6633,7083,955
Vanderbilt University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartVanderbilt University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartVanderbilt University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 6,658 White, 1,269 Black, and 1,698 Asian students out of a total of 13,710 are attending at Vanderbilt University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American441430
Asian1,698778920
Black1,269497772
Hispanic1,279576703
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders281513
White6,6582,7963,862
Two or more races643274369
Race Unknown377191186
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American29920
Asian1,250604646
Black743316427
Hispanic787386401
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders21129
White2,9041,3911,513
Two or more races412185227
Race Unknown276146130
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American15510
Asian448174274
Black526181345
Hispanic492190302
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders734
White3,7541,4052,349
Two or more races23189142
Race Unknown1014556
Vanderbilt University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartVanderbilt University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartVanderbilt University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Vanderbilt has 100 students under 18 years old and 9 students over 65 years old. There are 9,272 students under 25 years old, and 4,438 students over 25 years old out of 13,710 total students.

Vanderbilt has 7,140 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 11 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,132 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,427 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 181005842
18-193,1051,6681,437
20-213,5351,8481,687
22-242,5321,5241,008
25-292,3731,3691,004
30-34955529426
35-39423245178
40-49449277172
50-6422914188
Over 65945
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 181005842
18-193,1031,6671,436
20-213,4551,7951,660
22-24482184298
25-29826
30-34101
35-39110
40-49110
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
18-19211
20-21805327
22-242,0501,340710
25-292,3651,367998
30-34954529425
35-39422244178
40-49448276172
50-6422914188
Over 65945
Vanderbilt University 2023 Student Population by Age chartVanderbilt University 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartVanderbilt University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartVanderbilt University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartVanderbilt University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartVanderbilt University 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Vanderbilt University, 699 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 618 students are enrolled in some online courses.

78 students lived in Tennessee or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 621 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students13,710699618
Undergraduate7,15100
Graduate6,559699618
Online Student Population by Locality
Tennessee ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students786192
Undergraduate0-0
Graduate786192
Vanderbilt University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 7,151 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 243 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.40%.242 students have transferred in as full-time status and 1 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time6,840
Transfer-in Full-time242
Regular Part-time68
Transfer-in Part-time1

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