Vanderbilt University admissions

Private universities · TN. Fall 2023 first-year figures from federal (IPEDS) data. Vanderbilt does not publish admissions by high school, so these figures cover all applicants.

In fall 2023, Vanderbilt University admitted 2,844 of 45,313 applicants (6.3%). Its admit rate was 9.1% in fall 2019 and 6.3% in fall 2023. 8% of its first-year students in fall 2023 were California residents. 3 California high schools list Vanderbilt among the colleges their graduates enrolled in.

Admit rate

6.3%

2,844 admitted of 45,313 applicants

Yield

57%

1,622 admitted students enrolled

SAT, middle 50%

1510–1560

Reading and math combined, among students who submitted scores

ACT, middle 50%

34–35

Composite, among students who submitted scores

By year

Fall	Applicants	Admitted	Admit rate	Enrolled	SAT	ACT
2023	45,313	2,844	6.3%	1,622	1510–1560	34–35
2022	46,377	3,093	6.7%	1,619	1490–1570	34–35
2021	47,152	3,368	7.1%	1,626	1480–1570	34–35
2020	36,646	4,259	12%	1,698	1470–1570	33–35
2019	37,310	3,402	9.1%	1,604	1460–1560	33–35

A dash means IPEDS has no figure for that year, e.g. test ranges while the college was test-optional.

Where first-year students come from

Where Vanderbilt's first-year students lived when admitted, fall 2023.

Vanderbilt fall 2023 first-year students by residence
Lived in	Enrolled	Share
California	124	8%
Elsewhere in the U.S.	1,303	81%
Abroad	188	12%

Enrolled students only: the federal data has no applicants or admits by residency. Colleges report this in even-numbered years, and some in odd years too, so the newest year shown may be older than the figures above. Abroad means living outside the U.S. when admitted, not citizenship; students whose residence was not reported are left out. Source: U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS).

California high schools that report graduates here

Graduates of 3 California high schools are reported here, from the schools’ own published lists.