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Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt had a vision of a place that would “contribute to strengthening the ties that should exist between all sections of our common country” when he gave a million dollars to create a university in 1873. Today, that vision has been realized in Vanderbilt, an internationally recognized research university in Nashville, Tennessee, with strong partnerships among its 10 schools, neighboring institutions and the community.

Vanderbilt offers undergraduate programs in the liberal arts and sciences, engineering, music, education and human development, as well as a full range of graduate and professional degrees. The combination of cutting edge research, liberal arts and a distinguished medical center creates an invigorating atmosphere where students tailor their education to meet their goals and researchers collaborate to solve complex problems affecting our health, culture and society.

Vanderbilt provides a gateway to greatness, drawing the best and brightest students from across the nation and around the world. Vanderbilt alumni can be found in Congress, on the judicial bench, heading corporations, conducting innovative medical research, writing for and appearing on the stage and screen, and playing in the NFL, NBA and major league baseball.

An independent, privately supported university, Vanderbilt is the largest private employer in Middle Tennessee and the second largest private employer based in the state.

STUDENTS (2008/2009)
Enrollment

• Undergraduate: Full-time 6,584
  Part-time 53
  Total 6,637
• Graduate and professional: Full-time 4,735
  Part-time 721
  Total 5,456
• Total full-time students: 11,319
• Total part-time students: 774
  
• TOTAL: 12,093
• Men: 5,654 47%
• Women: 6,439 53%

Percentage of undergraduates who live on campus: 90.4%

Percentage of undergraduates receiving some sort of financial aid (2008/09): 60.8%

Undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio: 9:1

Undergraduate tuition (2008/2009): $36,100

New Freshmen

• Number of new freshmen: 1,569
• SAT I-verbal mid 50% range: 650-740
• SAT I-math mid 50% range: 680-760
• ACT mid 50% range: 30-33
• Number of applicants: 16,944

Degrees Conferred 2008

• Baccalaureate: 1542
• Master's: 1081
• M.D.: 94
• Other doctoral: 519
• Total degrees conferred: 3,236 No honorary degrees are conferred

Enrollment by School

• College of Arts and Science: 3,986
• Blair School of Music: 204
• Divinity School: 245
• School of Engineering: 1,301
• Graduate School: 2,130
• Law School: 613
• School of Medicine : 633
• School of Nursing: 730
• Owen Graduate School of Management: 565
• Peabody College: 1,659
• Division of Unclassified Studies: 27

Student Housing

• Residence halls and apartments: 34
  Capacity: 5,689
• Sorority Houses: 12
• Fraternity Houses: 18

Extracurricular activities

• More than 300 clubs and organizations
• Sororities: 15
• Fraternities: 22

Regional Breakdown

• New England 4%
• Midwest 14%
• South 45%
• Middle States 13%
• West 7%
• Southwest 8%
• U.S. Territories >.1%
• International 8%
• Unspecified >.1%

SCHOOLS AND DEGREES
College of Arts and Science: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts*, Master of Science*, Doctor of Philosophy* Blair School of Music: Bachelor of Music Divinity School: Master of Divinity, Master of Theological Studies, Master of Arts*, Doctor of Philosophy* School of Engineering: Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Master of Engineering, Master of Science*, Doctor of Philosophy*		Graduate School: Master of Arts, Master of Arts in Teaching, Master of Liberal Arts and Science, Master of Fine Arts, Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy Law School: Master of Laws, Doctor of Jurisprudence, Doctor of Philosophy* School of Medicine: Master of Laboratory Investigation, Master of Science in Medical Physics, Master of Public Health, Master of Science in Clinical Investigation, Doctor of Audiology, Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Education of the Deaf, Master’s in Speech-Language Pathology * School of Nursing: Master of Science in Nursing, Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Science*, Doctor of Nursing Practice Owen Graduate School of Management: Master of Business Administration, Master of Science in Finance, Master of Accountancy, Doctor of Philosophy* Peabody College (of education and human development): Bachelor of Science, Master of Education, Master of Public Policy, Doctor of Education, Doctor of Philosophy*   *These degrees are awarded through the Graduate School, but are listed under both the Graduate School and the specific school of the university.

ACCREDITATION, HONORS AND RANKINGS
The university is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's, master's, education specialist's and doctor's degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Vanderbilt University.

Vanderbilt is a member of the Association of American Universities.

Nobel Laureates

• Muhammad Yunus, Ph.D. 1971, 2006 Peace Prize for establishing the Grameen Bank and his pioneering the practice of providing micro loans to the impoverished.
• Stanford Moore, B.A. 1935, 1972 Prize in Chemistry, for fundamental contributions to the understanding of enzyme chemistry.
• Earl Sutherland Jr., Medical Center faculty member (1963-73), 1971 Prize in Medicine, for his discovery of the metabolic regulating compound cyclic AMP.
• Max Delbruck,Vanderbilt physics professor (1940-47), 1969 Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses.
• Stanley Cohen, Medical Center faculty member (1959-90), 1986 Prize in Medicine, for his discovery with a colleague of epidermal growth factor.

Rankings

Wall Street Journal

• 19th Graduate Business Schools – Owen Graduate School of Management

Shanghai Jiao Tong University , China

• 34th Top 100 North and Latin American Universities
• 42nd Top 500 World Universities

National Research Council survey of graduate programs

Religion Ph.D. program

• 7th -- Faculty quality
• 8th -- Program effectiveness

Business Week

• 30th -- Graduate Business Schools (Owen Graduate School of Management)
• 24th -- Executive MBA Programs (Owen Graduate School of Management)

U.S. News & World Report

• 18th -- National Universities (undergraduate)
• 14th -- Best Value (undergraduate)
• 38th -- Undergraduate Engineering Schools
• 16th -- Research-oriented Medical Schools
• 15th -- Vanderbilt Medical Center
• 49th -- Primary Care Medical Schools
• 1st -- Graduate Schools of Education - Peabody College
• 44th -- Graduate Business Schools - Owen Graduate School of Management
• 15th -- Law Schools
• 42nd -- Graduate Engineering Schools
• 19th -- Graduate Schools of Nursing

Thompson’s ISI

• 1st -- Most cited program in pharmacology

	EMPLOYMENT (2008-2009)	Staff (as of June 30, 2008): Total University Central Medical Center Full-time 16,992 3,720 13,272 Part-time 1,959 671 1,288 Total 18,951 4,391 14,560 Total Employment: 22,309
	Faculty (as of June 30, 2008) Full-time faculty by school: College of Arts and Science: 533 School of Engineering: 118 Peabody College: 131 Blair School of Music: 56 Divinity School: 27 Law School: 46 Owen Graduate School of Management: 49 School of Medicine: 1,833 School of Nursing: 204 Total full-time faculty: 2,997 Part-time faculty: 361 Faculty with terminal degrees: 97%

ATHLETICS

• Conference membership:
  
  • Southeastern Conference Eastern Division
  • American Lacrosse Conference (lacrosse)
    
• Men's varsity teams: baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis
• Women's varsity teams: basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, tennis, track
• Seating Capacity:
  • Memorial Gymnasium: 14,193
  • Vanderbilt Stadium: 39,447
• School Colors: Black and Gold
• School Mascot: The Commodore
  

ALUMNI

• Number of living alumni: 116,132
• Number of alumni residing in Nashville: 19,605
• Alumni Association founded: 1879
• Number of alumni clubs worldwide: 43

CAMPUS

Located a mile and a half southwest of downtown Nashville, the campus is a park-like setting. Vanderbilt is home to more than 300 tree and shrub varieties and was designated a national arboretum in 1988. Buildings on the original campus date to its founding in 1873. The Peabody section of campus has been a registered National Historic Landmark since 1966. Off-campus facilities include the Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory, situated on a 1,131-foot hill, six miles south of campus.

• Grounds area in acres: 330
• Number of buildings: 229
• Total square footage of physical plant: 16.9 million
  • University Central: 6.2 million square feet, 37%
  • Medical Center: 8.9 million square feet, 53%
  • Real Estate: 1.8 million square feet, 10%
    
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LEADERSHIP The Board of Trust is the governing body of the University. The Chancellor, who is chosen by the Board of Trust, is the chief executive officer of the University.

Officers of the Board Martha R. Ingram, Chairman Dennis C. Bottorff, Vice Chairman Darryl D. Berger, Vice Chairman William W. Bain Jr., Secretary General Officers Nicholas S. Zeppos, Chancellor Richard McCarty, Provost, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Jeffrey Balser, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Betty L. Price, Acting Vice Chancellor for Finance and Chief Financial Officer Jerry Fife, Acting Vice Chancellor for Administration David Williams II, Vice Chancellor for University Affairs and Athletics, General Counsel, and Secretary of the University Beth Fortune, Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs Matthew W. Wright, Vice Chancellor for Investments Susie Stalcup, Vice Chancellor for Development and Alumni Relations

Academic Deans Camilla P. Benbow, Dean of Peabody College James W. Bradford, Dean of the Owen Graduate School of Management Colleen Conway-Welch, Dean of the School of Nursing Jeffrey R. Balser, Dean of the School of Medicine Kenneth F. Galloway, Dean of the School of Engineering Dennis Hall, Dean of the Graduate School James Hudnut-Beumler, Dean of the Divinity School Carolyn Dever, Dean of the College of Arts and Science Chris Guthrie, Dean of the Law School Mark Wait, Dean of the Blair School of Music Mark Bandas, Associate Provost and Dean of Students Douglas L. Christiansen, Associate Provost for Enrollment Management and Dean of Admissions Francis W. Wcislo, Dean of the Commons

LIBRARY
With holdings of 3.3 million volumes, 44,000 journals and serials, of which some 35,000 are electronic, and more than 3 million microforms, the Jean and Alexander Heard Library includes the Central Library, Divinity Library, Peabody Library, Alyne Queener Massey Law Library, Walker Management Library, Annette and Irwin Eskind Biomedical Library, Anne Potter Wilson Music Library, Sarah Shannon Stevenson Science and Engineering Library, Special Collections and University Archives, and the Vanderbilt Television News Archive. Access to the library catalog is available at www.library.vanderbilt.edu.

Vanderbilt is one of 13 Nashville-area institutions participating in Athena, an online service through which patrons at any participating library, including local public libraries, can borrow books from any other participating library.

The Vanderbilt Television News Archive is the largest collection of network newscasts and specials available to the public. Individuals throughout the world may make videotape loan requests for reference, study, classroom instruction and research. The Archive’s searchable database of abstracts of network newscasts since August 5, 1968, is at tvnews.vanderbilt.edu. Vanderbilt users may view streaming video of all broadcasts from the General Library Building. Other colleges and universities may purchase subscriptions that include access to selected streaming video content.

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

The Vanderbilt University Medical Center includes:

• The School of Medicine
• The School of Nursing
• Vanderbilt University Hospital
• The Vanderbilt Clinic
• Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
• The Psychiatric Hospital at Vanderbilt
• The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
• The Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital
• The Kim Dayani Health Promotion Center
• Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center for Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences
• Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute
• Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute
• Annette and Irwin Eskind Biomedical Library
• The Vanderbilt-Eskind Diabetes Clinic
• Vanderbilt Sports Medicine Center
• The Vanderbilt Transplant Center
• Vanderbilt Center for Better Health
• The Vanderbilt Medical Group, one of the largest physicians practices in the Southeast
• Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development
• Vanderbilt Eye Institute
• Vanderbilt Voice Center

VUMC programs unique to the region:

• Level I Trauma Center
• Comprehensive Adult and Pediatric Burn Center
• LifeFlight air emergency transport
• Voice Center
• 19 specialty services of Children's Hospital, including Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and a dedicated pediatric emergency department and pediatric trauma program
• Poison Control Center for Tennessee
• State’s only comprehensive Organ Transplant Program

Vanderbilt Medical Center Research Vanderbilt School of Medicine ranked No. 10 among U.S. medical schools for NIH funding for federal fiscal year 2007. Vanderbilt's NIH grant funding increased from $245.6 million to $282.3 million, an increase of $36.7 million — the largest increase among the top 10 schools of medicine. VUMC research funding from all sources has doubled since 2001. In addition, five departments rank in the top 10 nationwide in scholarly output in 2006-07, calculated in terms of faculty publications, citations, awards and grants. The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is a comprehensive cancer center as designated by the National Cancer Institute -- one of 41 such centers in the United States and the only one of its kind in Tennessee. It is also a member of the elite National Cancer Center Network comprising the top 21 clinical cancer institutes in the country.

RESEARCH INFORMATION
(year ending 6/30/08)

Total research expenditures: $444,300,000

Sponsored research and project awards: $519,700,000

Ranked 20th in federal research and development funding among U.S. colleges and universities based on fiscal year 2006.

PATIENT CARE INFORMATION
(year ending 6/30/08)

• Licensed hospital beds: 847
• Hospital discharges: 51,831
• Hospital patient days: 267,947
• Clinic outpatient days: 1,178,841
• Emergency room visits: 102,998
• Total cost of charity care: $183,000,000

CENTERS AND INSTITUTES Research, teaching and dialogue that bring together traditionally diverse disciplines are prevalent at Vanderbilt through 120 centers and institutes that include: The Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center provides educational and cultural programming on the African and African American experience for the Vanderbilt and Nashville communities. Dedicated in 1984, the center is named for the first African American student admitted to Vanderbilt (in 1953). The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is one of 41 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers. The center is consistently recognized among the nation's leading centers for excellence in compassionate, individualized cancer treatment. It comprises hundreds of faculty and staff involved in cancer care, research, education and outreach at Vanderbilt and through partnerships with colleagues throughout the state and the nation. The Vanderbilt Center for Nashville Studies facilitates academic and applied, social scientific and historical research in greater Nashville , alone or in comparison with other cities in the state, nation and world. Its projects address enduring, pressing human themes such as immigration, community health, poverty, wealth and the American dream. The Vanderbilt Institute for Coffee Studies blends an understanding of the biomedical, anthropological, historical, sociological, literary and economic impacts of coffee growth and consumption on society. Housed in the Center for Latin American Studies, the institute conducts cutting-edge research on this ever-popular cultural force. Learn more about Vanderbilt's centers and institutes.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION (year ending 6/30/08)
Total Net Assets: $5.0 billion Managed Endowment Market value: $3.5 billion Endowment utilized: 4% Endowment per student: $295,048 Operating Budget: $2.8 billion	Expenses by Function $2,836.7 million in fiscal 2008 Health care services: 61% Instruction and other student services: 21.2% Research: 13.1% Institutional support: 1.7% Public service and other: 3%	Revenues by Source $2,887.6 million in fiscal 2008 Health care services: 64.9% Government grants and contracts: 14.2% Net tuition, fees, room and board: 8.8% Gifts and endowment distributions: 8.5% Investment income and other: 3.6%