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 $1 million to create a university in 1873.

Today, that vision has been realized in Vanderbilt, an internationally recognized research university in Nashville, Tenn., 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, nationally recognized schools of business and divinity and a distinguished medical center creates an invigorating atmosphere where students tailor their education to meet their goals and researchers collaborate to solve complex questions 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, in the pulpit, heading corporations, conducting innovative medical research, writing for and appearing on the stage and screen, and playing in the NFL 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 (2011/2012)

Enrollment

Undergraduate:

• Full-time: 6,747
• Part-time: 70
• Total: 6,817

Graduate and professional:

• Full-time: 5,202
• Part-time: 840
• Total: 6,042

Total full-time students: 11,949
Total part-time students: 910

TOTAL: 12,859*

*Includes duplicate students enrolled in joint programs

Men: 6,001(47%)
Women: 6,858 (53%)

Percentage of undergraduates who live on campus: 89%

Percentage of undergraduates receiving some sort of financial aid (2010/2011): 62%

Undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio: 8:1

Undergraduate tuition (2011/2012): $40,320

New Freshmen (Fall 2011)

• Number of new freshmen: 1,601
• SAT I-verbal mid 50% range: 680 – 770
• SAT I-math mid 50% range: 700 – 780
• ACT mid 50% range: 31 – 34
• Number of applicants: 24,837

Degrees Conferred (2011)

• Baccalaureate: 1,735
• Master’s: 1,252
• Ph.D.: 297
• M.D.: 97
• Other doctoral: 259
• Total degrees conferred: 3,640
  No honorary degrees are conferred

Enrollment by School

• College of Arts and Science: 4,238
• Blair School of Music: 202
• Divinity School: 247
• School of Engineering: 1,302
• Graduate School: 2,304
• Law School: 642
• School of Medicine: 638
• School of Nursing: 978
• Owen Graduate School of Management: 553
• Peabody College: 1,719
• Division of Unclassified Studies: 36

Student Housing

• Residence halls and apartments: 34
• Capacity: 5,695
• Sorority Houses: 11
• Fraternity Houses: 16

In order to prepare for the next phase of College Halls, Vanderbilt’s integrated living-learning student community, the Kissam Quadrangle will close in Fall 2012, temporarily reducing our on-campus student housing capacity by 8 percent.

Regional Breakdown

• New England 4.3%
• Midwest 15.4%
• South 41.9%
• Middle States 13.5%
• West 7.5%
• Southwest 7.5%
• U.S. Territories and Unspecified 0.8%
• International 9.1%

Extracurricular activities

• More than 300 clubs and organizations
• Sororities: 16
• Fraternities: 20

Schools and Degrees

• College of Arts and Science: Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts*, Master of Fine 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, Master of Engineering, Master of Science*, Doctor of Philosophy*
• Graduate School: Master of Arts, Master of Science, Master of Arts in Teaching, Master of Liberal Arts and Science, Master of Fine Arts, 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 Medical Physics, 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, Master of Management in Health Care Doctor of Philosophy*
• Peabody College (of education and human development): Bachelor of Science, Master of Education, Master of Public Policy, Master of Arts in Teaching*, Master of Science*, Doctor of Education, Doctor of Philosophy*

*These degrees are awarded through the Graduate School

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

• 25th — Executive MBA (2010)

Businessweek

• 32nd – Best Executive MBA
• 37th – Best Executive MBA

Kiplinger

• 19th — Best Value in Private Colleges

U.S. News & World Report

• 17th — National Universities (undergraduate)
• 14^th — Best Value (undergraduate)
• 1st — Graduate Schools of Education – Peabody College
• 15th — Research-oriented Medical Schools
• 14th — Best Hospitals Honor Roll
• 16th — Law Schools
• 19th — High School Counselors’ Picks
• 15th — Graduate Schools of Nursing
• 34th — Undergraduate Engineering Schools
• 28th — Graduate Business Schools
• 37th — Graduate Engineering Schools

Employment (FY 2011)

Staff	Total	University Central	Medical Center
Full-time	19,192	3,914	15,278
Part-time	798	203	595
Total	19,990	4,117	15,873

Total Employment: 23,834

Faculty

Full-time faculty by school:

• College of Arts and Science: 576
• School of Engineering: 128
• Peabody College: 143
• Blair School of Music: 59
• Divinity School: 33
• Law School: 45
• Owen Graduate School of Management: 51
• School of Medicine: 2,143
• School of Nursing: 270

Total full-time faculty: 3,448

Part-time faculty: 396

Faculty with terminal degrees: 96%

Athletics

• Conference membership:Southeastern Conference (Eastern Division); American Lacrosse Conference
• Men’s varsity teams: Football, basketball, baseball, tennis, golf, cross country
• Women’s varsity teams: Basketball, soccer, tennis, golf, cross country, track & field, lacrosse, bowling, swimming
• Seating Capacity:
  • Memorial Gymnasium (basketball): 14,316
  • Vanderbilt Stadium (football): 39,773
  • Charles Hawkins Field (baseball): 3,700
• School Colors: Black and gold
• Mascot: Commodore

Alumni

• Number of living alumni: 122,392
• Number of alumni residing in Nashville: 20,174
• Alumni Association founded: 1879
• Number of alumni clubs worldwide: 40

Learn more at the Alumni Web site.

Campus

Located a mile and a half southwest of downtown Nashville, 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 1859. The Peabody section of campus has been a registered National Historic Landmark since 1966. Off-campus facilities include the Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, and Vanderbilt Health at One Hundred Oaks.

• 330 acres
• 241 buildings
• Total: 18.3 million square feet
  • University: 6 million square feet, 33%
  • Medical: 10.2 million square feet, 56%
  • Real Estate: 2.1 million square feet, 11%
  • Campus map | Vicinity map

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

• Mark F. Dalton, Chairman
• Jackson W. Moore, Vice Chairman
• Nancy P. Mulford, Vice Chairman
• Joanne F. Hayes, Secretary

General Officers

• Nicholas S. Zeppos, Chancellor, Professor of Law
• Jeffrey R. Balser, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Dean of the School of Medicine, Professor of Anesthesiology, Professor of Pharmacology
• Jerry G. Fife, Vice Chancellor for Administration
• Beth A. Fortune, Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs
• Richard C. McCarty, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Professor of Psychology, Professor of Pharmacology
• Susie S. Stalcup, Vice Chancellor for Development and Alumni Relations
• Brett C. Sweet, Vice Chancellor for Finance, Chief Financial Officer
• David Williams II, Vice Chancellor for University Affairs and Athletics, General Counsel, University Secretary, Professor of Law
• Matthew W. Wright, Vice Chancellor for Investments

Academic Deans

• Jeffrey R. Balser, Dean of the School of Medicine
• Mark D. Bandas, Associate Provost, Dean of Students
• Camilla P. Benbow, Dean of Peabody College
• James W. Bradford, Dean of the Owen Graduate School of Management
• Douglas L. Christiansen, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management, Dean of Admissions
• Colleen Conway-Welch, Dean of the School of Nursing
• Carolyn L. Dever, Dean of the College of Arts and Science
• Connie Vinita Dowell, Dean of Libraries
• Kenneth F. Galloway, Dean of the School of Engineering
• Christopher P. Guthrie, Dean of the Law School
• Dennis G. Hall, Vice Provost for Research, Dean of the Graduate School
• James Hudnut-Beumler, Dean of the Divinity School
• Mark W. Wait, Dean of the Blair School of Music
• Francis W. Wcislo, Dean of The Ingram Commons

Library

Vanderbilt University’s Jean and Alexander Heard Library System is among the top research libraries in the nation, and one of the most important research libraries in the Southeast.  Home to over 8 million items, the Library holds more than 3.5 million volumes, 3.1 million microform items, and locally created digital collections holding 1.2 million items. Our oldest manuscript in the collection dates from c. 1300 and new publications are being added every day. Among the Library’s collection strengths are the W. T. Bandy Center for Baudelaire and Modern French Studies, a comprehensive collection of materials on Charles Baudelaire and French literature and culture; the Southern Literature and Culture Collection; Latin American Collections for Brazil, Colombia, the Andes, Mesoamerica and Argentina; the Television News Archive, the world’s most extensive and complete archive of television news covering 1968 to present; and the Global Music Archive, a multimedia reference archive and resource center for traditional and popular song, music, and dance of Africa and the Americas.

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
• Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital
• 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
• 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
• Vanderbilt Eye Institute
• Vanderbilt Voice Center
• The Vanderbilt Breast Center
• The Vanderbilt Center for Women’s Health
• The Vanderbilt Clinical Neurosciences Institute
• Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks

VUMC programs unique to the region:

• The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is one of 40 National Cancer Institute–designated comprehensive cancer centers in the United States and the only center in Tennessee that conducts research and cares for both children and adults. It is also a member of the elite National Comprehensive Cancer Network comprising the top 21 clinical cancer institutes in the country.
• Only Level I trauma center in Middle Tennessee
• Comprehensive regional adult and pediatric burn Center
• LifeFlight, an integrated air and ground emergency patient transport system
• 19 specialty services of Children’s Hospital, including Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and a dedicated pediatric emergency department and pediatric trauma program
• Tennessee Poison Control Center
• State’s only comprehensive solid organ transplant program

Research Information (FY 2011)

Total research expenditures: $543.1m

Sponsored research and project awards: $587.2m

• Medical Center: $449.9m
• University: $137.3m
• NIH funding: $370.3m

Ranked 20th in federal research and development funding obligations among U.S. colleges and universities based on the most recent available reports.

Hospitals and Clinics (FY 2011)

• Licensed hospital beds: 916
• Discharges: 52,453
• Inpatient days: 282,547
• Ambulatory visits: 1,586,395
• Emergency visits: 109,987
• Total cost of charity care, community benefits, and other unrecovered costs: $835.3million

Centers and Institutes

Research, teaching and dialogue that bring together traditionally diverse disciplines prevail at Vanderbilt through 120 centers and institutes that include:

Latin American Public Opinion Project
LAPOP has produced comprehensive surveys of public opinion for more than 30 years. Every two years it carries out the AmericasBarometer survey, which currently covers 26 nations in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. Each year it publishes dozens of high quality academic studies and policy-relevant papers.

MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience
The Research Network on Law and Neuroscience, funded by a grant from the MacArthur Foundation, addresses a focused set of closely related problems at the intersection of neuroscience and criminal justice, including mental states, capacity, and evidence.

Vanderbilt Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS)
ISIS conducts basic and applied research in the theoretical foundations, modeling, design, manufacturing, and educational aspects of a wide range of software-intensive systems, from small embedded devices, through real-time networked systems, to globally deployed complex cyber-physical systems.

Center for Medicine, Health and Society
MHS explores medicine and science in a wide array of cultural contexts, while at the same time fostering productive dialogue across disciplinary boundaries through scholarship, teaching, and wide-ranging collaborative projects.

Cal Turner Center for Moral Leadership
The Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership in the Professions seeks to foster an environment conducive to faculty research and teaching in areas associated with moral leadership, and to develop student’s abilities to provide moral leadership within their chosen profession as well as within the broader community.

Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities
The Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities promotes interdisciplinary research and study in the humanities and social sciences. Because cooperative study in higher education is crucial to the modern university and the society it influences, the Center is designed to intensify and increase interdisciplinary discussion of academic, social, and cultural issues.

National Center on Performance Incentives
NCPI examines whether financial incentives for teachers, administrators and schools affect the quality of teaching and learning. NCPI’s work includes the nationally recognized POINT study, the most academically rigorous study to date to examine this issue.

Learn more about Vanderbilt’s centers and institutes.

Financial Information (FY 2011)

Total Net Assets: $5.1 billion

Endowment Market value: $3.4 billion Endowment payout: 4.8% Endowment per student: $265,467 Operating Budget: $3.5 billion

Expenses by Function Health care services: 62.7% Instruction and other student services: 22.1% Research: 12.7% Institutional support: 1.4% Public service and other: 1.1%

Revenues by Source Health care services: 67.2% Government grants and contracts: 15.1% Net tuition, fees, room and board: 9.6% Gifts and endowment distributions: 6.6% Investment income and other: 1.5%

The 2011 Financial Report is available here.

Contact Us:

Vanderbilt News Service (615) 322-2706 (615) 343-7708 fax news@vanderbilt.edu www.vanderbilt.edu/news

Medical Center News and Public Affairs (615) 322-4747 (615) 343-3890 fax www.mc.vanderbilt.edu

Athletic Media Relations (615) 322-4727 (615) 322-4121 (615) 343-7064 fax www.vucommodores.com

Note: This page is based on the RE:VU brochure, which is published every December. Last updated December 2011. Send updates here.