University · Nashville, United States
Vanderbilt University
Private university in Nashville, Tennessee, US
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About
instance of inception founder named after legal form industry language used academic calendar type
Location and contact
country headquarters location Nashville · country: United States · postal code: 37240 · street address: 211 Kirkland Hall street address 2101 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN, 37240 coordinate location official website
People and numbers
count of students 12,093 12,962 · full-time equivalent · 1 September 2021 employees admission rate admission yield rate
Rankings and recognition
ranking 250 · QS World University Rankings · 2026 93 · Times Higher Education World University Rankings · 2026 62 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2025 Earlier figures (34) 248 · QS World University Rankings · 2025 261 · QS World University Rankings · 2024 199 · QS World University Rankings · 2023 218 · QS World University Rankings · 2022 187 · QS World University Rankings · 2021 200 · QS World University Rankings · 2020 195 · QS World University Rankings · 2019 212 · QS World University Rankings · 2018 203 · QS World University Rankings · 2017 216 · QS World University Rankings · 2016 182 · QS World University Rankings · 2015 181 · QS World University Rankings · 2014 167 · QS World University Rankings · 2012 66 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2024 66 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2023 64 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2022 65 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2021 62 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2020 55 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2019 50 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2018 52 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2017 60 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2016 53 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2015 54 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2014 49 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2013 50 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2012 52 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2011 53 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2010 42 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2008 41 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2007 41 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2006 39 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2005 38 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2004 32 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2003 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education
Finances
endowment $10,206,067,255 · 30 June 2022 Earlier figures (2) $10,928,512,329 · 30 June 2021 $6,917,370,802 · 30 June 2020 total assets $9,457,594,003 · 30 June 2020 funder Open Society Foundations · prize money: $24,900 · award rationale: to support the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) undertake a module of questions on public perceptions on homicide in six Latin American countries as part of its AmericasBarometer survey · 2016
Structure and memberships
child organization or unit 8 more member of 9 more owner of athletics program
Other facts
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Wikimedia and technical details (10)
Commons category topic's main category category for alumni of educational institution category for employees of the organization on focus list of Wikimedia project described by source API endpoint URL topic has template category of associated people social media followers 61,291 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 14775752 · 11 February 2023 Earlier figures (3) 58,325 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 14775752 · 26 February 2022 54,768 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 14775752 · 10 January 2021 46,194 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 14775752 · 10 May 2018
Identifiers in other databases (73)
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At a glance
Kind University · Private
Location Nashville, United States
Founded 1873
Students 12,093
Also known as Vandy
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