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How Well Is Vanderbilt University Ranked?

2023 Rankings

College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.

Vanderbilt University was awarded 3,193 badges in the 2023 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is oncology and cancer biology.

Overall Quality

Vanderbilt landed the #21 spot in College Factual's 2023 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,241 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 1% of all schools in the nation! This is an improvement over the previous year, when Vanderbilt held the #37 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Vanderbilt also holds the #1 spot on the Best Colleges in Tennessee ranking.

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How Much Money Do Vanderbilt Graduates Make?

Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Vanderbilt with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $79,872 in their early years. That's great news for Vanderbilt students since it is 88% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.