You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for a Master’s list. Vanderbilt University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Vanderbilt also made our “Best Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #1.Of the 13,537 students enrolled at Vanderbilt University, 13 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,769. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Vanderbilt University]](/colleges/vanderbilt-university/student-life/veterans/)