You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Medical Scientist Major in Tennessee list. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified ’s medical scientist students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.