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Vanderbilt University
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private university in Nashville, Tennessee, US
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Vanderbilt University is an active educational institution and funder located in Nashville, United States. Established in 1873, the university is also referred to by the alias "Vandy." It currently has 12,962 students and 3,358 employees. The institution holds total assets of 9,457,594,003 and an endowment of 10,928,512,329.
The university maintains an admission rate of 0.12 and an admission yield rate of 0.4. It has a ranking of 261 and 61,291 social media followers. Vanderbilt University is referenced by 5,368 other encyclopedia articles.
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Key facts
- Former name
- Central University, (1873–1877)
- Motto
- Crescere aude ( Latin )
- Motto in english
- Dare to grow
- Type
- Private research university
- Established
- 1873 ; 153 years ago ( 1873 )
- Accreditation
- SACS
- Academic affiliations
- AAU COFHE NAICU ORAU URA space-grant
- Endowment
- $10.9 billion (2025)
- Chancellor
- Daniel Diermeier
- Provost
- C. Cybele Raver
- Academic staff
- 1,847 (2023)
- Total staff
- 6,654 (2023)
- Students
- 13,575 (2024)
- Undergraduates
- 7,221 (2024)
- Postgraduates
- 6,354 (2024)
- Campus
- Large city , 330 acres (1.3 km )
- Other campuses
- Brentwood
- Newspaper
- The Vanderbilt Hustler
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- Type
- Education, Funder
- Founded
- 1873
- Location
- Nashville, United States
- Also known as
- Vandy
- Status
- Active
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Vanderbilt University
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vanderbilt.edu →We are committed to the pursuit and recognition of excellence in all aspects of our community, including the hiring and promotion of faculty and staff, the allocation of resources, and the admission and support of students. We foster an environment of bold inquiry and discovery, grounded in a commitment to open forums with a range of perspectives, institutional neutrality, and civil discourse, where our faculty and students are free to pursue their academic interests without censorship or retribution. We are committed to minimizing financial and other barriers to attending Vanderbilt and cultivating a vibrant campus community that supports our students’ academic and personal growth and pursuit of purposeful lives.
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Encyclopedic overview
Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school with its initial $1 million endowment in the hopes that his gift, and the greater work of the university, would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the American Civil War. Vanderbilt is a founding member of the Southeastern Conference and has been the conference's only private school since 1966.
The university comprises eleven schools and enrolls nearly 13,800 students from the US and 70 foreign countries. Vanderbilt is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". Several research centers and institutes are affiliated with the university, including the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, the Freedom Forum First Amendment Center, and Dyer Observatory. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, formerly part of the university, became a separate institution in 2016. In 2025-2026, Vanderbilt opened campuses in New York City, San Francisco, and West Palm Beach.
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