Rankings

• National Universities: #18
• Best Value Schools: #8
• Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs: #35
• Psychology Programs: #8
• Economics: #22
• Learning Communities: #5
• Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects: #22
• Service Learning: #13
• First-Year Experiences: #20
• Best Undergraduate Teaching: #10
• Most Innovative Schools: #38
• Top Performers on Social Mobility: #190 Source

Mission And History

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• History
• Fast Facts

Accreditations

• University: Vanderbilt University
• Accrediting Organization: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
• Accreditation Granted Date: (No data available)
• Most Recent Reaffirmation Date: 2017-12-07
• Next Reaffirmation Due: 2026-01-01

Strategic Goals

• Pursue excellence in education by offering experiences that merge the advantages of a liberal arts college with those of a world-class research university.
• Pursue excellence in scholarship, creative expression, and research that address important problems and questions facing our community, our country, and the world.
• Leverage the many synergies between discovery, learning, and service across our entire community of scholars and learners.
• Seek accomplishment and seize opportunities to be transparent and accountable to all the University’s constituencies.
• Be among the very best research universities in the world.
• Offer students a rich and diverse intellectual community that educates the whole person and cultivates lifelong learning.
• Invest in multi- and inter-disciplinary programs to lead in defining and addressing important problems facing society, while pursuing new and exciting opportunities.
• Build distinctive and distinguished programs that develop and offer effective solutions to pressing health and healthcare problems.
• Transform education models through technology and research.
• Full Plan

Resources And Documents

• Strategic Plan Goals
• Campus Plan
• Campus Map
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• Annual Security And Safety
• Peer Institution: (No data available)

Updated on 07/19/2025