Vanderbilt University

A plain-language ledger of federal cost, completion, debt, borrower, and post-completion earnings fields.

Average net price$15,846Title IV aid recipients; cohort-specific

Completion rate93.1%150% of expected time · pooled

Median earnings$101,204working, not enrolled · 4 years after

Median graduate debt$14,000completers · suppressed below n=30

Do not divide one headline by another.

Net price, completion, debt, repayment, and earnings come from different cohorts and definitions. Their dates and student universes are not interchangeable; this page does not calculate ROI, payback time, or a school score.

01 / POST-COMPLETION EARNINGS

Working graduates in the federal record

Median earnings 4 years after completion$101,204

Median earnings 5 years after completion$90,815

Earnings cover graduates working and not enrolled. The black marker is the national federal earnings threshold where available—not a target or guarantee.

02 / PRICE WORKSHEET

Average net price by family income

Federal income band	Average net price
$0–30,000	$3,414
$30,001–48,000	$1,876
$48,001–75,000	$4,498
$75,001–110,000	$12,153
$110,001+	$45,145

Average net price is cost of attendance minus average grant/scholarship aid for the defined Title IV cohort; it is not a personal aid quote.

03 / PROGRESS FIELDS

Completion, retention, and borrowing

Each percentage has its own population. Open the documentation before comparing institutions with different missions or credential mixes.

Completion93.1%four-year institution · 150% time

Retention96.4%four-year institution · first-time, full-time

Pell recipients20.2%share of undergraduates

Federal loan share9.6%share of undergraduates

Borrower progress / paidNot reportedundergraduate completers · 4 years

Borrower cohort644federal loan borrowers

Undergraduates7,208IPEDS enrollment field

Admission rate5.9%suppressed below n=30

04 / DEBT FILE

Median debt of completers

$14,000

660 borrowers appear in the associated debt count field. This is cumulative federal debt for the defined completer cohort, not total price or monthly payment.

05 / FIELD-OF-STUDY REPORTS

Programs with publishable evidence

3 program combinations meet this site's 75-working-graduate rule and have non-suppressed four-year earnings and debt fields.

EconomicsBachelor's Degree · 109 working graduates$140,337 earnings · $12,424 debt →Social Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree · 107 working graduates$103,229 earnings · $11,000 debt →Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherBachelor's Degree · 93 working graduates$86,559 earnings · $12,000 debt →