Fact Sheet

Fast Facts about the Vanderbilt School of Engineering

• Vanderbilt University Board of Trust voted to create the Engineering Department in 1886.
• Accredited by Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
• Student/faculty ratio: 15-1
• Teaching Faculty Total: 118
• Tenure and Tenure-Track Faculty: 85
• Non-Teaching Research Staff: 42
• Undergraduate student population: 1,289 (Spring 2011)
      33% women
      5% African American
      6% Asian American
      5% Hispanic American 
      15% International
• Median SAT: 1485 (Fall 2011 freshmen)
• 61% of engineering students receive some form of financial aid
• Ranked No. 34 in annual undergraduate rankings by U.S. News & World Report
• Degrees awarded (2010-2011)
      253 B.E.
      65 B.S.
• Graduate student/faculty ratio: 5-1
• Graduate Student population: 414 (Fall 2011)
• Ranked No. 35 in annual graduate rankings by U.S. News & World Report
• Graduate Degrees awarded (2010-2011)
      59 M.S.
      20 M.E.
      56 Ph.D.
• Of the graduates who sought employment, 95 percent had jobs within six months of graduation.
• After graduation, 20 percent of graduates go to on to graduate school and 15 percent go to professional schools.