Fast Facts about the Vanderbilt School of Engineering
- Vanderbilt University Board of Trust voted to create the Engineering Department in 1886.
- Student/faculty ratio: 12-1
- Full-time Teaching Faculty Total (incl. T/Tk faculty): 153
- Tenure and Tenure-Track Faculty: 113
- Non-Teaching Research Faculty and Staff: 126
- Undergraduate student population: 1457 (Fall 2023)
- 44.6% women (entering Fall 2023 class 53% women)
- 21.4% underrepresented minorities (American Indian or Alaska Native; Black or African American; Hisp/Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; two or more races)
- 13% International
- >64% of engineering students receive some form of financial aid
- Ranked No. 37 in the 2024 annual undergraduate engineering rankings by U.S. News & World Report (released September 2023)
- 373 Undergraduate Degrees awarded (2022-2023)
- 190 B.E.
- 183 B.S.
- Graduate student/faculty ratio: 6-1
- Graduate Student population: 834; 536 Ph.D., 222 M.S., 76 M.Eng. (Fall 2023)
- Ranked No. 43 in the 2023 annual graduate rankings by U.S. News & World Report (released March 2022)
- 235 Graduate Degrees awarded (2022-2023)
- 101 M.S.
- 44 M.E.
- 90 Ph.D.
- Of the graduates who sought employment, 91 percent had jobs by graduation.
- After graduation, 21 percent of graduates go to graduate school and professional schools.
Updated: November 29, 2023
Accreditation Information
The Bachelor of Engineering degree program in biomedical engineering is accredited by the the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org/, under the General Criteria and the Program Criteria for Bioengineering and Biomedical and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.
The Bachelor of Engineering degree program in civil engineering is accredited by the the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org/, under the General Criteria and the Program Criteria for Civil and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.
The Bachelor of Engineering degree program in chemical engineering is accredited by the the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org/, under the General Criteria and the Program Criteria for Chemical, Biochemical, Biomolecular and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.
The Bachelor of Science program in computer science is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org/, under the General Criteria and Program Criteria for Computer Science and Similarly Named Computing Programs. The accredited program in computer science is the primary major administered by the School of Engineering. Computer science added as a second major by students outside the School of Engineering is not an accredited program.
The Bachelor of Engineering degree program in electrical and computer engineering is accredited by the the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org/, under the General Criteria and the Program Criteria for Electrical, Computer, Communications, Telecommunication(s) and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.
The Bachelor of Engineering degree program in mechanical engineering is accredited by the the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org/, under the General Criteria and the Program Criteria for Mechanical and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.