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Major Programs at Vanderbilt

Offered Degrees BS, MS, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
Online Courses MS, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
Total Programs 290
Online Programs 12
Salary after Completing $26,500 - $97,800

Offered Degrees at Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt University is categorized by Research University (very high research activity) by Carnegie categorization. As of 2025, Vanderbilt University offers 290 programs through online and on-site (classroom) education. It offers Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate and Post-Graduate Certificate degree.
The following table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability.
Offered Degrees and Number of Programs
Vanderbilt University
Award LevelTotal Number of ProgramsAvailable Online Class
Bachelor's820
Master's1276
Doctorate (Research)601
Doctorate (Practical)93
Post-Master's Certificate122
Total29012

Field of Study by Offered Degree/Program

Bachelor'sMaster'sDoctorate (Research)Doctorate (Practical)Post-Master's Certificate

Vanderbilt Bachelor's Programs

Vanderbilt University offers Bachelor's degree with 82 major programs. All programs are on-site education (i.e distance learning opportunity is not offered for the Bachelor's degree).
Bachelor's Programs
Vanderbilt University
ProgramAvailable OnlineNumber of CompleterAverage Salary after Completing
Architecture [+] ✕ 5
Architectural History and Criticism✕5-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+] ✕ 20
American/United States Studies/Civilization✕1-
Asian Studies/Civilization✕2-
European Studies/Civilization✕2-
Latin American Studies✕1-
German Studies✕5-
African-American/Black Studies✕3-
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies✕1-
Asian-American Studies✕1-
Women's Studies✕--
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (other)✕4-
Communication and Journalism [+] ✕ 4
Speech Communication and Rhetoric✕4-
Computer and Information Sciences [+] ✕ 74
Computer Science✕74$97,800
Education [+] ✕ 54
Education✕1-
Special Education and Teaching✕15-
Elementary Education and Teaching✕1-
Secondary Education and Teaching✕14-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels✕12-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching✕--
Foreign Language Teacher Education✕2-
Music Teacher Education✕9-
Education (other)✕--
Engineering [+] ✕ 160
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering✕4$67,500
Chemical Engineering✕24$66,000
Civil Engineering✕11-
Computer Engineering✕7-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering✕9-
Engineering Science✕42$61,700
Mechanical Engineering✕41$66,800
Electrical and Computer Engineering✕22-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+] ✕ 30
Russian Language and Literature✕2-
German Language and Literature✕--
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics✕2-
French Language and Literature✕5$37,800
Spanish Language and Literature✕21-
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics✕--
Work and Family Studies [+] ✕ 8
Child Development✕8-
English Language and Literature [+] ✕ 16
English Language and Literature✕16$33,200
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+] ✕ 101
Biology/Biological Sciences✕6-
Biochemistry✕29-
Molecular Biology✕16-
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology✕2-
Neuroscience✕48$29,800
Mathematics and Statistics [+] ✕ 118
Mathematics✕118$75,500
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+] ✕ 131
Science, Technology and Society✕19-
Ancient Studies/Civilization✕--
Classical, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology✕5-
Cognitive Science✕17-
Sustainability Studies✕6-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)✕84$41,500
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+] ✕ 7
Philosophy✕4-
Religion/Religious Studies✕3-
Jewish/Judaic Studies✕--
Physical Sciences [+] ✕ 24
Chemistry✕8-
Geology/Earth Science✕8-
Physics✕8-
Psychology [+] ✕ 60
Psychology✕41$32,100
Developmental and Child Psychology✕19-
Human Services [+] ✕ 14
Public Policy Analysis✕14-
Social Sciences [+] ✕ 157
Social Sciences✕10$54,300
Anthropology✕14-
Economics✕-$68,100
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics✕56-
Political Science and Government✕62$40,100
Sociology✕15-
Visual and Performing Arts [+] ✕ 69
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts✕2-
Film/Cinema/Video Studies✕4-
Fine/Studio Arts✕5-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation✕3-
Music✕10-
Music Theory and Composition✕3-
Keyboard Instruments✕3-
Voice and Opera✕6-
Jazz/Jazz Studies✕--
Stringed Instruments✕17-
Brass Instruments✕8-
Woodwind Instruments✕6-
Percussion Instruments✕--
Music (other)✕2-
History [+] ✕ 14-
History✕13$26,500
History (other)✕1-

Vanderbilt Master's Programs

Vanderbilt University offers Master's degree with 127 major programs. Among them 6 programs are available through online classes.
Master's Programs
Vanderbilt University
ProgramAvailable OnlineNumber of CompleterAverage Salary after Completing
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+] ✕ 0
Latin American Studies✕--
Computer and Information Sciences [+] ✕ 87
Computer Science✕87-
Education [+] ✕ 198
Education✕3-
Curriculum and Instruction✕8-
Educational Leadership and Administration✕18$48,500
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration✕16-
Urban Education and Leadership✕18-
Educational Evaluation and Research✕22-
International and Comparative Education✕--
Special Education and Teaching✕43$44,300
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Hearing Impairments Including Deafness✕4-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services✕-$44,000
Elementary Education and Teaching✕11-
Secondary Education and Teaching✕14-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)✕2-
Foreign Language Teacher Education✕2-
Health Teacher Education✕--
Music Teacher Education✕8-
Reading Teacher Education✕10-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor✕19-
Engineering [+] ✔ 83
Engineering✔36-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering✕7-
Chemical Engineering✕4-
Civil Engineering✕14-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering✕8-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering✕1-
Mechanical Engineering✕5-
Electrical and Computer Engineering✕4-
Engineering (other)✕4-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+] ✕ 0
German Language and Literature✕--
French Language and Literature✕--
Portuguese Language and Literature✕--
Spanish Language and Literature✕--
Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics✕--
Work and Family Studies [+] ✕ 51
Human Development and Family Studies✕2-
Child Development✕30-
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services (other)✕19-
Legal Studies [+] ✕ 25
Programs for Foreign Lawyers✕25-
Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law✕--
English Language and Literature [+] ✕ 3
English Language and Literature✕1-
Creative Writing✕2-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+] ✕ 7
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies✕7-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+] ✕ 53
Biology/Biological Sciences✕--
Biomedical Sciences✕18-
Biochemistry✕1-
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology✕2-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology✕--
Microbiology✕3-
Infectious Disease and Global Health✕3-
Human/Medical Genetics✕--
Molecular Physiology✕--
Pathology/Experimental Pathology✕--
Oncology and Cancer Biology✕--
Pharmacology✕--
Biostatistics✕8-
Bioinformatics✕5-
Epidemiology✕13-
Neuroscience✕--
Mathematics and Statistics [+] ✕ 15
Mathematics✕1-
Financial Mathematics✕14-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+] ✕ 49
Cognitive Science✕--
Computational Science✕39-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)✕10-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+] ✕ 8
Philosophy✕2-
Religion/Religious Studies✕6-
Theology and Religious Vocations [+] ✕ 24
Theology/Theological Studies✕12$34,000
Divinity/Ministry✕12-
Physical Sciences [+] ✕ 14
Chemistry✕7-
Geology/Earth Science✕3-
Physics✕4-
Materials Science✕--
Psychology [+] ✕ 75
Psychology✕4-
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics✕4-
Developmental and Child Psychology✕39-
Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology✕12-
Community Psychology✕4-
Industrial and Organizational Psychology✕8-
Clinical Child Psychology✕--
Applied Behavior Analysis✕4-
Human Services [+] ✕ 23
Community Organization and Advocacy✕15$42,000
Education Policy Analysis✕8-
Social Sciences [+] ✕ 41
Social Sciences✕1-
Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods✕12-
Anthropology✕--
Economics✕--
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics✕20-
Development Economics and International Development✕--
Political Science and Government✕4-
Sociology✕4-
Visual and Performing Arts [+] ✕ 3
Art History, Criticism and Conservation✕2-
Fine Arts and Art Studies (other)✕1-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] ✔ 481
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist✕25-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist✕1-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management✕3$123,700
Medical Scientist✔16-
Genetic Counseling/Counselor✕7-
Public Health✕-$104,300
Health/Medical Physics✕2-
Health Services Administration✕32-
Medical Informatics✔6-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse✕30$89,500
Nursing Administration✔4-
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing✕29-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing✕68-
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing✕16-
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery✕25-
Nursing Science✔13-
Pediatric Nurse/Nursing✕57-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing✕56-
Critical Care Nursing✕48-
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing✕10-
Women's Health Nurse/Nursing✕33-
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)✕--
Business [+] ✔ 130
Business Administration and Management✕48$119,200
Operations Management and Supervision✕--
Organizational Leadership✔--
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)✕41-
Accounting✕3$64,100
Accounting and Finance✕7-
Finance✕2$112,500
Investments and Securities✕--
Organizational Behavior Studies✕5-
Management Information Systems✕--
Management Science✕17-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)✕1-
Marketing/Marketing Management✕6$108,100
History [+] ✕ 3-
History✕3-

Vanderbilt Doctorate (Research) Programs

Vanderbilt University offers Doctorate (Research) degree with 60 major programs. Among them 1 programs are available through online classes.
Doctorate (Research) Programs
Vanderbilt University
ProgramAvailable OnlineNumber of CompleterAverage Salary after Completing
Communication and Journalism [+] ✕ 0
Communication and Media Studies (other)✕--
Computer and Information Sciences [+] ✕ 21
Computer Science✕21-
Education [+] ✕ 47
Educational Leadership and Administration✕13$97,300
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration✕6-
Educational Evaluation and Research✕7-
Special Education and Teaching✕12-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)✕9-
Engineering [+] ✕ 60
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering✕20-
Chemical Engineering✕10-
Civil Engineering✕6-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering✕7-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering✕5-
Mechanical Engineering✕12-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+] ✕ 7
German Language and Literature✕2-
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics✕1-
French Language and Literature✕1-
Spanish Language and Literature✕3-
English Language and Literature [+] ✕ 5
English Language and Literature✕5-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+] ✕ 89
Biology/Biological Sciences✕13-
Biochemistry✕5-
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology✕4-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology✕15-
Microbiology✕9-
Human/Medical Genetics✕8-
Molecular Physiology✕8-
Pathology/Experimental Pathology✕5-
Oncology and Cancer Biology✕8-
Pharmacology✕5-
Biostatistics✕3-
Bioinformatics✕2-
Epidemiology✕1-
Neuroscience✕3-
Mathematics and Statistics [+] ✕ 7
Mathematics✕7-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+] ✕ 9
Systems Science and Theory✕8-
Cognitive Science✕1-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)✕--
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+] ✕ 10
Philosophy✕4-
Religion/Religious Studies✕6-
Physical Sciences [+] ✕ 30
Astrophysics✕2-
Chemistry✕17-
Geology/Earth Science✕2-
Physics✕5-
Materials Science✕4-
Psychology [+] ✕ 18
Psychology✕15-
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics✕1-
Developmental and Child Psychology✕--
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)✕2-
Community Psychology✕--
Social Sciences [+] ✕ 30
Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods✕1-
Anthropology✕2-
Economics✕--
Applied Economics✕2-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics✕11-
Political Science and Government✕11-
Sociology✕3-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] ✕ 11
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist✕4-
Nursing Science✕7-
Business [+] ✔ 139
Business Administration and Management✕--
Organizational Leadership✔139-
History [+] ✕ 7-
History✕7-

Vanderbilt Doctorate (Practical) Programs

Vanderbilt University offers Doctorate (Practical) degree with 9 major programs. Among them 3 programs are available through online classes.
Doctorate (Practical) Programs
Vanderbilt University
ProgramAvailable OnlineNumber of CompleterAverage Salary after Completing
Legal Studies [+] ✕ 167
Law✕167-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+] ✕ 13
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)✕13-
Theology and Religious Vocations [+] ✕ 38
Divinity/Ministry✕38-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] ✔ 165-
Audiology/Audiologist✕10-
Medicine✕95-
Health/Medical Physics✕1-
Critical Care Nursing✔2-
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing✔2-
Nursing Practice✔55-

Vanderbilt Post-Master's Certificate Programs

Vanderbilt University offers Post-Master's Certificate degree with 12 major programs. Among them 2 programs are available through online classes.
Post-Master's Certificate Programs
Vanderbilt University
ProgramAvailable OnlineNumber of CompleterAverage Salary after Completing
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] ✔ 41-
Nursing Education✔10-
Nursing Administration✕--
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing✕2-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing✕3-
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing✕1-
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery✕--
Nursing Science✔5-
Pediatric Nurse/Nursing✕5-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing✕4-
Critical Care Nursing✕3-
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing✕8-
Women's Health Nurse/Nursing✕--