Headcounts and Directory Information
Vanderbilt University (Vanderbilt) is a private (not-for-profit), four-years institute located in Nashville, TN. It has a total enrollment of 13,575 including undergraduate and graduate schools and students to faculty ratio is 8 to 1. It is a Research University (very high research activity) by Carnegie Classification and its highest degree is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice.
A total of 1,628 faculty (instructional staffs), including both full-time and part-time faculty, are working at Vanderbilt. The average faculty salary is $148,484 for the academic year 2023-2024. You can check salary information in detail at faculty salary by academic rank.
For non-instructional staffs, a total of 6,654 employees work at Vanderbilt. The average non-instructional staff salary is $86,323. The detailed staff salary information is available at salary by occupation page.
| Directory Information | |
|---|---|
| Address | 2101 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN |
| Phone Number | 615-322-7311 |
| Web | www.vanderbilt.edu/ |
| Faculty & Staffs Overview | |
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 8 to 1 |
| Number of Faculty | 1,360 Full-time / 268 Part-time |
| Number of Staffs | 6,025 Full-time / 629 Part-time |
| Faculty Average Salary | $148,484 |
| Staff Average Salary | $86,323 |
| Student Population | 13,575 |
Faculty and Staffs by Occupation
At Vanderbilt University, there are 6,654 employees including both full-time and part-time, instructional and non-instructional staffs. By employment types, 6,025 full-time and 629 part-time staffs work at Vanderbilt. By gender there are 2,957 male and 3,697 female employees.
Among them, 1,628 staffs are teaching (instructional) faculty - 1,558 full-time and 289 part-time faculty. By gender there are 953 male and 894 female faculty teaching at Vanderbilt.
The following table summarizes the number of faculty and staffs. You can check detailed staff statistics by gender, race, occupation, and faculty status.
| Staff Category | Total | Full-time | Part-time | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
| Grand Total | 6,654 | 2,957 | 3,697 | 6,025 | 2,681 | 3,344 | 629 | 276 | 353 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 1,847 | 953 | 894 | 1,558 | 810 | 748 | 289 | 143 | 146 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists and other teaching and Instructional support | 265 | 44 | 221 | 245 | 39 | 206 | 20 | 5 | 15 |
| Management | 864 | 316 | 548 | 857 | 314 | 543 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 442 | 161 | 281 | 435 | 156 | 279 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 789 | 428 | 361 | 757 | 417 | 340 | 32 | 11 | 21 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 624 | 180 | 444 | 553 | 172 | 381 | 71 | 8 | 63 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 81 | 29 | 52 | 55 | 17 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 14 |
| Service | 901 | 508 | 393 | 786 | 433 | 353 | 115 | 75 | 40 |
| Sales and related | 46 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 17 | 29 | - | - | - |
| Office and Administrative Support | 510 | 101 | 409 | 486 | 100 | 386 | 24 | 1 | 23 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 121 | 110 | 11 | 121 | 110 | 11 | - | - | - |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 164 | 110 | 54 | 126 | 96 | 30 | 38 | 14 | 24 |