General Education at Vanderbilt University

Every general education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the education program at Vanderbilt University stacks up to those at other schools.

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 13,537.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Education section at the bottom of this page.

Vanderbilt General Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education
• Master’s Degree in Education

Vanderbilt General Education Rankings

The education major at Vanderbilt is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Education Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Vanderbilt University.

Vanderbilt General Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of education bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Vanderbilt since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in education at Vanderbilt are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its education bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Vanderbilt University with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Vanderbilt General Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of education master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Vanderbilt University with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within General Education

If you plan to be a education major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Vanderbilt University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Education	11

Related Majors

• Curriculum & Instruction
• International Education
• Teaching English or French
• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Student Counseling

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TN, the home state for Vanderbilt University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Education Professors	690	$68,690

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Dansan4444 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.