Teacher Education at Vanderbilt University

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

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and approximately 13,537 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 16 teacher education majors received their bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt.

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

Vanderbilt Teacher Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Teacher Education

Vanderbilt Teacher Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks teacher education programs across the country. The following shows how Vanderbilt performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The teacher education major at Vanderbilt is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Teacher 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
	18
Most Popular Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	25
Best Value Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43
Most Focused Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	59
Most Popular Teacher Education Schools	114
Best Value Teacher Education Schools	154
Most Focused Teacher Education Schools	198

Teacher Education Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

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

Vanderbilt Teacher Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 teacher education majors earned their bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teacher education at Vanderbilt are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Vanderbilt also has a doctoral program available in teacher education. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Teacher Development & Methodology
• Elementary Education
• Secondary Education

Careers That Teacher Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in teacher 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
Elementary School Teachers	28,880	$52,610
High School Teachers	20,190	$53,620

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.