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What Vanderbilt costs

Nashville, Tennessee · Private · 7,208 undergrads

Vanderbilt's sticker price was $94,142 a year in 2024-25 (College Scorecard). Students with federal aid paid $15,497 on average after grants; families earning under $30,000 paid $3,637.

What does Vanderbilt cost?

$15,497 a year

What students who got federal aid paid on average after grants, 2024-25. The sticker price, with housing and food, is $94,142.

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Average paid after grants by family income
under $30,000$3,637
$30,000–$48,000$1,908
$48,000–$75,000$5,651
$75,000–$110,000$11,284
over $110,000$42,583

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Net price 2024-25, College Scorecard.

By family income

Families who got federal aid, average paid per year after grants, 2024-25.

Family incomeAverage paid
Under $30,000$3,637
$30,000–$48,000$1,908
$48,000–$75,000$5,651
$75,000–$110,000$11,284
Over $110,000$42,583

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For families earning under $30,000, grants took 96% off Vanderbilt's sticker price.

Business owner, divorced parents, or savings? The averages can't see that; Vanderbilt's own calculator can.

Compared with colleges people also look at

For families earning $48,000–75,000, Vanderbilt cost less than Brown and Emory but more than Duke.

CollegeFamilies earning $48–75kAll aided students
Vanderbilt$5,651$15,497
Duke$4,608$23,706
Brown$10,079$26,976
Emory$9,448$16,754

The sticker price

$71,226
Tuition, 2025-26
$94,142
Full sticker price, tuition, housing, food, books
25%
of undergrads get a Pell Grant, the federal grant for lower-income students.
$64,404
average grant for students who got aid.
10%
of undergrads take a federal loan.
$15,000
median federal debt at graduation.

Questions people ask

How much does Vanderbilt University cost for a family earning $25,000?
Families earning under $30,000 paid $3,637 a year on average after grants in 2024-25 (students who got federal aid). The sticker price is $94,142. Your own price depends on your family's finances; Vanderbilt's net price calculator gives a personal estimate.
How much does Vanderbilt University cost for a family earning $40,000?
Families earning $30,000–$48,000 paid $1,908 a year on average after grants in 2024-25 (students who got federal aid). The sticker price is $94,142. Your own price depends on your family's finances; Vanderbilt's net price calculator gives a personal estimate.
How much does Vanderbilt University cost for a family earning $60,000?
Families earning $48,000–$75,000 paid $5,651 a year on average after grants in 2024-25 (students who got federal aid). The sticker price is $94,142. Your own price depends on your family's finances; Vanderbilt's net price calculator gives a personal estimate.
Where these numbers come from

Updated Nov 5, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers