Vanderbilt University
Location: Nashville, TN (Urban)
School Type: Private Institution
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Historical applications
MDApplicants archive · MD
Vanderbilt University
3,055 historical application reports
1999-2020 reported application submission years
See application reports by year
| Year | Application reports |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 4 |
| 2000 | 17 |
| 2001 | 21 |
| 2002 | 89 |
| 2003 | 125 |
| 2004 | 211 |
| 2005 | 237 |
| 2006 | 254 |
| 2007 | 316 |
| 2008 | 320 |
| 2009 | 315 |
| 2010 | 180 |
| 2011 | 218 |
| 2012 | 161 |
| 2013 | 161 |
| 2014 | 148 |
| 2015 | 135 |
| 2016 | 64 |
| 2017 | 44 |
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2019 | 14 |
| 2020 | 9 |
Some reports have missing or unclear dates, or too few applicants to display by year.
Reported outcomes
Recorded application steps and outcomes.
- Primary submitted
- 2,983
- Secondary completed
- 1,545
- Interview invitation
- 1,151
- Interview attended
- 1,076
- Waitlisted
- 505
- Accepted
- 388
- Withdrawn
- 404
- Rejected
- 1,407
One report may include several outcomes. Earlier steps may be inferred from later outcomes. Missing outcomes do not mean an applicant was rejected. These counts are not school acceptance rates.
Reported GPA
Median scores on a 4.0 scale.
- Overall GPA
- 3.762,845 applicants
- Science GPA
- 3.752,837 applicants
Each applicant counts once per score.
Stored MCAT totals
- Old MCAT (3-45)
- 34median · 2,884 applicants
- Modern MCAT (472-528)
- 516median · 2,938 applicants
Old and modern scales stay separate. Totals are used as stored and may include legacy MDApplicants conversions.
Who shared their experience?
Original public profile information, counted once per applicant in each category. Groups with fewer than 3 applicants are not shown. Lists show up to 8 reported categories.
37 median age at the profile snapshot · 1,322 applicants. This is not age at application.
Gender
- Male
- 1,914
- Female
- 1,079
Ethnicity
- Caucasian
- 1,767
- East Asian
- 430
- South Asian
- 241
- African
- 122
- Hispanic
- 116
- Arabic
- 17
- Native American
- 12
Home state
- California
- 579
- Florida
- 166
- Texas
- 150
- New York
- 124
- Illinois
- 123
- Tennessee
- 121
- Georgia
- 101
- Virginia
- 98
Undergraduate colleges
- UCLA
- 76
- UC Berkeley
- 48
- Top 20
- 47
- Duke University
- 46
- State School
- 45
- Vanderbilt University
- 44
- University of Florida
- 39
- University of Michigan
- 36
Undergraduate areas of study
- Biological/Life Sciences
- 1,555
- Engineering/Technology
- 278
- Physical Sciences
- 251
- Psychology/Social Sciences
- 206
- History/Humanities
- 98
- Computing and Information Science
- 97
- Premedical Studies
- 57
- Foreign Language/International Studies
- 49
Graduate institutions
- Columbia University
- 12
- Double Major
- 7
- UCLA
- 7
- University of Michigan
- 7
- Boston University
- 6
- Johns Hopkins University
- 6
- Minor
- 6
- Northwestern University
- 5
Graduate areas of study
- Biological/Life Sciences
- 162
- Premedical Studies
- 112
- Computing and Information Science
- 84
- Other
- 76
- Psychology/Social Sciences
- 49
- Engineering/Technology
- 45
- Physical Sciences
- 34
- History/Humanities
- 30
Graduate degrees
- MS
- 87
- BS
- 37
- BA
- 32
- MPH
- 25
- M.S.
- 20
- none
- 19
- MA
- 18
- N/A
- 17
An applicant may report more than one area of study or graduate school. Profile snapshot: 2026-10-26.
Figures need at least 3 reporting applicants. Missing or conflicting values are left out.