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Vanderbilt University Doctorate in Nursing

73 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Nursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Vanderbilt University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in nursing, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.

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How Much Does a Doctorate in Nursing from Vanderbilt Cost?

$50,624 Average Tuition and Fees

Vanderbilt Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at Vanderbilt paid an average of $0 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $50,082 $50,082
Fees $542 $542

Does Vanderbilt Offer an Online Doctorate in Nursing?

Online degrees for the Vanderbilt nursing doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Vanderbilt Online Learning page.

Vanderbilt Doctorate Student Diversity for Nursing

73 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
95.9% Women
23.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There were 73 doctor’s degrees in nursing awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 95.9% of the students who received their Doctorate in nursing in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 86.1%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in nursing at Vanderbilt in 2019-2020, 23.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 3
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 55
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Doctorate in Nursing Focus Areas at Vanderbilt

Nursing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Nursing Science 3
Nursing Practice 70

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to nursing.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Communication Sciences 20
Medicine 82
Public Health 4

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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.

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