Which Vanderbilt University major has the lowest debt?

Mathematics graduates leave with a median of $10,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 14 Vanderbilt University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Vanderbilt University cost?

Tuition and fees are $67,498 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $15,846 a year.

How many Vanderbilt University programs report graduate pay?

17 bachelor's programs at Vanderbilt University report first-year pay, and 14 of them also report federal debt.

Vanderbilt University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Nashville, TN
7,208 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

17 Vanderbilt University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Science pays the most in the first year ($122,244), and Neuroscience the least ($25,830). The median program pays $57,023.

Tuition and fees$67,498Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$15,846Per year

Graduation rate94%Within 6 years

Admission rate6%Of applicants

All 17 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Tennessee" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Tennessee. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Tennessee
1	Computer ScienceAbout 198 graduates a year	$122,244	Not reported	$14,500	1st of 9
2	MathematicsAbout 157 graduates a year	$103,812	$140,068	$10,000	1st of 4
3	EconomicsAbout 286 graduates a year	$84,311	$128,449	$12,424	1st of 4
4	Engineering ScienceAbout 30 graduates a year	$81,126	$109,116	$15,000	1st of 1
5	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 54 graduates a year	$78,009	$101,152	$14,000	1st of 8
6	Chemical EngineeringAbout 35 graduates a year	$75,639	$105,943	Not reported	2nd of 4
7	Biomedical EngineeringAbout 56 graduates a year	$63,402	$105,677	$19,500	1st of 3
8	Social SciencesAbout 302 graduates a year	$61,389	$90,203	$11,000	1st of 1
9	Public PolicyAbout 28 graduates a year	$57,023	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
10	Romance LanguagesAbout 53 graduates a year	$47,208	$71,012	$12,000	1st of 1
11	HistoryAbout 53 graduates a year	$46,856	$88,187	$15,000	1st of 9
12	Political ScienceAbout 130 graduates a year	$46,843	$92,330	$12,000	1st of 11
13	Cognitive ScienceAbout 51 graduates a year	$38,752	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
14	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 263 graduates a year	$37,276	$73,586	$12,000	2nd of 6
15	PsychologyAbout 113 graduates a year	$36,716	$62,840	$11,209	3rd of 21
16	EnglishAbout 52 graduates a year	$34,633	$65,369	$13,420	2nd of 10
17	NeuroscienceAbout 112 graduates a year	$25,830	$70,739	$15,796	2nd of 3

Program names link to the program's own page, and Tennessee ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Tennessee programs in the field do too.

2 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer Science$122,244
Mathematics$103,812
Economics$84,311
Engineering Science$81,126
Mechanical Engineering$78,009

Lowest median debt

Mathematics$10,000
Social Sciences$11,000
Psychology$11,209
Romance Languages$12,000
Political Science$12,000

Largest programs

Social SciencesAbout 302 graduates a year
EconomicsAbout 286 graduates a year
Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 263 graduates a year
Computer ScienceAbout 198 graduates a year
MathematicsAbout 157 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Science graduates earn a median of $122,244 in their first year, the most of 17 Vanderbilt University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Tennessee rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels