Vanderbilt makes top 20 national universities in U.S. News 2022-2023 rankings

Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean
·2 min read

Vanderbilt University landed among the top national universities in the country in the latest U.S. News rankings.

According to U.S. News, it considers schools to be national universities if they offer a full range of undergraduate majors, alongside master's and doctoral programs. It also defines them as universities that strive to produce groundbreaking research.

To learn more about how U.S. News determines its rankings, visit its FAQ page.

The 2022-2023 rankings, released this month, also include The University of Tennessee, Knoxville at #115 and Belmont University in Nashville at #182, out of 443 schools listed.

Here's a look at how Vanderbilt compared to other schools in the top 20.

Top 20 national universities ranked by U.S. News for 2022-23

#20 (tie): University of California, Los Angeles

  • Enrollment (as of fall 2021): 32,119

  • In-state tuition: $44,830

  • Out-of-state tuition: $13,804

#20 (tie): University of California, Berkeley

  • Enrollment (as of fall 2021): 32,143

  • In-state tuition: $14,226

  • Out-of-state tuition: $43,980

#18 (tie): University of Notre Dame

Enrollment (as of fall 2021): 8,973Tuition: $60,301

#18 (tie): Columbia University

Enrollment (as of fall 2021): 8,148 Tuition: $65,524

#17: Cornell University

Enrollment (as of fall 2021): 15,503Tuition: $63,200

#15 (tie): Washington University in St. Louis

Enrollment (as of fall 2021): 8,034 Tuition: $60,590

#15 (tie): Rice University

Enrollment (as of fall 2021): 4,247Tuition: $54,960

#13 (tie): Vanderbilt University

Enrollment (as of fall 2021): 7,111Tuition: $60,348

#13 (tie): Brown University

Enrollment (as of fall 2021): 7,349Tuition: $65,146

#12: Dartmouth University

Enrollment (as of fall 2021): 4,556Tuition: $62,430

#10 (tie): Northwestern University

Enrollment (as of fall 2021): 8,494Tuition: $63,468

#10 (tie): Duke University

Enrollment (as of fall 2021): 6,883Tuition: $63,054

#9: California Institute of Technology

Enrollment (as of fall 2021): 987Tuition: $60,864

#7 (tie): University of Pennsylvania

Enrollment (as of fall 2021): 9,962Tuition: $63,452

#7 (tie): Johns Hopkins University

Enrollment (as of fall 2021): 6,132Tuition: $60,480

#6: University of Chicago

Enrollment (as of fall 2021): 7,526Tuition: $62,940

#3 (tie): Yale University

Enrollment (as of fall 2021): 6,536Tuition: $62,250

#3 (tie): Stanford University

Enrollment (as of fall 2021): 7,645Tuition: $56,169

#3 (tie): Harvard University

Enrollment (as of fall 2021): 7,153Tuition: $57,261

#2: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Enrollment (as of fall 2021): 4,638Tuition: $57,986

#1: Princeton University

Enrollment (as of fall 2021): 5,321Tuition: $57,410

This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Where Tennessee universities rank in U.S. News 2022-23 rankings