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See which careers fit your traits — based on what 831+ Vanderbilt alumni actually went on to do.

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What Vanderbilt grads actually do

Based on 831 notable Vanderbilt alumni with Wikipedia pages. Data: Wikidata (CC0).

American football player
128
politician
125
lawyer
101
writer
59
university teacher
59
basketball player
57
journalist
44
judge
39
baseball player
39
businessperson
30
novelist
28
historian
24

Notable Vanderbilt alumni

Al Gore
Al Gore
businessperson · financier
Douglas B. Green
Douglas B. Green
yodeler · music historian
Leonard Lance
Leonard Lance
law clerk · lawyer
Laurie Calvin Battle
Laurie Calvin Battle
lawyer · politician
Abdiweli Mohamed Ali
Abdiweli Mohamed Ali
politician · writer
Mickey Kantor
Mickey Kantor
lawyer · politician
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
lawyer · lobbyist
Bill Spears
Bill Spears
American football player

Salary outlook for top Vanderbilt career paths

National median annual wage (BLS Occupational Employment Statistics).

politician
10th–90th percentile: $21,010$129,510
$47,290
median / yr
lawyer
10th–90th percentile: $69,760$239,200
$145,760
median / yr
writer
10th–90th percentile: $40,900$148,240
$73,690
median / yr
basketball player
10th–90th percentile: $27,730$239,200
$70,280
median / yr
journalist
10th–90th percentile: $31,550$160,360
$57,500
median / yr
baseball player
10th–90th percentile: $27,730$239,200
$70,280
median / yr

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About Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school with its initial $1 million endowment in the hopes that his gift, and the greater work of the university, would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the American Civil War. Vanderbilt is a founding member of the Southeastern Conference and has been the conference's only private school since 1966. The university comprises eleven schools and enrolls nearly 13,800 students from the US and 70 foreign countries. Vanderbilt is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". Several research centers and institutes are affiliated with the university, including the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, the Freedom Forum First Amendment Center, and Dyer Observatory. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, formerly part of the university, became a separate institution in 2016. In 2025-2026, Vanderbilt opened campuses in New York City, San Francisco, and West Palm Beach. Vanderbilt alumni, faculty, and staff have included 54 current and former members of the United States Congress, 18 US ambassadors, 13 governors, nine Nobel Prize winners, two vice presidents of the United States, and two US Supreme Court justices. Other notable alumni include three Pulitzer Prize winners, 27 Rhodes Scholars, two Academy Award winners, one Grammy Award winner, six MacArthur Fellows, four foreign heads of state, and five Olympic medalists. Vanderbilt has more than 145,000 alumni, with 40 alumni clubs established worldwide.

Source: Wikipedia · Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0.

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