Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
Private not-for-profit·Four or more years·Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice·GPA 3.90
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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…
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2101 West End Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee, 37240
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