Ranked 8th in the world for Education
Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Education, 2025
Full ranking profile 60 placements
Every placement the Index records for Vanderbilt University. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Headline Education | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =8 |
| Forbes 2025-2026 | Forbes | =11 |
| USN-Nat 2026 | U.S. News & World Report | =17 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =18 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Psychology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =19 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =19 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Education | METU (URAP Lab) | =20 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =24 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =28 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =28 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =32 |
| NTU 2025 Molecular Biology & Genetics | National Taiwan University | =34 |
| WSJ 2026 | Wall Street Journal | =34 |
| NTU 2025 Immunology | National Taiwan University | =38 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Medical and Health Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =41 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =43 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =45 |
| NTU 2025 Psychiatry/Psychology | National Taiwan University | =46 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =49 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =50 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =52 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =53 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =54 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =59 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =59 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =70 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =84 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =87 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =92 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =92 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =96 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =98 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =101 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =110 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =116 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =117 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =118 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =119 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =122 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =142 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =154 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =158 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =160 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =162 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =162 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =191 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =219 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =226 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =228 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =233 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =239 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =250 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =253 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =254 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =316 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =317 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =336 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =352 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =414 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =481 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.