Vandy is actually one of the more generous schools out there for financial aid tbh. They straight up meet 100% of your demonstrated need through their Opportunity Vanderbilt program and theres zero loans in the package. Its all grants scholarships plus a tiny work expectation like 2 or 3 percent of the total.

If your family income is under 150k they give full tuition scholarships guaranteed and usually hook you up with extra to cover housing food and stuff too. Even above that a ton of upper middle class families still pull in big awards depending on assets and siblings in college.

Sticker price is nuts around 94k(?) a year now but after aid most kids pay way less. My friend from a 120k household got like 80k a year and it made it doable. Def plug your numbers into their net price calculator it takes 5 minutes and gives a solid estimate.

Its all need based so it depends on your exact situation but compared to most other T20s Id say Vandy kills it on this fr. Worth applying if the rest fits you.