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The Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University offers two-year postdoctoral fellowships for newly graduating Ph.D.s in Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Organization Studies, and Operations Management & Quantitative Methods.

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Postdoctoral fellows build their body of work, work closely with Owen faculty on new research projects, and support the teaching and research missions of the school. Fellowships offer generous benefits and are tailored to an individual's professional development. 

Vanderbilt Business postdocs have successfully earned initial placements at prominent institutions in the U.S. and internationally. 

See where past fellows have placed.

For more information on the program, please contact the Office of the Dean .

Operations Management & Quantitative Methods

Organization studies.

For graduating Ph.D.s in Accounting with research interests in financials and/or auditing.

For graduating Ph.D.s in Finance or Economics, with research interests in financial economics.

For graduating Ph.D.s in Marketing with research interests in marketing or a related area.

For graduating Ph.D.s with research interests in Supply Chain Management and Retail Operations

For graduating Ph.D.'s in organizational behavior, human resource management, or other closely related fields.

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Guilherme Ramos

Postdoctoral scholar, marketing.

Vivian Xiao

Postdoctoral scholar, management.

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Our top-ranked management education programs are varied, but they all have one thing in common: they are designed to provide the knowledge, skills, connections and support that will help you achieve your career goals. Our size and focus allows us to interact with students, alumni and recruiters as individuals so that we can better understand and help each achieve their goals. We are intensely and proudly competitive with the best. But we also shape leaders who understand that collaboration is essential in today’s connected economy. We develop businesspeople who can lead and manage change, drawing not only on what they learn here about business but also what they learn about themselves. Here is a place where you will be challenged to achieve your potential, find support as you shape your future, discover lifelong friends and mentors, and open doors to new possibilities.

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Standard financial support.

All Economics Ph.D. students receive the following standard support for up to five years, subject to making satisfactory progress towards the degree:

• Full University tuition scholarship
• Health insurance
• Twelve-month stipend ($30,000 for 2021-22)

During the first year, students on aid have no teaching responsibilities. Thereafter, aid recipients serve 19 hours per week as teaching assistants.

Applicants with outstanding records will be considered for University Graduate Fellowships (up to $5,000 per year for three years, with the possibility of renewal), which provide a supplementary stipend in addition to the usual financial aid award. Several of these awards are currently held by Economics Ph.D. students. The Graduate School also awards several three-year supplementary fellowships (up to $5,000 per year) to very promising students from diverse backgrounds, broadly defined, who are pursuing degrees in Arts and Science disciplines.

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Economics Ph.D. students can apply for a variety of additional support options, including funding from both Vanderbilt and external sources.

Department Grants and Awards

Kirk dornbush and noel dissertation fellowships .

Amount: One semester of dissertation research support, equivalent to one semester of full TA support. Recipients are free from any TA or RA responsibilities during the term of the fellowship. Eligibility: Students who have been in the Economics Ph.D. program for less than eight semesters and who have passed their dissertation proposal defense by the time of application for the fellowship. Special Requirements: The Noel Dissertation Fellowship must be taken in the spring semester.

Kirk Dornbush Research Assistantship 

Amount: Full support for one semester Eligibility: Economics Ph.D. students who are working on a specific research project with a tenure-track or tenured faculty member Special Requirements: Awarded annually. The goals of the program are to enhance faculty research, to actively involve Ph.D. students in research projects that are complementary to dissertation completion, and to potentially serve as “seed money” that may lead to outside grants. 

Kirk Dornbush Summer Research Awards 

Amount: $2,500, paid in a single installment at the end of May Eligibility: Economics Ph.D. students who have been in the program for less than 10 semesters and are working on a specific research project Special Requirements: The research project must be under faculty supervision, but funds are not intended to support work as a research assistant.

Household International Best Research Paper Award 

Amount:  $250 Eligibility: Third-year Economics Ph.D. students

Council of Economics Graduate Students Research Grant Awards

Amount: Varies, depending on the needs of the project and the total amount available for distribution Eligibility: All Economics Ph.D. students

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University graduate fellowships.

Amount: Up to $5,000 per year for three years, with the possibility of renewal Eligibility: Vanderbilt University Ph.D. program applicants with outstanding records

Graduate School Supplementary Fellowships

Amount: Up to $5,000 per year for three years Eligibility: Promising Ph.D. students in the College of Arts and Science who are from underrepresented backgrounds

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Graduate students are encouraged to undertake professional development and to present their research at major regional, national, and international conferences. Vanderbilt provides various travel grants to help defray the expenses of attending and presenting at conferences.

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Amount: Up to $500 per budget year (July 1-June 30) Eligibility: Students who have completed at least one academic year at Vanderbilt Special Requirements: Available for domestic or international travel. Students may receive up to three travel grants during their tenure at Vanderbilt.

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Amount: Up to $1,000 Eligibility: Graduate students seeking opportunities to further their professional and/or academic development, for which funding is commonly unavailable Special Requirements: See the  Russell G. Hamilton Graduate Leadership Institute website . 

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Amount: Up to $500 Eligibility: Active members of GSC who are attending academic events (such as conferences, symposia, or workshops) for the purpose of presenting personal research. Special Requirements: Awarded to five students per semester. All travel funds must be approved by the GSC travel award committee prior to the event. For more information about travel grants, see the Graduate School website . To apply for a travel grant, complete the Travel Funding Request form .

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Amount: Three years of stipend support, plus a cost-of-education allowance Special Requirements: The Vanderbilt fellowship year typically begins in summer or fall. The summer fellowship year runs June 1-May 31. The fall fellowship year typically runs August 1-July 31, but may also begin on September 1 or October 1.

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MBA, MS Finance, Master of Accountancy (MAcc), Master of Marketing (MMark)+

Total: $103,174, executive mba, total: $116,490, total: $103,318, master of management in health care.

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Total: $116,272

*Health Insurance portion can be waived with the university’s permission.

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Msn program, total $81,657, doctor of nurse practitioner, total $54,210.

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Master of divinity, master of theological studies, and master of theology, total $58,809, doctor of ministry, d.min., total $46,994.

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Master of liberal arts & science, total $45,762, master's degrees, total $72,512, career distance learning program (dlp).

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Total $79,381

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Total $105,528, total $104,228, total $103,326, master of legal studies (m.l.s).

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Total $69,879

Engineering, total $73,152, engineering distance learning program (dlp), total $81,778, school of medicine, total $110,838, total $107,068, total $110,398, total $109,142, master of genetic counseling (mgc), total $88,801, total $76,962, master of public health (mph), total $88,341, total $54,450, master of science in applied clinical informatics (msaci), total $91,673, total $44,086, master of science in clinical investigation (msci), total $84,272, total $51,326, master of science in medical physics (msmp), total $88,029, total $61,600, professional doctorate in medical physics (dmp), total $88,512, total $87,412, total $80,344, doctor of audiology (aud), total $90,165, total $89,065, total $41,494, master of science speech-language pathology (ms-slp).

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Total $63,018

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Students can opt to do either a two-year or one-year program. The cost for the one-year program is the same as the first-year of the two-year program.

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Collaborative Research

The Katz PhD in Accounting Program provides students with the foundation to excel as faculty members at leading universities. Our faculty uses both archival and experimental methods to conduct research across a broad range of accounting areas including managerial accounting, financial accounting, and auditing. We have a collaborative environment in which students work closely with faculty to develop their research skills. While the program is primarily research-focused, we also provide mentorship to prepare doctoral students to become excellent teachers.

We have an excellent history of doctoral student/faculty collaboration , which often results in articles that are published in top journals. Our faculty members develop relationships with our students that result in a research collaboration that often lasts well beyond the doctoral program experience.

We are one of the best programs in the country with respect to our placements. We usually accept two new students per year so that we are able to give them a great deal of one-on-one faculty attention.

Distinguished Alumni

Some of our alumni are now chaired professors in top schools including:

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Year 1 Curriculum: Fall Term (10.5 credits)

An exploration of critical thinking.

Year 1 Curriculum: Spring Term (10.5 credits)

A thorough examination of research methods.

Year 1 Curriculum: Summer Term (3 credits)

Research paper with faculty guidance.

Year 2 Curriculum: Fall Term (10.5 credits)

A continued study in critical thinking and research methods.

Year 2 Curriculum: Spring Term (10.5 credits)

A further dive into major concentrations, critical thinking, and research methods.

Year 2 Curriculum: Summer Term (3 credits)

A comprehensive independent study.

Year 3 Curriculum

Fully concentrated work on dissertation and service as teaching assistant.

Years 4 and 5 Curriculum

Teach and enter the job market to defend your dissertation.

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

I love the doctoral program because the kind of mentorship I receive is above and beyond any kind of advising relationship I have ever had. I feel like I can go to my advisors about anything and everything, and that they will take the time to listen and give me feedback that is both kind and brutally honest. I don’t know what I would do without them, and I kind of want to be them when I grow up.

PhD, Organizational Behavior and Human Resources.

I came to Pitt because of its reputation for educational excellence and its top-tier research faculty. The reputation of the faculty for being not only great researchers, publishing in top journals, but also as effective and available mentors made my decision easy. I have never once second-guessed my decision to come to Pitt. The level of mentoring I receive at Katz is beyond what I ever imagined. The faculty are legitimately invested in my success, and devote an inordinate amount of time to helping me grow and develop as a scholar and a researcher. I know this is not the case at all institutions, as I have family members in Ph.D. programs at other top institutions, and they are in awe of the level of mentoring I receive. 

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Vanderbilt University Master’s in Accounting

Accounting is a concentration offered under the accounting major at Vanderbilt University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in accounting, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.

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How Much Does a Master’s in Accounting from Vanderbilt Cost?

Vanderbilt graduate tuition and fees.

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at Vanderbilt paid an average of $0 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

Does Vanderbilt Offer an Online Master’s in Accounting?

Online degrees for the Vanderbilt accounting master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Vanderbilt Online Learning page.

Vanderbilt Master’s Student Diversity for Accounting

Male-to-female ratio.

About 31.0% of the students who received their Master’s in accounting in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 54.1%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 13.8% of the accounting master’s degrees at Vanderbilt in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 28%.

Majors Related to a Master’s in Accounting From Vanderbilt

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Vanderbilt University chancellor: Why we want to build a graduate campus in West Palm Beach

The vanderbilt campus would be built on 7 acres of government-owned land formerly slated for a university of florida graduate campus..

Vanderbilt University wants to open a campus in downtown West Palm Beach that would feature a business school as large as its existing one in Nashville, plus a college for computer science and artificial intelligence, Vanderbilt Chancellor Daniel Diermeier told The Palm Beach Post.

"We have been thinking for a while about a potential second campus, and it became clear that South Florida, and West Palm Beach and Palm Beach, would be a great location," Diermeier said in an exclusive interview Wednesday.

The campus would be built on seven acres of government-owned land formerly slated for a University of Florida graduate campus.

Diermeier's comments followed his April 1 visit to Palm Beach County , where he met with several government officials to drum up support for the Vanderbilt campus in West Palm Beach.

During the evening of April 1, Diermeier attended a fundraiser at the Palm Beach home of billionaire Stephen Ross. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis also attended the gathering, according to the governor's public schedule.

The Palm Beach event raised $100 million out of the $300 million sought by the university for the expanded campus, the sources said. Diermeier would not comment on the fundraising details.

But Diermeier was eager to talk about why Vanderbilt wants a campus in two of the nation's fastest-growing cities, Nashville and West Palm Beach.

University campus expected to capitalize on Wall Street South

A West Palm Beach campus would capitalize on Palm Beach County's growing reputation as Wall Street South and provide students jobs in finance companies. A Vanderbilt campus also would "turbocharge" the creation of new businesses established by students, creating an innovation industry, Diermeier said.

Diermeier lauded the sophistication of Palm Beach's residents, whose business and financial acumen, as well as their deep pockets, could invest in and guide companies created by graduates of the business and computer schools. Having a university of Vanderbilt's caliber is needed "to unlock the full potential of West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County," Diermeier said.

The Vanderbilt West Palm Beach campus would provide graduate degrees geared to the finance, data and technology industries and enroll roughly 1,000 students, he said.

The Vanderbilt campus is being pitched for two acres owned by the City of West Palm Beach and five adjacent acres owned by Palm Beach County. The properties are along South Tamarind Avenue, from Datura Street south to Fern Street, in a section of the city dubbed Government Hill.

The land is the same property that both the county and the city had planned to donate for free to UF for a graduate campus in business and artificial intelligence.

But the deal fell apart last year after efforts to secure an adjacent five acres from Palm Beach billionaire Jeff Greene failed. The Vanderbilt campus would not need the Greene land.

Diermeier said he was aware of the former UF campus plan, and he was approached by someone about the downtown land during a Vanderbilt football game.

Vanderbilt's top ranking and its strong alumni network

While not an Ivy League school, Vanderbilt is known as a “Southern Ivy” because of its selective admissions process and strong academic reputation.

Vanderbilt is ranked No. 18 among national universities, and its business school, the Owen School of Management, is No. 27 in the nation in a three-way tie with the University of Texas-Dallas and the University of Rochester, according to U.S. News & World Report.

Current enrollment at Vanderbilt's business school is 617 students, a university spokesman said. The business school has 97 faculty members, and the annual cost of attendance is about $103,000.

Vanderbilt boasts a $10 billion endowment and counts many wealthy alumni and business leaders among its supporters.

These supporters include Vanderbilt trustee Jon Winklereid, a Hobe Sound resident and chief executive of TPG Holdings/TPG Capital LP, an asset management firm with a market value of $16 billion.

There's also Cody Crowell, a Vanderbilt University graduate, a managing partner at Frisbie Group in Palm Beach and a key figure in the Vanderbilt deal. During a recent talk before a Palm Beach chamber meeting, Crowell was credited with coming up with the idea of bringing Vanderbilt to West Palm Beach.

Vanderbilt has more than 1,100 alumni in Palm Beach County and in the northern part of neighboring Broward County, according to the university.

The West Palm Beach campus plan, in the works for about a year, is being advanced by Ross'  Related Cos. , a global real estate developer, and the  Frisbie Group . Both companies are building offices, condominiums and apartments in  West Palm Beach.

In a March interview, Related Urban Chief Executive Ken Himmel said having a Vanderbilt University business school campus in West Palm Beach would transform the city into a major destination.

"Every single city we've worked in has been anchored by a great university," Himmel said.

How would Vanderbilt get control of the taxpayer-owned land?

Diermeier said Vanderbilt would only build a sizable West Palm Beach campus if it received support from the business community — and government officials. He said that Vanderbilt officials have not discussed receiving state money for the venture, "although we would welcome that."

Diermeier said he met with some but not all county commissioners on April 1. He said there was interest in the campus plan, which he said is still in the early stages. He added there were discussions about the government-owned land and how the university could "have access to it."

Diermeier said Vanderbilt did not ask for anything at this point. But he was vague when asked if Vanderbilt would be willing to pay for the seven acres of taxpayer-owned land.

Vanderbilt would only open a West Palm Beach campus "if the community wants us," Diermeier said. "One way to demonstrate that is by co-investing. We 100% need that … This is a marriage that has to work for us."

People familiar with the Vanderbilt campus plan say its backers want the city and county to donate the land for free. Private money raised for the venture would go toward the university's endowment, which generates income that finances the university's programs.

But not every business leader is on board with handing over taxpayer land, especially to a university with a $10 billion endowment.

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Some business officials, who asked not to be named, said any effort to attract an out-of-state private university using public land should be done via a public request for proposals, not a behind-the-scenes deal with one institution.

Two county commission members said the meeting with Diermeier was introductory and didn't get into specifics.

"I’m very proud that a prestigious university like Vanderbilt is considering building a graduate school in Palm Beach County. This was really a just-get-to-know-me meeting," said Palm Beach County Mayor Maria Sachs.

"This was all very preliminary," Commissioner Gregg Weiss said. "It's getting to know what Vanderbilt is about. There is a real workforce need for the business school graduates that would be attending this school. The details still need to be worked out, but it is a step in the right direction."

Palm Beach County's uneven record on public land donations

Ambitious ventures involving free taxpayer land have a mixed record in Palm Beach County.

To lure California-based Scripps Research Institute to Jupiter in 2006, $580 million in state and county money went to Scripps to create its Florida campus.

In addition, 70 acres in public and private land was leased to Scripps after Scripps officials promised that a "biotech village" of companies and jobs would be built on the vacant Palm Beach Gardens property. The land is next to the Alton community on Donald Ross Road.

The land was to be conveyed to Scripps after a 15-year contract between the county and Scripps was up. While the county staff said Scripps met the contract requirement to create 545 jobs and operate in the county for 15 years to be eligible for the land transfer, the biotech village never materialized .

Nevertheless, in 2022 the 70-acre parcel was transferred to Scripps for $1, as per the agreement with the county. UF Health now controls the land as part of its acquisition of Scripps Florida.

Meanwhile, the UF graduate school in downtown West Palm Beach didn't go as planned for Florida taxpayers, either.

The 12-acre campus, first announced in 2021, was supposed to offer graduate-level programs in business, engineering and law with a focus on financial technology, or fintech, and cybersecurity.

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In 2022, the Florida Legislature awarded UF $100 million for the West Palm Beach campus. But the legislation contained a giant loophole.

If the West Palm Beach campus didn't happen, the $100 million could stay with UF to use as it sees fit elsewhere in the state in a location outside Palm Beach County.

The campus didn't happen, and UF kept the money anyway.

Soon after the UF deal showed signs of dying, West Palm Beach Mayor Keith James said talks were afoot to bring a top, private, out-of-state university to the downtown land.

More Vanderbilt meetings planned with public officials

Diermeier said he plans to return to Palm Beach County during the next month to meet with more county commission members about the Vanderbilt campus.

He said Vanderbilt is skilled at having good relationships with state and local officials in Tennessee, and he expressed confidence that county and city government leaders in Palm Beach County would feel comfortable working with the university, too.

He also believes the more people learn about Vanderbilt's plans for the West Palm Beach campus, the more they will be supportive.

In addition to a doubling of Vanderbilt's business school size, the West Palm Beach campus also would feature degrees in the university's newest college, the College of Connected Computing.

This just-created interdisciplinary college would feature computer science, AI, data science and related fields. It also would collaborate with all of Vanderbilt’s schools and colleges.

Diermeier likened the potential effect of a Vanderbilt West Palm Beach campus to the effect that Stanford University had on Silicon Valley — and the resulting explosion of innovative technology companies that emanated from there.

"The impact that research universities can have on a community is very significant," Driemeier said.

Before becoming chancellor at Vanderbilt, Diermeier formerly was an assistant professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, then held key leadership positions at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago.

Staff writer Mike Diamond contributed to this report.

Alexandra Clough is a business writer and columnist at the  Palm Beach Post . You can reach her at  [email protected] . Twitter:  @acloughpbp .  Help support our journalism. Subscribe today.