Located in Nashville, Tenn., Vanderbilt University operates as a private research university and medical center. It offers a full-range of undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees. The university has about 6,500 undergraduates and 5,300 graduate/professional students and comprises 10 schools, a medical center, a public policy center and the Freedom Forum First Amendment center. Vanderbilt University offers undergraduate programs in the liberal arts/sciences, engineering, music, education and human development as well as a full range of graduate and professional degrees. The university is consistently ranked as one of the nation's top 20 universities by publications such as U.S. News & World Report.