Student Life

At Peabody, we strive to support and develop the whole student. You will have access to staff and programming across a diverse range of topics to complement your academic studies, facilitate your career goals, and challenge your worldview. We don’t think of life as extracurricular but rather co-curricular. You will grow in and out of the classroom during your time at Peabody.

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Peabody Office of Student Life

Peabody College is committed to student empowerment, engagement, and development and to inspiring educators and leaders to make a positive difference in our communities and the world. The Peabody Office of Student Life supports the Peabody community and its students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community members.

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Peabody Career Services

At Peabody, we strive to cultivate leaders and give our students the skills they need to make an impact in the world around them. Peabody Career Services is your strategic career partner. We partner with our professional students through career strategy appointments, interview relays, career preparation events, and student success outreach and tracking. We also offer each student individual, one-on-one career coaching sessions to ensure an effectively launched career on graduation. Our individual attention to each student not only sets Peabody apart from our peer schools, it puts our graduates ahead of the competition.

All Peabody undergraduates receive specialized services through the Vanderbilt Career Center.

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Peabody International Students

Peabody welcomes global citizens from around the world. Our growing international student community contributes multiple perspectives to a diverse sociocultural learning environment. With our campus partners, Peabody strives to create community, address needs, and provide holistic support and advocacy for all international students and scholars at Peabody College.

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Student Organizations

Look through our many offerings for student organizations on the Peabody campus. Whatever your interest or identification, there's a Peabody Student Organization for you.

Housing & Dining

Graduate Housing

The Broadview at Vanderbilt opened for graduate and professional students in the fall of 2023. Located just steps from the Vanderbilt University campus, The Broadview offers studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments.

Undergraduate Housing

All first-year students live on The Ingram Commons and are assigned to one of 10 houses, each led by a faculty head of house. Peabody's Melissa Gresalfi serves as dean of the Ingram Commons.

After the first year, undergraduates can choose to continue living in a residential college, join a living-learning community  or move into a standard residence hall.

Dining

Peabody students have multiple options for grabbing a snack, coffee or meal on campus most any time of day. The Commons Center houses the Commons Dining Hall open daily for meals and a quick-stop Munchie Mart boasting snacks, drinks, grab-and-go meals and a coffee bar. In 6 Magnolia Circle, recently opened Red Bicycle is an on-campus extension of a Nashville favorite. Students can grab hand-crafted coffee drinks, pastries, and delicious crepes. Red Bicycle also offers mobile ordering!

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Job Board

The Peabody Job Board lists job opportunities for current Peabody master’s students. For other Vanderbilt University job opportunities, please visit HireADore.com

Safety

The health, wellness and safety of every Vanderbilt student is a top priority for all members of our faculty and staff. Students have access to a full range of resources and services designed to ensure their personal safety and their physical and mental well-being.

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Nashville

Why Nashville? Life in our vibrant, growing city means music, parks, restaurants, sports, travel, and four distinct seasons. And music. Did we mention that we're called Music City?

What draws so many people to Nashville? We're an international city, a place Travel and Leisure magazine called "America's friendliest city." Nashville combines history and hospitality with diverse culture and progress. Botanical gardens, parks, and trails. Professional football, baseball, soccer, and hockey. Art galleries, craft shows, county fairs. Cuisine from Caribbean to kosher. We're a vibrant, growing city with something for everyone.

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