All content in a table is contained in a cell. A cell also has several properties affecting its size, appearance, and how the content it contains is formatted.
Cell.vertical_alignment:
>>> from docx.enum.table import WD_CELL_ALIGN_VERTICAL
>>> cell = table.add_row().cells[0]
>>> cell
<docx.table._Cell object at 0x...>
>>> cell.vertical_alignment
None
>>> cell.vertical_alignment = WD_CELL_ALIGN_VERTICAL.CENTER
>>> print(cell.vertical_alignment)
CENTER (1)
<w:tc>
<w:tcPr>
<w:tcW w:w="7038" w:type="dxa"/>
<w:vAlign w:val="bottom"/>
</w:tcPr>
<w:p>
<w:pPr>
<w:pStyle w:val="ListBullet"/>
</w:pPr>
<w:r>
<w:t>Amy earned her BA in American Studies</w:t>
</w:r>
</w:p>
</w:tc>
<xsd:complexType name="CT_Tc"> <!-- denormalized -->
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="tcPr" type="CT_TcPr" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:choice minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xsd:element name="p" type="CT_P"/>
<xsd:element name="tbl" type="CT_Tbl"/>
<xsd:element name="customXml" type="CT_CustomXmlBlock"/>
<xsd:element name="sdt" type="CT_SdtBlock"/>
<xsd:element name="proofErr" type="CT_ProofErr"/>
<xsd:element name="permStart" type="CT_PermStart"/>
<xsd:element name="permEnd" type="CT_Perm"/>
<xsd:element name="ins" type="CT_RunTrackChange"/>
<xsd:element name="del" type="CT_RunTrackChange"/>
<xsd:element name="moveFrom" type="CT_RunTrackChange"/>
<xsd:element name="moveTo" type="CT_RunTrackChange"/>
<xsd:element ref="m:oMathPara" type="CT_OMathPara"/>
<xsd:element ref="m:oMath" type="CT_OMath"/>
<xsd:element name="bookmarkStart" type="CT_Bookmark"/>
<xsd:element name="bookmarkEnd" type="CT_MarkupRange"/>
<xsd:element name="moveFromRangeStart" type="CT_MoveBookmark"/>
<xsd:element name="moveFromRangeEnd" type="CT_MarkupRange"/>
<xsd:element name="moveToRangeStart" type="CT_MoveBookmark"/>
<xsd:element name="moveToRangeEnd" type="CT_MarkupRange"/>
<xsd:element name="commentRangeStart" type="CT_MarkupRange"/>
<xsd:element name="commentRangeEnd" type="CT_MarkupRange"/>
<xsd:element name="customXmlInsRangeStart" type="CT_TrackChange"/>
<xsd:element name="customXmlInsRangeEnd" type="CT_Markup"/>
<xsd:element name="customXmlDelRangeStart" type="CT_TrackChange"/>
<xsd:element name="customXmlDelRangeEnd" type="CT_Markup"/>
<xsd:element name="customXmlMoveFromRangeStart" type="CT_TrackChange"/>
<xsd:element name="customXmlMoveFromRangeEnd" type="CT_Markup"/>
<xsd:element name="customXmlMoveToRangeStart" type="CT_TrackChange"/>
<xsd:element name="customXmlMoveToRangeEnd" type="CT_Markup"/>
<xsd:element name="altChunk" type="CT_AltChunk"/>
</xsd:choice>
</xsd:sequence>
<xsd:attribute name="id" type="s:ST_String" use="optional"/>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="CT_TcPr"> <!-- denormalized -->
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="cnfStyle" type="CT_Cnf" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="tcW" type="CT_TblWidth" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="gridSpan" type="CT_DecimalNumber" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="hMerge" type="CT_HMerge" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="vMerge" type="CT_VMerge" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="tcBorders" type="CT_TcBorders" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="shd" type="CT_Shd" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="noWrap" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="tcMar" type="CT_TcMar" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="textDirection" type="CT_TextDirection" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="tcFitText" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="vAlign" type="CT_VerticalJc" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="hideMark" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="headers" type="CT_Headers" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:choice minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="cellIns" type="CT_TrackChange"/>
<xsd:element name="cellDel" type="CT_TrackChange"/>
<xsd:element name="cellMerge" type="CT_CellMergeTrackChange"/>
</xsd:choice>
<xsd:element name="tcPrChange" type="CT_TcPrChange" minOccurs="0"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="CT_TblWidth">
<xsd:attribute name="w" type="ST_MeasurementOrPercent"/>
<xsd:attribute name="type" type="ST_TblWidth"/>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="CT_VerticalJc">
<xsd:attribute name="val" type="ST_VerticalJc" use="required"/>
</xsd:complexType>
<!-- simple types -->
<xsd:simpleType name="ST_DecimalNumberOrPercent">
<xsd:union memberTypes="ST_UnqualifiedPercentage s:ST_Percentage"/>
</xsd:simpleType>
<xsd:simpleType name="ST_MeasurementOrPercent">
<xsd:union memberTypes="ST_DecimalNumberOrPercent s:ST_UniversalMeasure"/>
</xsd:simpleType>
<xsd:simpleType name="ST_Percentage">
<xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
<xsd:pattern value="-?[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?%"/>
</xsd:restriction>
</xsd:simpleType>
<xsd:simpleType name="ST_TblWidth">
<xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
<xsd:enumeration value="nil"/>
<xsd:enumeration value="pct"/>
<xsd:enumeration value="dxa"/>
<xsd:enumeration value="auto"/>
</xsd:restriction>
</xsd:simpleType>
<xsd:simpleType name="ST_UniversalMeasure">
<xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
<xsd:pattern value="-?[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?(mm|cm|in|pt|pc|pi)"/>
</xsd:restriction>
</xsd:simpleType>
<xsd:simpleType name="ST_UnqualifiedPercentage">
<xsd:restriction base="xsd:integer"/>
</xsd:simpleType>
<xsd:simpleType name="ST_VerticalJc">
<xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
<xsd:enumeration value="top"/>
<xsd:enumeration value="center"/>
<xsd:enumeration value="both"/>
<xsd:enumeration value="bottom"/>
</xsd:restriction>
</xsd:simpleType>