- The Inkwell
- Tennessee
- Lipscomb University
Nashville, TNCity: largeZIP 37204Founded 1891
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1891
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/professional university
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.lipscomb.edu
TennesseeReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Lipscomb University
Lipscomb University is a private nonprofit university in Nashville, Tennessee, with 2,997 undergraduates. It admits 68% of applicants, graduates 71% within six years and costs $23,178 a year after aid.
71%graduate
Admission rate68%
Retention84%
4-year graduation62%
Pell Grant share29%
Federal loans30%
$23,178net price / year
68%admission rate
1256average SAT
71%graduate in 6 years
$62,332median earnings, 10 yrs
$18,750median debt
#672 of 1,704 for earnings#1,113 of 1,739 for lowest net price#360 of 1,738 for graduation rate#508 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $56,348tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $42,596
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $42,596
- Average net price
- $23,178national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$19,303
$30,001–48,000$18,287
$48,001–75,000$19,827
$75,001–110,000$23,834
$110,001+$29,950
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 68%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1256
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 590–700
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 570–680
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 23–30
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college68%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college84%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college71%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college29%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 71%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 62%
- First-year retention
- 84%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 68%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $53,627
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $62,332middle 50%: $40,473–$92,125
- Median debt at graduation
- $18,750
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$92,125
Median, Lipscomb University$62,332
Lower quarter$40,473
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 2,997
- Part-time
- 4.3%
- Women / men
- 61% / 39%
- Average age at entry
- 23.9
- First-generation students
- 24%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 29%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 13 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 50%
- Average faculty salary
- $8,832 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $12,062
- Endowment, end of year
- $117,264,975
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White66%
Hispanic14%
Black7.2%
Asian3.1%
Two or more races3.4%
U.S. nonresident3.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown3.5%
25 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management19%
Visual & performing arts17%
Health professions12%
Biological & biomedical sciences12%
Psychology7.3%
Engineering5.6%
Communication & journalism3.7%
Parks, recreation & fitness3.7%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 219976. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1798619.