unitid 219976 · Nashville, TN · private nonprofit 4-year · city (large)
Lipscomb University
- enrollment 2023
- 5,690
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
68%
38th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
2,997
86th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
24%
undergrads on Pell grants
29th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
72%
finish within 150% time
78th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$55,117
66th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$24,739
after aid, aided students
63rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$55,541
after entry, Title IV students
58th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$19,500
19th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $20,048 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k18%
- 30-48k15%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110k20%
- 110k+31%
- Median family income
- $47,725
- First-generation students
- 24%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $40,572
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.8× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language. | 126 | — | — |
| Curriculum and Instruction. | 121 | $60,811 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 83 | $90,346 | — |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions. | 70 | $48,209 | — |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration. | 66 | $142,488 | — |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 61 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 61 | $81,972 | $27,250 |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | 56 | $103,294 | — |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | 55 | $76,220 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 51 | $69,023 | $26,623 |
| Psychology, General. | 47 | $43,062 | $25,062 |
| Biology, General. | 43 | $76,487 | $24,375 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.