Lipscomb University Business Programs

Lipscomb University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Nashville, Tennessee. The location of Lipscomb is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Lipscomb University Rankings

We have ranked Lipscomb as #282 out of 1,477 colleges and universities in the country in our 2023 Best Colleges list. Lipscomb also holds the #5 spot on the Best Colleges in Tennessee ranking.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Lipscomb has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#180	Best Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Lipscomb.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#27	Most Popular Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#64	Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#71	Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Lipscomb has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Executive/Career Coaching Graduate Degree Schools	College Factual
#1	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Executive/Career Coaching	College Factual
#45	Best Organizational Leadership Schools	College Factual
#147	Best General Business Administration and Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#191	Best Accounting Schools	College Factual
#229	Best Business Administration & Management Schools	College Factual

Where Is Lipscomb University?

Contact details for Lipscomb are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	One University Park Drive, Nashville, TN 37204-3951
Phone:	615-966-1000
Website:	www.lipscomb.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/LipscombUniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/lipscomb

How Do I Get Into Lipscomb?

You can apply to Lipscomb online at: https://admission.lipscomb.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Lipscomb

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Lipscomb?

With an acceptance rate of 62%, Lipscomb does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 34% of accepted students are men and 66% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 64%, and the acceptance rate for women is 60%.

Average Test Scores

About 23% of students accepted to Lipscomb submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 660. Math scores were between 530 and 650.

Lipscomb received ACT scores from 84% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 23 and 32. Math scores were between 21 and 27. Composite scores were between 22 and 29.

Can I Afford Lipscomb University?

The overall average net price of Lipscomb is $39,732. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Lipscomb, approximately 45% of students took out student loans averaging $7,134 a year. That adds up to $28,536 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Lipscomb is 2.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Lipscomb University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,997 undergraduate students at Lipscomb, with 2,798 being full-time and 199 being part-time.

There are also 1,887 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,798 full-time undergraduates at Lipscomb, 39% are male and 61% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Lipscomb University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	91
Black or African American	189
Hispanic or Latino	240
White	2,066
International Students	91
Other Races/Ethnicities	121

Geographic Diversity

Tennessee students aren't the only ones who study at Lipscomb University. At this time, 39 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 54 countries are represented at Lipscomb. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Saudi Arabia, and United Kingdom.

Online Learning at Lipscomb University

In 2019-2020, 2,147 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Lipscomb has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 14th most popular in Tennessee for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Lipscomb

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Lipscomb University was 39.4%. This is the #662 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Lipscomb regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Lipscomb ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Lipscomb.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Human Resources Development	#24
Organizational Leadership	#87
Human Resource Management	#104
General Business Administration and Management	#391

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Lipscomb University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	53	1	76	130
Accounting	30	1	18	49
Organizational Leadership	32	10	6	48
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	39	0	0	39
Finance	13	0	0	13
Public Relations	13	0	0	13
Human Resources Development	0	12	0	12
Fashion Merchandising	6	0	0	6
Information Resources Management	5	0	0	5
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	0	0	0	0
Business Economics	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	191	24	100	315

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.