Lipscomb University

Building on a 119-year heritage of excellence, Lipscomb University offers an intellectually challenging academic program with an emphasis on Christian spiritual formation and global engagement. Lipscomb’s beautiful and growing campus, located in the Green Hills area of Nashville, Tennessee, provides a welcoming setting for learning and a nurturing environment in which students can develop personally and professionally. The Lipscomb community includes a student body of more than 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students from 41 states and 23 nations with a broad diversity of ethnic backgrounds and religious traditions.

Academic Program

Lipscomb University prepares graduates for success in their chosen professions and careers. Students may choose from more than 130 programs of academic study in 66 majors that lead to an undergraduate degree. Lipscomb maintains a 15:1 student-faculty ratio. Every class is taught by a professor, with 92 percent of full-time faculty holding a terminal degree in their fields of expertise.

Exciting new programs and recent honors have broadened our appeal, enhancing the opportunities for Lipscomb graduates. For example, Lipscomb University was named a Top 20 university in U.S. News and World Report’s “2009 America’s Best Colleges” guidebook and has been recognized nationally for the SALT service learning program.   

Preparing You for Success

One of the strongest indicators of the value of a Lipscomb education is the rate at which graduates are placed in the job market or accepted by institutions for advanced degrees. 

Typically, ninety-six percent of students graduating from Lipscomb University are placed in jobs or graduate schools within six months of graduation, compared to a 78 percent average at similar institutions. Lipscomb’s placement rate strongly suggests that Lipscomb University provides an excellent education that is highly desired by employers and greatly respected by other institutions of higher learning.

Lipscomb graduates have achieved success in many fields including medicine, education, business, engineering, theater, art, management and other exciting fields.

Nashville, Tennessee

Lipscomb’s location in Nashville, the government and business center of the state, provides students unique opportunities for engagement, especially in securing jobs and pursuing cultural opportunities. Nashville is also easily accessible. Fifty percent of the United States population is within 650 miles of Nashville.