Nashville | Lipscomb University

It's a big city. And with Lipscomb as your guide, it's an even bigger opportunity.

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It makes a difference where you end up.

Nashville is a flourishing, diversified city that delivers the world to your door. Lipscomb is a close-knit Christian community that magnifies your potential to create meaningful change. Together, the two collide to create a transformational space for you to see and be seen, know and be known, and experience extraordinary opportunities.

Centralized in the thriving Green Hills neighborhood and just a few short miles from downtown, we consider Nashville an extension of our campus. In a leading city for the health care, music, entertainment, technology and finance industries, you’ll gain insight you won’t find anywhere else. Your unique learning experiences in Nashville will result in an interdisciplinary network with plenty of open doors after graduation.

Nashville isn't only a great place to learn. It's also a wonderful city to live in — and one of the fastest growing cities in the U.S.

Known as Music City because of its vibrant music scene and historic venues such as Ryman Auditorium and the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville was recently named one of the top 15 best places to live in America by U.S. News & World Report. In fact, our city is home to four professional sports teams, world-class museums, parks, miles of greenways, trails and a plethora of unique dining options. You'll be at the heart of it all — always at the center of something new and exciting.

Nashville isn’t only a great location to be a student—it’s also the perfect place to be a local.

Two young women students with Five Daughters Donuts

Eating

Widely hailed as a cultural hub, Nashville is gaining recognition for its diverse food and drink offerings — even locals struggle to keep up with the first-rate restaurants that seem to be opening in Nashville daily. From specialty tacos to the city’s latest staple, hot chicken, there’s always something new to try.

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Entertainment

Nashville boasts the strongest concentration of the music industry in America, and our arts scene is thriving! Dozens of concert halls, venues, theaters, museums and galleries surround Lipscomb’s campus, promising you’ll always have something to see, hear or do.

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A student in a Nashville Predators hockey jersey talks with another in a Tennessee Titans football jersey.

Sports

Whether you’re a sports fanatic or casual spectator, you’ll feel the energy that the Nashville community brings to our teams. And you’ll feel the connection with nearly two million people in support of athletics that speak to a bigger truth: Nashville is a place that makes dreams a reality.

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Five students together on the steps of the Parthenon at Centennial Park, after a hike

Traditions

Nashville is a growing metropolis, but you wouldn’t know it from the number of outdoor adventures you can have just minutes from the heart of the city. Downtown Nashville is peppered with green space and surrounded by state parks, the Cumberland River, and miles of hiking trails.

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Students walk alongside the Cumberland River and the Nashville skylkne.

Staying

Stay on campus and get the VIP treatment. Or, check out one of our partner hotels.

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Shopping

From hip 12South to whimsical East Nashville, shopping here is an adventure.

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Make a difference. End up here.

Top 10

Education destination for students

13:1

Student to faculty ratio

120K+

College students in Nashville

More than four students walking on the pedestrian bridge in downtown Nashville.

1.9M

Population

40K+

Businesses in Nashville

95%

Job/grad school placement rate

A vibrant campus. A thriving city. Your ideal future.

Known for its vibrant music scene and historic venues, Nashville was recently named one of the best places to live in America. In fact, our city is home to professional athletics, world-class museums, parks, miles of greenways, trails and a plethora of unique dining options. You’ll always be at the center of something new and exciting.

Be more than a spectator—be a thought leader, a difference maker, a culture shaper and a unique member of a deeply involved, deeply connected community.

Because we believe that whatever you want to do, you can do it here.

We’d love to welcome you to our city. Let Lipscomb be your guide. Schedule a visit to tour campus, meet our faculty and spend time with current students to get a real sense of what your future as a Bison could be like.

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Set your career in motion before you even graduate.

A city that sets its sights high.

Nashville is full of young minds: over 120,000 college students are enrolled in universities located in and around the region, staking its claim as the “Athens of the South.” That makes it a city constantly being refined, reformed and rethought by fresh perspectives, and a city that wields its heavy influence over culture to challenge and change norms. As a school full of forward thinkers and servant-leaders, Lipscomb is at the heart of this shift, bringing a unique outlook.

Confident in our faith and eager to engage with the communities around us, Lipscomb takes our model of service learning into Nashville neighborhoods and across the globe. Our Serving and Learning Together (SALT) program opens doors for you to make meaningful connections in local volunteer and nonprofit organizations tied to your area of study, using your vocation to shape the city.

A head start on the rest of your life.

Nashville is home to 1.9 million people and more than 40,000 business, setting itself apart as a city that has recently seen unparalleled economic and industrial growth. In fact, over the last three decades, more than 930 companies have noticed the leading role Nashville is taking in the global economy and relocated operations to our city, creating around 485,000 new jobs.

To that end, Nashville seems to be a magnet for the types of young graduates that new, growing industries seek. The opportunities for high-caliber employment continue to multiply, and you have the opportunity to get a head start and a professional edge. Our well-connected faculty consistently steer students into jobs with some of nashville’s most well-known businesses.

Experiences that will shape the course of your future.

The experiences you’ll have here will help you navigate the direction of your career as you make decisions about what you want to pursue. Internships and applied learning opportunities will help you develop competencies that can’t be taught in a classroom, and the work experience you gain will better prepare you to apply for full-time jobs after college.

Lipscomb’s top-ranked programs and respected reputation make our students a leading choice for local businesses in the hiring process. With the help of professors, mentors and alumni connections, students are constantly landing internships at prestigious companies headquartered in Nashville.

The College of Computing & Technology has recently placed students in information science internship roles at Nissan.
The Raymond B. Jones College of Engineering has used their network of alumni to place a civil engineering student in a summer internship with Barge Design Solutions.
The Lipscomb University College of Business Aspire Fellows program, which places a selective cohort of exceptional students in 10-month paid internships, has connected students with companies like HCA, Capital Financial and Hilton Hotels.