Exceptional high school juniors and seniors are eligible to earn college credit before graduating high school through Lipscomb University. Pursuing dual enrollment can help students graduate from college early or just help them get a jumpstart on their college education.
Benefits of Dual Enrollment
- Experience a Lipscomb University education firsthand
- Encounter an early snapshot of the academic and social experiences you’ll have in a traditional college setting
- Complete general education courses that are required at most colleges
- Learn from professors who are experts in their fields either in person or online
- Save hundreds of dollars in tuition costs for classes
Looking to earn more college credit at a discount? Check out our Summer Scholars program.
Summer Scholars Program
Learning Formats
On Campus
Learn in the classroom among other students. Gain the true experience of a college class by attending regularly scheduled weekly courses taught on Lipscomb's campus. Connect with our Dual Enrollment Coordinator if you are interested in pursuing dual enrollment on campus.
Online
Eligible high school students can now enroll in one online course every eight-week session at Lipscomb. Each online course is asynchronous, which means students can access course materials like lectures, readings, and assignments on their own time. Lipscomb partners with institutions to help bring Lipscomb to classrooms around the world.
Lipscomb Online
Institutional Partners
Lipscomb University partners with six different institutions to help take the classroom across the state. Learn more about your many options for taking classes with an institutional partner by connecting with our Dual Enrollment Coordinator.
- Introduction to University Writing
- University Writing
- Introduction to Communications
- College Algebra
- Trigonometry
- Calculus I
- Calculus II
- Introduction to Chemistry
- Foundations of Biology
- Elementary Physics I
- The Story of Jesus
- The Story of the Church
- The Story of Israel
- Survey of American Literature I
- World Literature I
- Foundations of Western Civilization to 1600
- Foundatations of Western Civilization Since 1600
- World Civilization I
- World Civilization II
- Introduction to Philosophy
- Introduction to Politics
- Introduction to Psychology
- Introduction to Sociology
- Principles of Microeconomics
- Principles of Macroeconomics
Through Lipscomb University's participation in the Dual Enrollment Grant Program offered through the State of Tennessee, taking a dual enrollment course while a student at a Tennessee high school is likely tuition-free, provided that students qualify and complete the necessary grant paperwork on time, and meet all eligibility requirements.
Students are allowed to take up to two courses per semester during their junior and senior years. To correctly complete the application, students MUST select Lipscomb University as the “institution granting credit”—not the school they plan to attend once they graduate high school. If applicants fill out and submit the grant application incorrectly, they will NOT receive any grant funding. Students should only apply for the Dual Enrollment Grant once each academic year.
The dual enrollment student is also responsible for submitting the dual enrollment grant application by the state-mandated deadline (Sept. 15 for the fall semester or Feb. 1 for the spring semester).
Students who are not eligible to receive the grant money are responsible for payment in full of all charges incurred by participation in the dual enrollment program. Students must also maintain a university 2.75 GPA in order to continue to be eligible for the dual enrollment grant.
This grant pays $538.65 toward classes one through five. It then pays $100 per credit hour for courses 6 through 10. A minimum GPA of 2.0 is necessary to keep the TN Dual Enrollment Grant.
Learn More
Connect with our Dual Enrollment Coordinator to talk through your next steps in transitioning from a dual enrollment student to a first-time freshman at Lipscomb.
Lipscomb faculty teach all dual enrollment courses. All faculty are required to have a graduate degree and a minimum of 18 units of coursework in their respective area of expertise.
In an effort to ensure transferability to other institutions, Lipscomb’s dual enrollment program only offers courses that we are confident will transfer elsewhere.
We do not recommend dual enrollment students take more than two dual enrollment courses per semester as part of the dual enrollment program. The Dual Enrollment Grant will cover no more than 10 dual enrollment courses during high school.
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There is currently no financial assistance available for dual enrollment students outside of the Dual Enrollment Grant Program for Tennessee residents.
