by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began producing its annual Best Quality Schools rankings as a means to assist students in finding top-quality graduate colleges and universities that are invested in preparing their students for their future endeavors. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Lipscomb University took the #383 spot.
Lipscomb also ranked #5 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Lipscomb took the #266 spot on the list.
Lipscomb also ranked #5 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Tennessee.
The total graduate student population at Lipscomb is made up of 69.1% women and 30.9% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at Lipscomb, around 24.7% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. Lipscomb is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 0.9% of the graduate student population. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $17,100 | $17,100 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at Lipscomb is $48,241. That's about 17% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their doctorate degree at Lipscomb is $83,530. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 11% higher than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of 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: | https://www.lipscomb.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/LipscombUniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/lipscomb |
Around 42.2% of Lipscomb graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Roughly 19.8% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 48 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 49 |
| Theological & Ministerial Studies | 3 |
Footnotes
*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.
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