Which Lipscomb University major has the lowest debt?

Writing and Rhetoric graduates leave with a median of $19,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 12 Lipscomb University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Lipscomb University cost?

Tuition and fees are $40,572 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $24,739 a year.

How many Lipscomb University programs report graduate pay?

13 bachelor's programs at Lipscomb University report first-year pay, and 12 of them also report federal debt.

Lipscomb University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Nashville, TN
2,997 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

13 Lipscomb University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Mechanical Engineering pays the most in the first year ($67,725), and Music the least ($19,352). The median program pays $32,967.

Tuition and fees$40,572Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$24,739Per year

Graduation rate72%Within 6 years

Admission rate68%Of applicants

All 13 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Tennessee" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Tennessee. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Tennessee
1	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 17 graduates a year	$67,725	Not reported	$27,000	4th of 8
2	NursingAbout 51 graduates a year	$64,954	$69,023	$26,623	21st of 27
3	Business AdministrationAbout 61 graduates a year	$51,379	$81,972	$27,250	6th of 28
4	Teacher EducationAbout 16 graduates a year	$47,655	$47,528	$21,500	1st of 15
5	MarketingAbout 34 graduates a year	$41,660	Not reported	$24,625	5th of 10
6	Human ResourcesGraduates a year not reported	$38,493	$63,033	$26,298	2nd of 2
7	Legal StudiesAbout 17 graduates a year	$32,967	$66,804	$24,500	1st of 1
8	CommunicationsGraduates a year not reported	$31,767	Not reported	$21,253	4th of 13
9	PsychologyAbout 47 graduates a year	$28,252	$43,062	$25,062	15th of 21
10	Writing and RhetoricGraduates a year not reported	$26,994	Not reported	$19,500	1st of 1
11	Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 19 graduates a year	$23,075	Not reported	$24,619	2nd of 2
12	BiologyAbout 43 graduates a year	$20,387	$76,487	$24,375	13th of 13
13	MusicAbout 17 graduates a year	$19,352	Not reported	Not reported	10th of 10

Program names link to the program's own page, and Tennessee ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Tennessee programs in the field do too.

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

2 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Writing and Rhetoric$19,500
Communications$21,253
Teacher Education$21,500
Biology$24,375
Legal Studies$24,500

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 61 graduates a year
NursingAbout 51 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 47 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 43 graduates a year
MarketingAbout 34 graduates a year

Common questions

Mechanical Engineering graduates earn a median of $67,725 in their first year, the most of 13 Lipscomb University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Tennessee rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels