Lipscomb University nursing

Nashville, Tennessee · Private nonprofit. Bachelor's · first-time NCLEX 97% · ACEN accredited.

Bachelor'sRN, bachelor’s degree NCLEX 97%
Full institution profile Tennessee nursing schools

State board approval and NCLEX

ProgramCampusApprovalFirst-time NCLEX pass rate
RN, bachelor’s degreeNashvilleFull97% (2025, 69 first-time takers)
Board source

Nursing awards

2014: 632015: 662016: 562017: 782018: 292019: 532020: 412021: 402022: 622023: 512024: 70632014702024
Nursing completions at Lipscomb University by year, IPEDS. Up 11% from 2014 to 2024.
YearCompletions
201463
201566
201656
201778
201829
201953
202041
202140
202262
202351
202470
Program (CIP)Award levelCompletions, 2023-24
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.3801Bachelor's degree70

Source: IPEDS Completions, first majors only.

Accreditation

AccreditorProgramNext review
ACENBaccalaureate
Accredited		Fall 2029

Federal funding

6 federal awards under nursing assistance listings, fiscal year 2016 onward, totaling $360k. Awards are made to the institution; amounts are award values from USAspending.gov.

AmountProgramPeriodAgency
$117kNurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention
93.359		2019-08-14through VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, THE
$81kNurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention
93.359		2018-08-03through VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, THE
$45kNurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention
93.359		2017-09-07through VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, THE
$41kNurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention
93.359		2025-12-03through VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
$39kNurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention
93.359		2024-12-12through VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
$37kNurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention
93.359		2024-06-11through VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

Faculty

12 people listed on the school’s nursing faculty page, with the titles the school gives.

Source: school nursing faculty page

From Lipscomb University’s nursing pages

Accreditation

“Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing”

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State board approval

“Lipscomb University Undergraduate Pre-licensure BSN Program has full approval status from the Tennessee Board of Nursing.”

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Simulation

“This learning happens in Lipscomb’s spacious nursing building that houses the region’s best-equipped Health Simulation Laboratory.”

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Clinical placements

“Our Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) includes extensive study in the humanities and social sciences as well as 32 credit hours of clinical placements during your course of study.”

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Admission

“Fall entry application deadline: March 1 Application opens on February 1”

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