Lipscomb University vs Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Nashville, TN · Worcester, MA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 yr)

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PRIVATE-NP-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-OPEN · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-EARN

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE TN × MA
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (10 yr)

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Headcount surged on one side only

ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023

Worcester Polytechnic Institute posted a brisk directional enrollment rise over 2013–2023 while its peer's size series stays a range. Pair any cost snapshot with that asymmetry before treating the campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute: enrollment grew +33.2% over 2013–2023; fitted +136 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.
  • Lipscomb University: enrollment ranged 2,842–3,024 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Lipscomb University: acceptance rate eased +26.5% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.72).
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute: acceptance rate eased +13.4% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.48).

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Lipscomb University vs Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Worcester Polytechnic Institute leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($103,470 vs $55,541 at Lipscomb University)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Lipscomb University leads on avg net price ($24,739 vs $43,071 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Worcester Polytechnic Institute leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($85,038 vs $50,454 at Lipscomb University)

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Median Earnings (10 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Lipscomb University and Worcester Polytechnic Institute?
Worcester Polytechnic Institute leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $103,470 versus $55,541 at Lipscomb University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Lipscomb University and Worcester Polytechnic Institute?
Lipscomb University leads on avg net price at $24,739 versus $43,071 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Lipscomb University and Worcester Polytechnic Institute?
Worcester Polytechnic Institute leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $85,038 versus $50,454 at Lipscomb University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); median earnings (10 yr) focus for this pair · 2025