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