Allied Health Professions at Cumberland University

If you are interested in studying allied health professions, you may want to check out the program at Cumberland University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CU is located in Lebanon, Tennessee and approximately 2,704 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students received a bachelor's degree in allied health from CU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Allied Health Professions section at the bottom of this page.

CU Allied Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Allied Health

CU Allied Health Professions Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks allied health programs across the country. The following shows how CU performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The allied health major at CU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Allied Health Professions. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	282
Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	305
Best Allied Health Professions Schools	946
Best Value Allied Health Professions Schools	1,177
Most Popular Allied Health Professions Schools	1,561

Allied Health Student Demographics at CU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the allied health majors at Cumberland University.

CU Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 allied health majors earned their bachelor's degree from CU. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cumberland University with a bachelor's in allied health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

CU also has a doctoral program available in allied health. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Nursing

Careers That Allied Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in allied health can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TN, the home state for Cumberland University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics	6,810	$36,600
Health Specialties Professors	5,690	$102,310
Respiratory Therapists	3,520	$51,400
Surgical Technologists	3,040	$43,860
Physician Assistants	2,010	$87,700

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Ichabod under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.