University of the Cumberlands Overview

Located in Williamsburg, Kentucky, University of the Cumberlands is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding location of Williamsburg is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

What Is University of the Cumberlands Known For?

• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Cumberlands.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 29% of the faculty were full-time.
• It takes the average Cumberlands student 4.2 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

University of the Cumberlands Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Cumberlands.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Value Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Value Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Value Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Value Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#13	Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#14	Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Cumberlands has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#10	Best Value Colleges for Allied Health Professions	College Factual
#20	Best General Health & Wellness Schools	College Factual
#27	Best Value Colleges for Psychology	College Factual
#36	Best Value Colleges for Education	College Factual
#40	Best Value Colleges for Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies	College Factual
#193	Best Allied Health Professions Schools	College Factual

Where Is University of the Cumberlands?

Contact details for Cumberlands are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	6191 College Station Drive, Williamsburg, KY 40769
Phone:	606-549-2200
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/ucumberlands
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/UCumberlands

How Do I Get Into Cumberlands?

You can apply to Cumberlands online at: www.ucumberlands.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Cumberlands

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	considered but not required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Cumberlands?

The acceptance rate at University of the Cumberlands is 81%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 79%, and the acceptance rate for women is 83%.

Average Test Scores

About 14% of students accepted to Cumberlands submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 570. Math scores were between 470 and 570.

Cumberlands received ACT scores from 85% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 24. Math scores were between 17 and 23. Composite scores were between 19 and 24.

Can I Afford University of the Cumberlands?

The overall average net price of Cumberlands is $14,710. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Cumberlands, approximately 62% of students took out student loans averaging $4,830 a year. That adds up to $19,320 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Cumberlands is 5.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

University of the Cumberlands Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,511 undergraduate students at Cumberlands, with 3,312 being full-time and 1,199 being part-time.

There are also 14,599 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,312 full-time undergraduates at Cumberlands, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of the Cumberlands students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	27
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	319
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	2,909

Geographic Diversity

Kentucky students aren't the only ones who study at University of the Cumberlands. At this time, 22 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 65 countries are represented at Cumberlands. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Bangladesh.

Online Learning at University of the Cumberlands

There are 2 bachelor’s degree and 12 master’s degree programs available online at Cumberlands. In 2019-2020, 18,993 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Cumberlands has changed over the last few years.

This school is the most popular in Kentucky for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Cumberlands

The following table shows how Cumberlands is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Health Sciences & Services	#16	#7
Allied Health Professions	#22	#7
Mental & Social Health Services	#22	#7
Religious Education	#32	#32
Teacher Education Subject Specific	#34	#1
Information Technology	#45	#39
Biblical Studies	#58	#58
Human Services	#63	#60
Student Counseling	#73	#61

Online Growth Rankings of Cumberlands

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of the Cumberlands was 21.1%. This is the #1,041 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Cumberlands regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Cumberlands majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	22%
Health Professions	16%
Nursing	28%
Psychology	11%
Special Education	5%
Student Counseling	16%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Cumberlands ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Cumberlands.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Student Counseling	#52
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	#87
Curriculum & Instruction	#135
Special Education	#181
Teacher Education Subject Specific	#190
Psychology	#240
Teacher Education Grade Specific	#281
Criminal Justice & Corrections	#398
Nursing	#453

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

University of the Cumberlands Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Information Technology	0	0	1,241	0	1,241
Computer Information Systems	0	28	482	4	514
Educational Administration	0	0	274	49	323
Business Administration & Management	0	0	211	52	263
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	55	176	0	231
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	229	0	229
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	3	203	0	206
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	190	14	204
Student Counseling	0	0	136	0	136
Special Education	0	0	126	0	126
Nursing	0	85	21	0	106
General Business/Commerce	11	85	0	4	100
Criminal Justice & Corrections	4	35	43	0	82
Human Services	3	65	0	0	68
General Psychology	3	55	0	0	58
Health & Physical Education	0	44	0	0	44
General Biology	0	37	0	0	37
Mental & Social Health Services	0	32	0	0	32
Allied Health Professions	0	0	28	0	28
Accounting	0	25	0	0	25
Religious Education	1	15	0	0	16
Biblical Studies	0	0	14	0	14
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	13	0	0	13
Communication & Media Studies	0	12	0	0	12
Health Sciences & Services	0	0	12	0	12
History	0	6	0	0	6
Political Science & Government	0	6	0	0	6
Drama & Theater Arts	0	4	0	0	4
Other Engineering	0	3	0	0	3
Mathematics	0	3	0	0	3
Chemistry	0	2	0	0	2
Fine & Studio Arts	0	2	0	0	2
Music	0	2	0	0	2
Romance Languages	0	1	0	0	1
Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0	0
Journalism	0	0	0	0	0
General English Literature	0	0	0	0	0
Physics	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	22	618	3,386	123	4,149

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
• Image Credit: By Ichabod under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.