Enrollment Trends at CU

The student population at Cumberland University is 2,588 (2,311 undergraduate and 277 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,087 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at CU is 89.30% which is increased by 1,042 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 45 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.37 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

73 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -70.08% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,160 where 2,588 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

89.30% of total students is undergraduate students and 10.70% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,042 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 45 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.37 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in CU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Cumberland University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,501	1,269	585	684	232	104	128
2014-15	1,481 -20	1,254 -15	527 -58	727 43	227 -5	104 0	123 -5
2015-16	1,550 69	1,306 52	506 -21	800 73	244 17	116 12	128 5
2016-17	1,963 413	1,658 352	702 196	956 156	305 61	130 14	175 47
2017-18	2,314 351	1,971 313	833 131	1,138 182	343 38	134 4	209 34
2018-19	2,405 91	2,093 122	913 80	1,180 42	312 -31	124 -10	188 -21
2019-20	2,550 145	2,279 186	995 82	1,284 104	271 -41	116 -8	155 -33
2020-21	2,704 154	2,397 118	988 -7	1,409 125	307 36	138 22	169 14
2021-22	2,540 -164	2,257 -140	918 -70	1,339 -70	283 -24	121 -17	162 -7
2022-23	2,588 48	2,311 54	972 54	1,339 0	277 -6	121 0	156 -6
Average	2,160	1,880	794	1,086	280	121	159

Cumberland University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,880 where 2,311 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Cumberland University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,269	1,056	514	542	213	71	142
2014-15	1,254	984	442	542	270	85	185
2015-16	1,306	987	435	552	319	71	248
2016-17	1,658	1,265	559	706	393	143	250
2017-18	1,971	1,578	691	887	393	142	251
2018-19	2,093	1,694	756	938	399	157	242
2019-20	2,279	1,827	818	1,009	452	177	275
2020-21	2,397	1,886	802	1,084	511	186	325
2021-22	2,257	1,815	756	1,059	442	162	280
2022-23	2,311	1,870	803	1,067	441	169	272
Average	1,880	1,880	658	839	1,880	136	247

Cumberland University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 280 where 277 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Cumberland University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	232	43	16	27	189	88	101
2014-15	227	50	20	30	177	84	93
2015-16	244	62	25	37	182	91	91
2016-17	305	80	37	43	225	93	132
2017-18	343	75	28	47	268	106	162
2018-19	312	64	34	30	248	90	158
2019-20	271	53	28	25	218	88	130
2020-21	307	80	44	36	227	94	133
2021-22	283	70	32	38	213	89	124
2022-23	277	76	28	48	201	93	108
Average	280	280	29	36	280	92	123

Cumberland University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 57.53%. The percentage was 67.16% 10 years ago and CU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.24% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.55% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Cumberland University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	4	10	176	40	0	1,008	0
2014-15	5	14	181	37	0	947	0
2015-16	12	24	195	43	0	985	0
2016-17	16	26	246	50	0	1,155	0
2017-18	24	41	288	72	0	1,343	0
2018-19	24	26	275	90	0	1,423	0
2019-20	18	34	281	127	0	1,539	4
2020-21	18	50	310	133	0	1,617	0
2021-22	19	38	296	136	0	1,572	0
2022-23	13	32	273	158	2	1,489	46
Average	15	30	252	89	0	1,308	5

Cumberland University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

73 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -70.08% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Cumberland University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,481	244	35	1,202
2015-16	1,550	233	0	1,317
2016-17	1,963	192	0	1,771
2017-18	2,314	61	0	2,253
2018-19	2,405	46	0	2,359
2019-20	2,550	59	0	2,491
2020-21	2,704	53	0	2,651
2021-22	2,540	39	0	2,501
2022-23	2,588	73	0	2,515
Average	2,233	111	4	2,118

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