How many students at CU? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 2,588 students have enrolled in Cumberland University with 2,311 undergraduate and 277 graduate students.

By gender, 1,093 male and 1,495 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (1,948 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Master's College and University (medium programs)).

73 students are enrolled exclusively, and 0 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

Cumberland University has a total of 2,588 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 2,311 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 277 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,093 male and 1,495 female students (the male-female ratio is 42:58) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total2,5882,311277
Men1,093972121
Women1,4951,339156
Cumberland University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartCumberland University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartCumberland University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 1,489 White, 273 Black, and 32 Asian students out of a total of 2,588 are attending at Cumberland University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1376
Asian321616
Black273157116
Hispanic1586692
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders211
White1,489591898
Two or more races462917
Race Unknown464166298
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1376
Asian311516
Black23013793
Hispanic1506486
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders110
White1,301512789
Two or more races452916
Race Unknown443156287
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American---
Asian110
Black432023
Hispanic826
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders101
White18879109
Two or more races101
Race Unknown211011
Cumberland University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartCumberland University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartCumberland University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, CU has 350 students under 18 years old and 1 students over 65 years old. There are 2,204 students under 25 years old, and 336 students over 25 years old out of 2,540 total students.

CU has 2,113 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 144 students aged 25 and over.

It has 91 graduate students aged under 25 and 192 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2021-2022 enrollment data.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18350232118
18-19924549375
20-21602340262
22-24328148180
25-291036835
30-34835231
35-39473710
40-49745618
50-6428199
Over 65101
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18350232118
18-19924549375
20-21601340261
22-24238109129
25-29584117
30-3434259
35-3923203
40-4921165
50-64871
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-21101
22-24903951
25-29452718
30-34492722
35-3924177
40-49534013
50-6420128
Over 65101
Cumberland University 2022 Student Population by Age chartCumberland University 2022 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartCumberland University 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartCumberland University 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartCumberland University 2022 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartCumberland University 2022 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Cumberland University, 73 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 0 students are enrolled in some online courses.

66 students lived in Tennessee or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 7 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students2,588730
Undergraduate2,31100
Graduate277730
Online Student Population by Locality
Tennessee ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students6670
Undergraduate0-0
Graduate6670
Cumberland University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 2,311 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 124 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.37%.111 students have transferred in as full-time status and 13 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time1,759
Transfer-in Full-time111
Regular Part-time428
Transfer-in Part-time13

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