Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at CU

At Cumberland University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 55.77%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 67.00%. CU's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 47.25%, and the 2024 yield is 35.97%.

The number of CU applicants increased by 30.46% (651 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 55.77%, and this year's acceptance rate is 67.00% at Cumberland University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 55.79% and women students' rate is 55.52%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Cumberland University over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	47.30%	50.51%	44.14%
2014-15	46.42% -0.87%	44.60% -5.91%	48.20% 4.06%
2015-16	49.06% 2.64%	52.12% 7.52%	46.30% -1.90%
2016-17	48.91% -0.16%	47.89% -4.23%	49.81% 3.51%
2017-18	54.08% 5.17%	55.92% 8.03%	52.72% 2.91%
2018-19	61.66% 7.57%	62.89% 6.96%	60.71% 7.98%
2019-20	61.03% -0.62%	59.65% -3.24%	62.11% 1.41%
2020-21	53.76% -7.27%	52.42% -7.22%	54.69% -7.42%
2021-22	57.99% 4.23%	54.98% 2.56%	58.98% 4.29%
2022-23	66.21% 8.23%	67.66% 12.68%	65.08% 6.09%
2023-24	67.00% 0.79%	65.04% -2.61%	68.01% 2.93%
Average	55.77%	55.79%	55.52%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 47.25% where the current academic year yield is 35.97%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Cumberland University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	56.38%	64.32%	47.46%
2014-15	53.78% -2.61%	56.05% -8.27%	51.72% 4.27%
2015-16	58.65% 4.87%	61.05% 5.00%	56.21% 4.49%
2016-17	60.41% 1.75%	64.71% 3.66%	56.75% 0.54%
2017-18	48.49% -11.92%	52.75% -11.96%	45.15% -11.60%
2018-19	42.31% -6.19%	44.46% -8.28%	40.58% -4.56%
2019-20	40.37% -1.93%	43.40% -1.07%	38.10% -2.49%
2020-21	41.00% 0.63%	41.82% -1.58%	40.45% 2.36%
2021-22	37.99% -3.01%	43.03% 1.22%	34.98% -5.47%
2022-23	44.45% 6.46%	46.71% 3.68%	42.60% 7.62%
2023-24	35.97% -8.48%	43.98% -2.72%	30.97% -11.63%
Average	47.25%	51.12%	44.09%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,954, the average number of admitted is 1,135, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 493.

The number of CU applicants increased by 30.46% (651 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Cumberland University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	795	376	212
2014-15	713 -10.31%	331 -11.97%	178 -16.04%
2015-16	695 -2.52%	341 3.02%	200 12.36%
2016-17	1,513 117.70%	740 117.01%	447 123.50%
2017-18	2,143 41.64%	1,159 56.62%	562 25.73%
2018-19	2,308 7.70%	1,423 22.78%	602 7.12%
2019-20	2,833 22.75%	1,729 21.50%	698 15.95%
2020-21	2,872 1.38%	1,544 -10.70%	633 -9.31%
2021-22	2,692 -6.27%	1,561 1.10%	593 -6.32%
2022-23	2,137 -20.62%	1,415 -9.35%	629 6.07%
2023-24	2,788 30.46%	1,868 32.01%	672 6.84%
Average	1,954	1,135	493

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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