Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of the Cumberlands

At University of the Cumberlands, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 74.99%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 71.01%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of the Cumberlands than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 28.78%, and the 2024 yield is 20.99%.

The number of U of the Cumberlands applicants increased by 85.00% (1,967 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 74.99%, and this year's acceptance rate is 71.01% at University of the Cumberlands. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 73.46% and women students' rate is 76.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of the Cumberlands than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	71.27%	65.50%	77.54%
2014-15	66.28% -4.99%	64.07% -1.44%	64.19% -13.35%
2015-16	68.28% 2.01%	68.63% 4.56%	68.00% 3.81%
2016-17	70.87% 2.58%	68.29% -0.34%	73.09% 5.09%
2017-18	74.36% 3.49%	74.35% 6.07%	74.37% 1.27%
2018-19	73.30% -1.06%	73.70% -0.65%	72.93% -1.43%
2019-20	80.04% 6.74%	79.84% 6.15%	80.21% 7.27%
2020-21	81.44% 1.40%	78.92% -0.93%	83.27% 3.07%
2021-22	84.98% 3.54%	82.03% 3.11%	87.01% 3.73%
2022-23	83.02% -1.96%	79.74% -2.29%	85.32% -1.69%
2023-24	71.01% -12.01%	73.01% -6.73%	70.02% -15.30%
Average	74.99%	73.46%	76.00%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 28.78% where the current academic year yield is 20.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	27.10%	31.32%	23.22%
2014-15	26.32% -0.78%	28.38% -2.94%	26.01% 2.79%
2015-16	26.27% -0.05%	30.43% 2.05%	22.75% -3.26%
2016-17	26.06% -0.21%	29.71% -0.73%	23.12% 0.37%
2017-18	25.31% -0.75%	24.49% -5.21%	26.19% 3.07%
2018-19	27.14% 1.83%	32.76% 8.27%	22.00% -4.19%
2019-20	38.03% 10.89%	42.47% 9.71%	34.25% 12.25%
2020-21	33.01% -5.02%	38.70% -3.77%	29.10% -5.16%
2021-22	33.03% 0.02%	36.96% -1.74%	29.95% 0.86%
2022-23	33.32% 0.29%	39.32% 2.36%	29.56% -0.40%
2023-24	20.99% -12.33%	26.99% -12.34%	17.01% -12.55%
Average	28.78%	32.87%	25.74%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,536, the average number of admitted is 1,893, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 541.

The number of U of the Cumberlands applicants increased by 85.00% (1,967 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,527	1,801	488
2014-15	2,322 -8.11%	1,539 -14.55%	405 -17.01%
2015-16	2,431 4.69%	1,660 7.86%	436 7.65%
2016-17	2,269 -6.66%	1,608 -3.13%	419 -3.90%
2017-18	2,301 1.41%	1,711 6.41%	433 3.34%
2018-19	2,348 2.04%	1,721 0.58%	467 7.85%
2019-20	2,510 6.90%	2,009 16.73%	764 63.60%
2020-21	2,414 -3.82%	1,966 -2.14%	649 -15.05%
2021-22	2,177 -9.82%	1,850 -5.90%	611 -5.86%
2022-23	2,314 6.29%	1,921 3.84%	640 4.75%
2023-24	4,281 85.00%	3,040 58.25%	638 -0.31%
Average	2,536	1,893	541

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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