Enrollment Trends at CU

The student population at Cumberland University is 3,457 (2,745 undergraduate and 712 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,907 (123.03%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at CU is 79.40% which is increased by 1,439 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 468 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 89 male students for every 100 female students, up from 67 in 2015.
400 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 71.67% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,514 where 3,457 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 8 year-over-year increases and 1 decrease. It peaked at 3,457 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,550 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,550 to 3,457 students, a net gain of 1,907 (123%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Cumberland University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,550	1,306	506	800	244	116	128
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	277 -6	121	156 -6
2023-24	3,072 484	2,652 341	1,168 196	1,484 145	420 143	241 120	179 23
2024-25	3,457 385	2,745 93	1,157 -11	1,588 104	712 292	475 234	237 58
Average	2,514	2,167	915	1,252	347	172	176

Cumberland University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,167 where 2,745 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Cumberland University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	2,652	1,993	919	1,074	659	249	410
2024-25	2,745	2,041	926	1,115	704	231	473
Average	2,167	2,167	747	949	2,167	169	303

Cumberland University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 347 where 712 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Cumberland University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	420	79	42	37	341	199	142
2024-25	712	148	92	56	564	383	181
Average	347	347	39	40	347	133	136

Cumberland University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 54.85%. The percentage was 63.55% 10 years ago and CU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.50% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.95% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.01% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 63.55% to 54.85%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.55% to 1.50%. Black student enrollment decreased from 12.58% to 9.95%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.77% to 8.01%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6814 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5793 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Cumberland University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	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
2023-24	15	43	292	241	5	1,797	104
2024-25	12	52	344	277	6	1,896	121
Average	17	37	280	133	1	1,482	28

Cumberland University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

400 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 12% of total students. The number of online students has increased 71.67% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Cumberland University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	3,072	345	982	1,745
2024-25	3,457	400	1,350	1,707
Average	2,514	150	233	2,131

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Enrollment Trends at CU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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