Enrollment Trends at U of the Cumberlands

The student population at University of the Cumberlands is 18,053 (5,174 undergraduate and 12,879 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 13,756 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of the Cumberlands is 28.66% which is increased by 3,310 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 10,446 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.19 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

10,276 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 194.61% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 11,441 where 18,053 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

28.66% of total students is undergraduate students and 71.34% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 3,310 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 10,446 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.19 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in U of the Cumberlands than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of the Cumberlands since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,297	1,864	958	906	2,433	687	1,746
2013-14	4,924 627	2,096 232	1,051 93	1,045 139	2,828 395	763 76	2,065 319
2014-15	5,736 812	2,655 559	1,196 145	1,459 414	3,081 253	873 110	2,208 143
2015-16	6,276 540	2,900 245	1,279 83	1,621 162	3,376 295	1,082 209	2,294 86
2016-17	7,652 1,376	3,041 141	1,352 73	1,689 68	4,611 1,235	1,833 751	2,778 484
2017-18	10,097 2,445	3,315 274	1,421 69	1,894 205	6,782 2,171	3,224 1,391	3,558 780
2018-19	13,472 3,375	3,262 -53	1,380 -41	1,882 -12	10,210 3,428	5,626 2,402	4,584 1,026
2019-20	16,966 3,494	3,874 612	1,551 171	2,323 441	13,092 2,882	7,654 2,028	5,438 854
2020-21	19,110 2,144	4,511 637	1,675 124	2,836 513	14,599 1,507	8,559 905	6,040 602
2021-22	19,272 162	4,838 327	1,688 13	3,150 314	14,434 -165	8,094 -465	6,340 300
2022-23	18,053 -1,219	5,174 336	1,765 77	3,409 259	12,879 -1,555	6,466 -1,628	6,413 73
Average	11,441	3,412	1,392	2,019	8,030	4,078	3,951

University of the Cumberlands Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 3,412 where 5,174 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 University of the Cumberlands since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,864	1,481	781	700	383	177	206
2013-14	2,096	1,514	795	719	582	256	326
2014-15	2,655	1,697	809	888	958	387	571
2015-16	2,900	1,670	790	880	1,230	489	741
2016-17	3,041	1,742	800	942	1,299	552	747
2017-18	3,315	1,828	832	996	1,487	589	898
2018-19	3,262	1,974	908	1,066	1,288	472	816
2019-20	3,874	2,670	1,138	1,532	1,204	413	791
2020-21	4,511	3,312	1,268	2,044	1,199	407	792
2021-22	4,838	3,638	1,291	2,347	1,200	397	803
2022-23	5,174	3,894	1,311	2,583	1,280	454	826
Average	3,412	3,412	975	1,336	3,412	418	683

University of the Cumberlands Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 8,030 where 12,879 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 University of the Cumberlands since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,433	683	182	501	1,750	505	1,245
2013-14	2,828	925	252	673	1,903	511	1,392
2014-15	3,081	880	261	619	2,201	612	1,589
2015-16	3,376	880	259	621	2,496	823	1,673
2016-17	4,611	1,101	337	764	3,510	1,496	2,014
2017-18	6,782	1,348	415	933	5,434	2,809	2,625
2018-19	10,210	1,478	513	965	8,732	5,113	3,619
2019-20	13,092	1,704	639	1,065	11,388	7,015	4,373
2020-21	14,599	2,043	751	1,292	12,556	7,808	4,748
2021-22	14,434	2,208	815	1,393	12,226	7,279	4,947
2022-23	12,879	2,838	974	1,864	10,041	5,492	4,549
Average	8,030	8,030	491	972	8,030	3,588	2,979

University of the Cumberlands Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 22.59% and the percentage of black students is 2.13% at University of the Cumberlands. 5.21% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of the Cumberlands over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	14	20	184	58	2	3,492	3
2013-14	11	25	245	55	3	4,066	14
2014-15	18	30	310	95	2	4,488	19
2015-16	17	35	326	110	4	4,713	25
2016-17	23	158	369	165	5	5,165	30
2017-18	17	40	309	156	5	4,403	21
2018-19	13	23	194	68	3	3,071	12
2019-20	8	203	126	46	0	1,861	7
2020-21	14	212	98	91	6	1,681	1
2021-22	18	264	197	62	8	2,267	0
2022-23	30	941	384	71	14	4,078	4
Average	17	177	249	89	5	3,571	12

University of the Cumberlands Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

10,276 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 57% of total students. The number of online students has increased 194.61% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of the Cumberlands from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,736	3,488	295	1,953
2015-16	6,276	3,591	1,161	1,524
2016-17	7,652	4,225	1,223	2,204
2017-18	10,097	5,046	3,168	1,883
2018-19	13,472	6,473	5,046	1,953
2019-20	16,966	9,492	5,957	1,517
2020-21	19,110	8,549	10,444	117
2021-22	19,272	9,791	8,605	876
2022-23	18,053	10,276	6,188	1,589
Average	12,959	6,770	4,676	1,513

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