University of the Cumberlands Student Population

How many students at UC?

For the academic year 2024-2025, University of the Cumberlands has a total enrollment of 22,120 students, including 7,612 undergraduate and 14,508 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 9,339 male students (42.2%) and 12,781 female students (57.8%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 12,454 White students (56.3%) and 1,394 Black students (6.3%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 7,612 undergraduate students (34.4%) and 14,508 graduate students (65.6%).
• Class Delivery: 13,667 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 7,078 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar private (not-for-profit) Doctoral / Research University - which average 6,371 - UC's body is significantly larger.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 9,339 male (42.22%) and 12,781 female (57.78%) students are attending University of the Cumberlands. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 73.07.

By class level, 7,612 (34.41%) are undergraduate students and 14,508 (65.59%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 32.66% are male and 67.34% are female, while among graduate students, 47.24% are male and 52.76% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 12,454 White, 1,394 Black, and 1,361 Asian students out of a total of 22,120 are attending at University of the Cumberlands. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of the Cumberlands is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 67% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, UC has 537 students under 18 years old and 48 students over 65 years old. There are 5,733 students under 25 years old, and 16,387 students over 25 years old out of 22,120 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 537 students are younger than 18 and 9 students are older than 65. UC has 4,364 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 3,248 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,369 graduate students aged under 25 and 13,139 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At University of the Cumberlands, 13,667 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 7,078 students are enrolled in some online courses.

9,073 students who live in Kentucky or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,594 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 7,612 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,492 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 19.60%.1,114 students have transferred in as full-time status and 378 students transferred in as part-time status.