Cumberland University

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs)

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Master's degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Cumberland University Academics

Cumberland University is unique in its study options. For example, the university has a Accelerated Program, Distance Learning, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, ROTC, Army and Teacher Certification. Besides, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Personal Counseling and Placement Service can help. Students with disabilities are not left alone with programs such as Partial Services/Facilities For Students With Learning Disabilities, Services/Facilities For Visually Impaired, Wheelchair Accessibility, 60 work stations, available in: libraries, computer centers, Dorms Wired for Access to Campus-Wide Network, Email Accounts Provided to All Students, Commuter/Off-Campus Students Can Connect to Campus Network, Computer Repair Service Available On Campus, Computer Helpline Available, Online Library, Wireless Network, Offers distance learning courses or programs (online or partially online): Yes, During Normal Term Periods, Percent of courses taught as online courses: 5%, Percent of courses taught as blended (online and offline): 5% and Percent of courses taught face-to-face: 90%. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Extensive Undergraduate Evening or Early Morning Classes, Learning Center, Pre-Admission Summer Program, Reduced Course Load, Remedial Instruction, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Cumberland University.

History:

History – General

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biology

Security and Protective Services:

Criminal Justice Studies

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General

Public Administration and Service:

Public Administration

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Parks, Recreation, and Fitness:

Health/Physical Fitness, Sport/Fitness Administration

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Nursing (RN), Predentistry, Premedicine, Prepharmacy, Preveterinary Medicine

Social Sciences:

Political Science/Government, Social Sciences – General, Sociology

Education:

Biology Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education, Education – General, Elementary Education, English Teacher Education, History Teacher Education, Junior High Education, Mathematics Education, Music Teacher Education, Physical Education, Secondary Education, Social Science Teacher Education, Special Education, multiple levels

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Business – General, Management Science

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Fine/Studio Arts, Music – General

Popular majors:

one hundred percent business per marketing, twenty-eight percent health professions, twenty percent education, eighteen percent business per marketing, nine percent liberal arts, seven percent security and protective services, six percent psychology

English Language and Literature:

English, English Language & Literature – General

Additionally, for international students, the application fee is 50. Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 1st of May. The cost per credit hour (overall) was $585 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for non-need-based aid last fall.

Cumberland University Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 69% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 60%. Remember that this can change at any time. Transfer student are not ignored. In particular, there were two hundred and sixty-five total number of transfer students who applied and two hundred total number of transfer students who were admitted. This school requires an application fee consisting of twenty-five dollars regular application fee, twenty-five dollars out-of-state application fee, twenty-five dollars online application fee and point zero .

It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 1st of August and the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. The regular application due date was not reported. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 1st of May. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 1st of February. In the same way, if you wish to apply with priority status make sure you application is in by the 15th of February.

Cumberland University Financial Aid

Financial aid forms are FAFSA and Institution’s own financial aid form. Likewise, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics and Leadership. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. Financial aid distribution is at sixty percent scholarships per grants and forty percent loans per jobs. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Art, Athletics and Music/Drama.

Cumberland University Students

The university is a Private, Liberal Arts College, University, Four-year, Coed, where 69 percent of the applicants were admitted and Regionally accredited. The school’s size is approximately one thousand and thirty-one degree-seeking undergrads, two hundred and seventy-five first-time degree-seeking freshmen and four hundred and twenty-five graduate enrollment. Besides, the student body consists of eighty-eight percent in-state students, twelve percent out-of-state students, three percent part-time students, forty-eight percent women, fifty-two percent men, two percent asian per pacific islander, thirteen percent black per non-hispanic, less than one percent hispanic, seventy-seven percent white per non-hispanic, five percent race per ethnicity unreported, fifteen percent in top 10th of graduating class, thirty-eight percent in top quarter of graduating class, sixty-nine percent in top half of graduating class, four percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, eight percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, twenty percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, forty percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, twenty percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99, five percent had h.s. gpa between 2.0 and 2.49 and three percent had h.s. gpa between 1.0 and 1.99. Additionally, it is part of an Suburban setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Commuter campus. Cumberland University offers Associate, Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees.

This school features the Suburban setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Commuter campus. Remarkably, the school is located 30 miles from Nashville.Students should note the housing policies: sixty percent of first-year students live in college housing, thirty-nine percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Men’s Housing, Women’s Housing, Apartments For Single Students, Wellness housing (alcohol/drug/smoke-free), one-AUG deadline for housing deposit, two hundred dollars amount of housing deposit, point zero , and First-time first-year students allowed to have car.

Cumberland University Athletics

The Bulldogs are a member of NAIA. The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Cross_country
• Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Football
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Golf
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Soccer
• Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Softball
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Table_tennis
• Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball
• Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Wrestling