University of the Cumberlands Business Programs

University of the Cumberlands is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Williamsburg, Kentucky. The location of Cumberlands is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

University of the Cumberlands Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Cumberlands.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#5	Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#8	Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#24	Best Value Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#46	Most Popular Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#88	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#106	Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Cumberlands has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#5	Best Value Colleges for Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	College Factual
#13	Best Value Colleges for General Business/Commerce	College Factual
#25	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Business Administration & Management	College Factual
#26	Best General Business/Commerce Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#26	Best General Business/Commerce Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#28	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual

Where Is University of the Cumberlands?

Contact details for Cumberlands are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	6191 College Station Drive, Williamsburg, KY 40769
Phone:	606-549-2200
Website:	www.ucumberlands.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/ucumberlands
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/UCumberlands

How Do I Get Into Cumberlands?

You can apply to Cumberlands online at: www.ucumberlands.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Cumberlands

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	considered but not required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Cumberlands?

Cumberlands has an acceptance rate of 81%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 79%, and the acceptance rate for women is 83%.

Average Test Scores

About 14% of students accepted to Cumberlands submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 570. Math scores were between 470 and 570.

Cumberlands received ACT scores from 85% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 24. Math scores were between 17 and 23. Composite scores were between 19 and 24.

Can I Afford University of the Cumberlands?

The overall average net price of Cumberlands is $14,710. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Cumberlands, approximately 62% of students took out student loans averaging $4,830 a year. That adds up to $19,320 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Cumberlands is 5.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

University of the Cumberlands Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,511 undergraduate students at Cumberlands, with 3,312 being full-time and 1,199 being part-time.

There are also 14,599 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,312 full-time undergraduates at Cumberlands, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of the Cumberlands students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	27
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	319
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	2,909

Geographic Diversity

Kentucky students aren't the only ones who study at University of the Cumberlands. At this time, 22 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 65 countries are represented at Cumberlands. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Bangladesh.

Online Learning at University of the Cumberlands

In 2019-2020, 18,993 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Cumberlands has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 22nd most popular in Kentucky for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Cumberlands

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at University of the Cumberlands was $9,875 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Cumberlands is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Project Management	#8	#2

Online Growth Rankings of Cumberlands

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of the Cumberlands was 21.1%. This is the #912 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Cumberlands regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

University of the Cumberlands Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	0	0	286	8	294
General Business/Commerce	13	139	0	0	152
Organizational Leadership	0	0	0	69	69
Accounting	0	37	0	0	37
Interior Design Management	0	0	0	1	1
Project Management	0	0	0	0	0
General Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	13	176	286	78	553

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Ichabod under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.