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University of the Cumberlands

Williamsburg, Kentucky Private nonprofit 4-year Remote town

Overview

Located in Williamsburg, Kentucky, University of the Cumberlands is a private nonprofit four-year institution. Its campus is in a remote town. It enrolled 22,120 students in fall 2024, including 7,612 undergraduates and 14,508 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Baptist.

University of the Cumberlands offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 74 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Information Technology, Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other, and Business Administration and Management. It awarded 7,226 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 57 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

74% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 23 to 1.

Key figures

22,120
Students enrolled
74%
First-year retention
7,226
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
74
Programs and majors
23:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelorMasterPhDProfessional

Programs and majors offered 74

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Business, Management and Marketing 10
Education 15
Computer and Information Sciences 8
Psychology 4
Health Professions 9
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 3
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 3
Public Administration and Social Services 2
Theology and Religious Vocations 2
Engineering 2
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
Communication and Journalism 2
Legal Professions and Studies 1
English Language and Literature 1
History 1
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1
Visual and Performing Arts 3
Physical Sciences 2
Mathematics and Statistics 1
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 1
Social Sciences 1

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
74%
First-year retention, part-time students
32%
Student-to-faculty ratio
23:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
1,451
Associate degrees
229
Master's degrees
5,033
Doctoral degrees (research)
475
Professional doctorates
23
Certificates under 1 year
3
Postbaccalaureate certificates
9
Post-master's certificates
3

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
22,120
Undergraduates, fall 2024
7,612
Graduate students, fall 2024
14,508
Full-time, fall 2024
52%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
30,378
Undergraduates, 2024-25
10,065
Graduate students, 2024-25
20,313
Full-time, 2024-25
45%
Size category
20,000 students or more

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
57%
Men
43%
White
55%
Hispanic or Latino
3%
Black or African American
7%
Asian
7%
International (U.S. nonresident)
21%
Race or ethnicity unknown
6%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
57
Programs with a fully online option
2
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
64%
Students taking some online courses
33%

Campus and services

Setting
Remote town
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Baptist
Carnegie classification
Doctoral/Professional Universities
Athletic association
NAIA
Athletic conference
Mid-South Conference
President and Chief Executive Officer
Quentin Young
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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