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Cumberland University Majors & Programs

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Which majors earn the most at Cumberland University?

Business and Health Professions are the two largest degree families, at 30.6% and 27.9% of degrees awarded. Only 8.6% of degrees awarded are in STEM fields.

Nursing graduates earn $78,954 four years after completion from 65 degrees awarded. Business Administration and Management is next at $60,477 with 47 degrees awarded.

Accounting records $51,366 from 8 degrees awarded. Psychology is the lowest of the 5 programs with published earnings, at $42,713 from 14 degrees awarded.

Major mix · each dot ≈ 1% of completions

Share of reported completions in the bachelor’s programs included here. Each dot represents approximately 1% of those completions. Counts are credentials, not unique students; excluded programs are not zero activity.

  • Business79 · 30.6%
  • Health professions72 · 27.9%
  • Parks and recreation34 · 13.2%
  • Homeland security19 · 7.4%
  • Psychology14 · 5.4%
  • Other40 · 15.5%

14 of 14 programs shown

Four-year earnings · first five matching programs
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 65 degrees awarded
$78,954
Business Administration, Management and Operations 47 degrees awarded
$60,477
Accounting and Related Services 8 degrees awarded
$51,366
Criminal Justice and Corrections 19 degrees awarded
$51,032
Psychology, General 14 degrees awarded
$42,713

Each bar is a field’s median. Program size counts degrees awarded, not unique people or the earnings sample.

Compare all matching programs
Reported bachelor’s programs · earnings, program size and field ranks
ProgramDegrees awarded4-yr earningsField rank
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing65$78,954—
Business Administration, Management and Operations47$60,477—
Accounting and Related Services small degree count8$51,366—
Criminal Justice and Corrections small degree count19$51,032—
Psychology, General small degree count14$42,713—
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods small degree count10Too few graduates to report—
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities small degree count13Too few graduates to report—
Biology, General small degree count6Too few graduates to report—
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology small degree count6Too few graduates to report—
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness34Too few graduates to report—
Social Sciences, General small degree count5Too few graduates to report—
Health and Medical Administrative Services small degree count7Too few graduates to report—
Marketing small degree count13Too few graduates to report—
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods small degree count11Too few graduates to report—

Program data and definitions · How to evaluate program rankings

What are the largest programs at Cumberland University?

Ten largest programs by degrees awarded
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
65
Business Administration, Management and Operations
47
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
34
Criminal Justice and Corrections
19
Psychology, General
14
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
13
Marketing
13
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
11
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
10
Accounting and Related Services
8

Counts describe degrees awarded in the reporting period, not current enrollment. Program data and definitions

How do Cumberland University majors rank nationally?

National program ranks are not reported for this school.

How Azimuth compares programs across colleges

Further analysis

Cumberland University concentrates its bachelor's degrees in a few fields, and earnings four years after completion range widely across them. Azimuth weighs programs on earnings among completers, debt and cohort size instead of reputation.

5 programs publish four-year earnings data. 30.6% of degrees awarded are in Business, 27.9% in Health Professions and 13.2% in Parks, Recreation & Fitness.

Nursing is the largest program at 65 degrees awarded. Its graduates earn $78,954 four years after completion.

Program earnings cover federally aided completers. Business Administration and Management follows at 47 degrees awarded, with median earnings of $60,477.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.