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# University of the Cumberlands Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated September 30, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at University of the Cumberlands?

University of the Cumberlands’s reported acceptance rate is 98.8%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
98.8%

Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

University of the Cumberlands admits 98.8% of applicants, a rate well above the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

## What SAT and ACT scores do University of the Cumberlands students report?

SAT and ACT ranges are not available for University of the Cumberlands in the data shown here. Missing scores do not establish whether tests are required, optional or excluded from review.

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at University of the Cumberlands?

**Pell Grant recipients**
53.4%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
61.4%

**First-year retention**
74.3%

Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.

About these student measures

The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.

More than half of University of the Cumberlands undergraduates, 53.4%, receive Pell Grants. An estimated 61.4% enter as transfers or part-time students, so the campus is built around students who began somewhere else.

The university enrolls 6,941 undergraduates. That composition means most students are navigating financial aid and prior coursework at the same time.

Pell-eligible applicants should run the cost calculator to see their estimated grant-adjusted price.

At University of the Cumberlands, 74.3% of full-time students return for a second year, and 50.4% finish within six years. Both figures sit below the medians for comparable institutions, where retention runs at 83.4% and completion at 68.8%.

Pell recipients in the entering cohort complete at 44.7%, 5.7 percentage points below the overall rate.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), founder of College Azimuth.

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

Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).