by our College Data Analytics TeamThe goal of College Factual's yearly Best Quality Schools rankings is to help students find graduate schools that provide excellent learning environments that are a great fit for them. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Cumberland University landed the #990 spot.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee, CU came in at #27.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 55.0% of the total graduate students at CU are women and 45.0% are men.
Of all the graduate students at CU, around 24.8% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 8.1% of graduate students hail from another country. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,500 | $7,500 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from CU enter careers with an average starting salary of $46,768. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 20% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of Cumberland University.
Contact details for CU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1 Cumberland Square, Lebanon, TN 37087 |
| Phone: | 615-444-2562 |
| Website: | www.cumberland.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/CumberlandUniversity |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/CumberlandU |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13.4% of the graduate students at CU took at least one online course. Approximately 13.4% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Bioethics/Medical Ethics | 6 |
| Business Administration & Management | 59 |
| Educational Administration | 3 |
| General Education | 19 |
| Health & Physical Education | 17 |
| Nursing | 10 |
| Public Administration | 9 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 34 |
Footnotes
*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.
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