Our general requirements for admission to CU include:

Our application opens August 1. We send decisions out four times a year after your application is complete.

Our recommended deadline is January 1. Applying by this date will guarantee you receive a decision before spring which gives you a chance to be fully informed about scholarships and other financial aid options available to you.

High school students need to provide a current official high school transcript for admission acceptance. Your school counselor will submit your transcripts to CU. They may email or mail your incomplete official high school transcript.

EMAIL: admissions@cumberland.edu 

MAIL:  

Cumberland University
Office of Admissions
1 Cumberland Square
Lebanon, TN 37087

You’ll also need to make arrangements for an official final high school transcript to be sent after your graduation. This official final transcript must be sent directly from your school through third party secure electronic transcript service or by mail to the above address. To help your school counselor, you can complete and turn in our Transcript Request Form to your school counselor.  

We send decisions out four times a year after your application is complete. You will receive your admissions decision in the mail on the decision day that corresponds to the date you submitted your application. If you applied:

Yes. We believe you are more than a test score. We know that a student shouldn’t just be measured by their test scores or GPA, that’s why each application is personally and holistically reviewed. This means someone is actually reading it carefully, and we look at the rigor of your curriculum, the trends in your grades, and any supplemental information you provide to give context. 

To help our team with the review process, we require all students who do not meet minimum admission requirements to complete the Personal Statement and Resilience Questionnaire. This statement and questionnaire will indicate why you would like to attend Cumberland University, how you would help contribute to a diverse student body, and will measure how potentially resilient you will be at CU. The goal is to provide our review team with more information about your ability, training, and motivation to succeed at CU.

The best way to see if CU is the right fit for you is to visit our campus. For your convenience, campus visits are offered almost every weekday during scheduled appointment times. To schedule an appointment visit cumberland.edu/visit. We can’t wait to meet you and share all CU has to offer. 

You can also visit virtually. Virtual visits will occur via Google Meet or Zoom. During the visit, you will meet with an enrollment specialist who can answer your questions about campus and the admissions process, and then take you on a virtual tour of the Cumberland campus. Once your appointment is on our schedule, your enrollment specialist will email you to confirm and to set up the details of your virtual visit. If you have questions please email visit@cumberland.edu.

On a campus visit you’ll have the opportunity to tour the campus, meet current students, see a residence hall, and learn about scholarship opportunities at CU.

The Office of Admissions is located in the University Welcome Center located in Memorial Hall, 109. Memorial Hall features our historic clock tower. You can’t miss it!