Health Professions at Cumberland University

Every health professions school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the health professions program at Cumberland University stacks up to those at other schools.

CU is located in Lebanon, Tennessee and has a total student population of 2,704. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students received their master's degree in health professions.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Professions section at the bottom of this page.

CU Health Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at CU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? CU offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

CU Health Professions Rankings

Health Professions Student Demographics at CU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at Cumberland University.

CU Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 16 students who earned a master's degree in Health Professions from CU in 2020-2021, 13% were men and 88% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from CU, 69% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cumberland University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Health Professions

Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Cumberland University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	10
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	6

Careers That Health Professions Grads May Go Into

A degree in health professions can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TN, the home state for Cumberland University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Registered Nurses	60,360	$61,320
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	35,680	$56,600
Nursing Assistants	28,340	$26,400
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	24,410	$40,120
Personal Care Aides	21,100	$21,060

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Ichabod under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.