University of the Cumberlands

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One of the state’s oldest cities, Williamsburg is located in southern Kentucky, 185 miles south of Cincinnati, Ohio, and 70 miles north of Knoxville, Tennessee. Williamsburg is known for its beautiful homes and the hospitality of its people. The University of the Cumberlands campus is situated on three hills above the town and, about 1 mile from exit 11, is easily accessed from I-75. UC has a well-kept campus that blends stately old buildings with new ones and has a panoramic view of the surrounding mountains and the Cumberland River Valley, an area known throughout the country for its lovely waterfalls, forests, and lakes. Famed Cumberland Falls State Resort Park is just 20 minutes from campus.

Primarily a residential campus for undergraduate students, UC provides on-campus housing for about 75 percent of its students in the University’s ten residence halls. Graduate student housing is available. Type of Housing: Residence halls, apartments, townhouses.

UC participates in all of the federal and state aid programs and offers merit based scholarships, as well as athletic scholarships.

University of the Cumberlands accepts students with certified disabilities and provides reasonable accommodations for their certified needs in the classroom, in housing, in food service or in other areas. (Please see the University’s Non-Discrimination Policy on the inside front cover.) Students with disabilities may incur additional costs for services not provided by the University. The University’s obligation to reasonably accommodate any student’s disability ends where the accommodation would pose an undue hardship on the University or where the accommodation in question would fundamentally alter the academic program.
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More than forty clubs and organizations provide students with a wide variety of activities, including a debate team, theater, musical performance groups, academic societies, an FM radio station, a student newspaper, student government, Baptist Campus Ministries, Appalachian Ministries, Mountain Outreach, departmental clubs, and intramural sports. University of the Cumberlands is a member of the NAIA Division I Mid-South Conference and offers 26 sports for women and men.

University of the Cumberlands is a member of the NAIA Division I Mid-South Conference and offers opportunities in women’s basketball, bowling, cross-country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling; men’s baseball, basketball, bowling, cross-country, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, and wrestling; and coed archery and cheerleading.

accounting, art, biology, business administration, chemistry, church music, Christian ministries, Christian studies, communication arts, criminal justice, education, English, exercise and sport science, fitness and sport management, health, history, human services, information technology science, mathematics, missions, music, physics, political science, psychology, public health, religion, Spanish, special education, youth and family ministry, and theater arts.

The purpose of the admission process is to identify applicants who are likely to succeed academically at University of the Cumberlands and at the same time contribute positively to the campus community. In making admission decisions the University considers many factors, including high school records (including courses taken, grade trends, and rank in class), standardized test scores, extracurricular activities and honors, and personal contact with the student. In some cases, a teacher recommendation and an essay may be requested. Typically the University admits students with a 2.5 or better high school grade point average and a minimum score of 18 on the American College Test (ACT) or 840 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). However, students with lower grade point averages or standardized test scores will be considered for admission conditionally.

Rolling admission until each term begins

University of the Cumberlands welcomes international students from over 40 countries in both our undergraduate and select graduate programs. UC has a variety of support resources available to international students.