Cumberland University is a private university in Lebanon, Tennessee founded in 1842. The school had a reputation for high-quality education in its early years, and its former law school, the Cumberland School of Law, at one time was reputed to have had more of its alumni elected to Congress than any other in the South. The school fell on hard times during the Great Depression, however, as was common with many smaller private colleges, and was slow to recover, being forced to sell the law school to what is now Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama in 1962 and to operate only as a junior college until the 1980s when university status could be restored. Ironically, Cumberland may well be best-known for being on the losing end of the most lopsided college football game in history, 222-0 to Georgia Tech. A more praiseworthy athletic effort was that of the 2004baseball team, which won the World Series of the NAIA.
University of the Cumberlands has found an important niche in distance learning: helping teachers across the state to increase their knowledge, salary and experience in the classroom.
University of the Cumberlands is located in a rural area of the state – Williamsburg, Kentucky –; and has offered Rank I accreditation for years.
University of the Cumberlands is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
University of the Cumberlands is a private, liberal arts college located in Williamsburg, Kentucky with an enrollment of approximently 1,700.students.
University of the Cumberlands's campus is located in the southeastern part of Kentucky, just off Interstate 75, 190 miles south of Cincinnati, Ohio, and 70 miles north of Knoxville, Tennessee.
University president, Dr. James H. Taylor said in a written statement, "At University of the Cumberlands, we hold students to a higher standard than does society in general...University of the Cumberlands isn't for everyone.
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