Secondary Education at Cumberland University

What traits are you looking for in a secondary teaching school? To help you decide if Cumberland University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's secondary teaching program.

CU is located in Lebanon, Tennessee and approximately 2,704 students attend the school each year. Of the 20 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Cumberland University in 2021, 4 of them were secondary education majors.

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

CU Secondary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

CU Secondary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the secondary teaching progam at CU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The secondary teaching major at CU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Secondary Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	139
Most Focused Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	148
Most Popular Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	167
Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	174
	197
Most Focused Secondary Education Schools	319
Best Secondary Education Schools	336
Best Value Secondary Education Schools	344
Most Popular Secondary Education Schools	391
	404

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at CU

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

CU Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in secondary teaching from CU in 2021, 25% were men and 75% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at CU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

CU also has a doctoral program available in secondary teaching. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Elementary Education

Careers That Secondary Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in secondary teaching 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
High School Teachers	20,190	$53,620

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.