by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Brandman University was awarded 37 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is clinical, counseling & applied psychology.
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Brandman is ranked #409 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation.
Brandman also holds the #57 spot on the Best Colleges in California ranking.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Brandman University since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Brandman University, this ratio is 18 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Brandman University is 12%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 40% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at Brandman University. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,114 undergraduates at Brandman with 2,090 being full-time and 4,024 being part-time.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Brandman, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Brandman, approximately 10% of students took out student loans averaging $2,256 a year. That adds up to $9,024 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Brandman are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 16355 Laguna Canyon Road, Irvine, CA 92618 |
| Phone: | 949-341-9800 |
| Website: | www.umassglobal.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 834 | $61,268 |
| Social Work | 311 | $41,327 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 308 | $36,788 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 250 | $36,875 |
| General Psychology | 197 | $40,726 |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 192 | NA |
| Student Counseling | 149 | NA |
| General Education | 128 | NA |
| Special Education | 116 | NA |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | 89 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 8,563 students took at least one online class at Brandman University. This is a decrease from the 9,659 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 8,563 | 8,562 |
| 2021-2022 | 9,659 | 9,659 |
| 2020-2021 | 10,986 | 10,986 |
| 2018-2019 | 8,031 | 6,199 |
Footnotes
*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.
References
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