Brenau University Data & Information Overview

This overview covers the essential stats on Brenau University, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more. Want to dig deeper into a particular stat? Just click on its tile and you'll be taked to a more in-depth page on the figure. In addition, you can use the links below to quickly jump to any section on this page.

• Rankings
• Admission and Acceptance
• Faculty
• Retention and Graduation Rates
• Diversity
• Cost
• Student Debt
• Average Earnings
• Location
• Majors
• Online Learning
• Related Schools

How Well Is Brenau University Ranked?

2021 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Brenau University was awarded 6 badges in the 2021 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.

Overall Quality

According to College Factual's 2021 analysis, Brenau is ranked #1,125 out of 1,715 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality.

Brenau also holds the #20 spot on the Best Colleges in Georgia ranking.

See all of the rankings for Brenau University.

Is It Hard to Get Into Brenau?

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate at Brenau University is a competitive 66%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.

Average Test Scores

About 55% of students accepted to Brenau submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 570. Math scores were between 420 and 530.

Brenau received ACT scores from 38% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 17 and 23.

Learn more about Brenau University admissions.

Brenau University Faculty

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Brenau is an impressive 11 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Brenau University is 53%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Retention and Graduation Rates at Brenau University

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Brenau University is 65%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Graduation Rate

When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Brenau is 24%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Brenau University.

Below Average Overall Diversity at Brenau

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,754 undergraduates at Brenau with 1,105 being full-time and 649 being part-time.

Brenau Diversity Score

When calculating the overall diversity score for a school, College Factual does not just look at the percentage of women and racial-ethnic minorities*. Instead, it looks to see how good of a mixture a school has with regard to gender, ethnicity, age, and location of origin.

The overall diversity score for Brenau is 20.58 out of 100. This is below average when compared to other schools in the United States.

Get more detailed information on diversity and student demographics at Brenau University.

How Much Does Brenau University Cost?

The overall average net price of Brenau is $22,083. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Brenau

$0-30 K	$30K-48K	$48-75	$75-110K	$110K +
$23,353	$19,847	$22,440	$22,085	$20,163

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 Brenau, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Brenau, approximately 73% of students took out student loans averaging $7,091 a year. That adds up to $28,364 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Brenau is 5.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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How Much Money Do Brenau Graduates Make?

The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from Brenau make about $42,000 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is in the same neighborhood of the average college graduate's salary of $39,802 per year. However, certain majors may produce higher-paying graduates.

See which majors at Brenau University make the most money.

Location of Brenau University

Brenau University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Gainesville, Georgia. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

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Contact details for Brenau are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	500 Washington Street Se, Gainesville, GA 30501-3668
Phone:	770-534-6299
Website:	www.brenau.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/brenauuniversity
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/BrenauU

Brenau University Majors

During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 38 majors graduated from Brenau University. Of these students, 287 received undergraduate degrees and 420 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors	Bachelor’s Degrees	Average Salary of Graduates
Nursing	47	$59,300
Teacher Education Grade Specific	33	NA
Health & Medical Administrative Services	26	NA
General Psychology	18	NA
General Business/Commerce	17	NA
Drama & Theater Arts	16	NA
General English Literature	15	NA
Accounting	12	NA
Design & Applied Arts	12	NA
General Biology	10	NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Brenau University along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Brenau

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2017-2018, 1,713 students took at least one online class at Brenau University. This is a decrease from the 2,532 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year	Took at Least One Online Class	Took All Classes Online
2017-2018	1,713	1,289
2016-2017	2,532	1,263
2015-2016	1,730	1,236
2014-2015	1,565	941
2013-2014	1,596	1,008

Learn more about online learning at Brenau University.

Related Schools

If you’re considering Brenau University, here are some more schools you may be interested in knowing more about.

• Bluefield College
• Concordia University, Wisconsin
• Ohio Valley University
• Point Park University
• Silver Lake College of the Holy Family

Curious on how these schools stack up against Brenau? Pit them head to head with College Combat, our free interactive tool that lets you compare college on the features that matter most to you!

Notes and References

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

• National Center for Education Statistics
• College Scorecard
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
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