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

Brenau is ranked #1,125 out of 1,715 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2021 Best Colleges list.

Out of the 56 colleges in Georgia, Brenau is ranked at #20.

See all of the rankings for Brenau University.

Is It Hard to Get Into Brenau?

Acceptance Rate

If you're applying to Brenau University you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 66%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.

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

At Brenau, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 11 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.

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 1,090 being full-time and 664 being part-time.

Brenau Diversity Score

College Factual computes an overall diversity score for each college and university that takes gender, ethnicity, geographic location, and age into account. Schools with the best mixtures of students with respect to these factors are ranked the highest, and those that cater to just one or two student groups are ranked the lowest.

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.

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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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. 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?

Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Brenau make around $42,000 per year during the early years of their employment. 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

Located in Gainesville, Georgia, Brenau University is a private not-for-profit institution. 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 options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.

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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