Brenau University Overview

Located in Gainesville, Georgia, Brenau University is a private not-for-profit institution. The city atmosphere of Gainesville makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

What Is Brenau University Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Brenau since the student to facuty ratio is 9 to 1.
• Students at Brenau have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 2%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Brenau.
• In <nil>, 60% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Brenau makes roughly $49,629 a year. This is 22% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• The average Brenau student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Brenau University?

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

How Do I Get Into Brenau?

You can apply to Brenau online at: https://www.brenau.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Brenau

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Brenau?

With an acceptance rate of 89%, Brenau is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 8% of accepted students are men and 92% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 78%, and the acceptance rate for women is 90%.

Average Test Scores

About 15% 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 530 and 590. Math scores were between 470 and 540.

Brenau received ACT scores from 13% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 23. Math scores were between 16 and 23. Composite scores were between 21 and 25.

Can I Afford Brenau University?

The overall average net price of Brenau is $38,237. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

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 89% of students took out student loans averaging $7,353 a year. That adds up to $29,412 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Brenau is 1.9%. 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.

Brenau University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,427 undergraduate students at Brenau, with 927 being full-time and 500 being part-time.

There are also 1,124 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 927 full-time undergraduates at Brenau, 6% are male and 94% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Brenau University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	24
Black or African American	240
Hispanic or Latino	112
White	463
International Students	45
Other Races/Ethnicities	43

Geographic Diversity

Georgia students aren't the only ones who study at Brenau University. At this time, 7 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 25 countries are represented at Brenau. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Saudi Arabia, and United Kingdom.

Online Learning at Brenau University

There are 42 bachelor’s degree and 63 master’s degree programs available online at Brenau. In 2020-2021, 1,693 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Brenau has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 15th most popular in Georgia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Brenau

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Brenau University was 1.7%. This is the #1,642 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Brenau regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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
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