Human Resource Management at Brenau University

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

Brenau is located in Gainesville, Georgia and approximately 2,813 students attend the school each year. Of the 385 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Brenau University in 2021, 5 of them were human resource management majors.

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

Brenau Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR
• Master’s Degree in HR

Online Classes Are Available at Brenau

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Brenau does offer online courses in HR for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Brenau Human Resource Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the HR progam at Brenau compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The HR major at Brenau is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Human Resource Management. 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
Most Popular Online Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools	33
Most Popular Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools	69
	98
Most Popular Online Human Resource Management Schools	121
Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools	121
Best Value Human Resource Management Schools	197
Best Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	216
Most Focused Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	216
Most Popular Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	240
	275
Best Human Resource Management Schools	356
	472

In 2021, 47 students received their master’s degree in HR from Brenau. This makes it the #60 most popular school for HR master’s degree candidates in the country.

HR Student Demographics at Brenau

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the HR majors at Brenau University.

Brenau Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in HR from Brenau. About 20% were men and 80% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% more racial-ethnic minorities in its HR bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Brenau Human Resource Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of HR master's degrees went to men and 77% went to women.

In the HR master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brenau University with a master's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Finance & Financial Management
• Management Information Systems
• Other Business, Management & Marketing

Careers That HR Grads May Go Into

A degree in HR can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for GA, the home state for Brenau University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Human Resources Specialists	21,060	$60,230
Training and Development Specialists	9,600	$64,420
Human Resources Managers	5,240	$126,650
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	2,810	$64,870
Business Professors	1,930	$94,670

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 w:User talk:Cargoudel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.