Nursing at Brenau University

If you are interested in studying nursing, you may want to check out the program at Brenau University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Brenau is located in Gainesville, Georgia and has a total student population of 2,813. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 144 students received a bachelor's degree in nursing from Brenau.

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

Brenau Nursing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Master’s Degree in Nursing
• Doctorate Degree in Nursing

Brenau Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing 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 nursing major at Brenau is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. 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 Focused Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	76
Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	102
Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	161
Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	162
	165
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	182
	206
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	213
Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	225
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	306
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	323
Most Focused Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	337
Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	338
	347
Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	370
Most Focused Nursing Schools	408
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	408
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	438
Most Popular Nursing Schools	505
	674
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	685
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	830
Best Nursing Schools	1,051
	1,359
Best Value Nursing Schools	1,588

In 2021, 13 students received their master’s degree in nursing from Brenau. This makes it the #439 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #371 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from Brenau Make?

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Brenau is $62,729. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing students.

Nursing Student Demographics at Brenau

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

Brenau Nursing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 144 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Nursing from Brenau in 2020-2021, 12% were men and 88% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nursing 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 nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	41
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	70
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Brenau Nursing Master’s Program

Of the 13 nursing students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Brenau, about 15% were men and 85% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in nursing each year. Brenau does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 77% of degree recipients. That is 41% 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 nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Brenau also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Nursing

If you plan to be a nursing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Brenau University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing Practice	150
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	12
Nursing Administration	1

Related Majors

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing 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
Registered Nurses	76,640	$68,950
Medical and Health Services Managers	8,790	$111,850
Nurse Practitioners	6,110	$106,750
Nursing Instructors and Professors	1,130	$71,470
Nurse Anesthetists	990	$151,070

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
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More about our data sources and methodologies.