Enrollment Trends at Brenau

The student population at Brenau University is 2,436 (1,273 undergraduate and 1,163 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 447 (15.50%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Brenau is 52.26% which is decreased by 299 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 148 and it has been decreasing.
885 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -5.95% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,730 where 2,436 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 2,932 students in 2018 and was lowest at 2,420 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,883 to 2,436 students, a net loss of 447 (15.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Brenau University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,883	1,572	162	1,410	1,311	217	1,094
2016-17	2,899 16	1,653 81	173 11	1,480 70	1,246 -65	225 8	1,021 -73
2017-18	2,932 33	1,736 83	161 -12	1,575 95	1,196 -50	216 -9	980 -41
2018-19	2,842 -90	1,754 18	170 9	1,584 9	1,088 -108	186 -30	902 -78
2019-20	2,817 -25	1,754	181 11	1,573 -11	1,063 -25	200 14	863 -39
2020-21	2,813 -4	1,710 -44	179 -2	1,531 -42	1,103 40	187 -13	916 53
2021-22	2,551 -262	1,427 -283	125 -54	1,302 -229	1,124 21	199 12	925 9
2022-23	2,704 153	1,368 -59	127 2	1,241 -61	1,336 212	223 24	1,113 188
2023-24	2,420 -284	1,195 -173	124 -3	1,071 -170	1,225 -111	212 -11	1,013 -100
2024-25	2,436 16	1,273 78	165 41	1,108 37	1,163 -62	172 -40	991 -22
Average	2,730	1,544	157	1,388	1,186	204	982

Brenau University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,544 where 1,273 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Brenau University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,572	986	85	901	586	77	509
2016-17	1,653	1,038	91	947	615	82	533
2017-18	1,736	1,080	80	1,000	656	81	575
2018-19	1,754	1,090	96	994	664	74	590
2019-20	1,754	1,105	103	1,002	649	78	571
2020-21	1,710	1,095	92	1,003	615	87	528
2021-22	1,427	927	57	870	500	68	432
2022-23	1,368	854	53	801	514	74	440
2023-24	1,195	784	57	727	411	67	344
2024-25	1,273	875	81	794	398	84	314
Average	1,544	1,544	80	904	1,544	77	484

Brenau University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,186 where 1,163 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Brenau University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,311	725	119	606	586	98	488
2016-17	1,246	470	83	387	776	142	634
2017-18	1,196	469	87	382	727	129	598
2018-19	1,088	438	83	355	650	103	547
2019-20	1,063	443	99	344	620	101	519
2020-21	1,103	592	107	485	511	80	431
2021-22	1,124	690	137	553	434	62	372
2022-23	1,336	837	148	689	499	75	424
2023-24	1,225	817	149	668	408	63	345
2024-25	1,163	836	123	713	327	49	278
Average	1,186	1,186	114	518	1,186	90	464

Brenau University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 42.86% and the percentage of black students is 29.84% at Brenau University. 3.37% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 15.44% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 48.25% to 42.86%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.01% to 3.37%. Black student enrollment decreased from 35.80% to 29.84%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.49% to 15.44%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7005 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6337 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Brenau University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	4	58	1,032	187	3	1,391	80
2016-17	7	65	1,031	199	2	1,362	87
2017-18	7	71	970	202	3	1,379	80
2018-19	9	65	892	235	5	1,366	66
2019-20	12	66	850	281	3	1,327	44
2020-21	15	75	880	249	3	1,355	55
2021-22	7	80	773	235	3	1,267	63
2022-23	8	79	765	282	2	1,287	85
2023-24	4	85	664	333	1	1,065	89
2024-25	3	82	727	376	3	1,044	104
Average	8	73	858	258	3	1,284	75

Brenau University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

885 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 36% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -5.95% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Brenau University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,883	941	624	1,318
2016-17	2,899	1,236	494	1,169
2017-18	2,932	1,263	1,269	400
2018-19	2,842	1,289	424	1,129
2019-20	2,817	1,291	394	1,132
2020-21	2,813	1,322	647	844
2021-22	2,551	1,153	540	858
2022-23	2,704	1,229	450	1,025
2023-24	2,420	976	494	950
2024-25	2,436	885	543	1,008
Average	2,730	1,159	588	983

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Enrollment Trends at Brenau

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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