Accounting at Brenau University

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what Brenau University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Brenau is located in Gainesville, Georgia and approximately 2,842 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 12 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Brenau.

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

Brenau Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at Brenau

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Brenau does offer online education options in accounting for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Brenau Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Brenau performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Brenau is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. 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 Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	23
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	36
Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	38
Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	55
Most Popular Online Accounting Schools	187
Most Focused Accounting Schools	223
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	248
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	310
Best Accounting Schools	611
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	729

In 2019, 23 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Brenau. This makes it the #248 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Brenau

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

Brenau Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Brenau in 2018-2019, 8% were men and 92% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Brenau are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting 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 accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Brenau Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 23 accounting students who graduated with a master's degree in 2018-2019 from Brenau, about 26% were men and 74% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Brenau, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Brenau also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting 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
Accountants and Auditors	37,200	$75,930
Credit Analysts	2,320	$70,040
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	2,020	$50,490
Business Professors	1,930	$94,670
Budget Analysts	1,730	$70,050

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.