-34%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 34% at Brenau University vs the 2018–2022 baseline (981 vs 1.5k).
Georgia · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Brenau University
Gainesville, Georgia. 981 undergraduate students. 75 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Brenau University
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-31%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Brenau University fell 31% between 2021 and 2024 (38.8% → 26.7%).
-22%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Brenau University fell 21% between 2021 and 2024 (1.3k → 1.0k).
-10pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 10 pp at Brenau University vs the 2003–2007 baseline (35.4% vs 45.2%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Georgia
Each tile compares this institution to the Georgia median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$54,003+30% · 6→10y
Georgia median $38,208$41,664
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry35.4%+41% · '01→'09
Georgia median 41.6%$18,425+159% · '97→'20
At program completion981-33% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS62.0%-13% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time87.0%+14% · '01→'24
latest cohort$33,275+179% · '00→'24
out-of-state $33,275SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
4.5%Median federal debt $18,425 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $54,003 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+41%
Brenau University · completion · 150% rose
36.0% → 50.8%
-13%
Brenau University · retention fell
75.0% → 65.0%
-33%
Brenau University · undergrad enrollment fell
1,536 → 1,029
+179%
Brenau University · in-state tuition rose
$12,180 → $34,027
+179%
Brenau University · out-of-state tuition rose
$12,180 → $34,027
+159%
Brenau University · median debt rose
$10,424 → $27,000
-100%
Brenau University · cohort default rate fell
7.5% → 0.0%
+29%
Brenau University · pell share rose
35.5% → 45.9%
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$106,944Health and Medical Administrative Services.$99,589Business Administration, Management and Operations.$81,252Human Resources Management and Services.$71,447Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$70,714Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$60,671Gerontology.$55,265
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
7 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
EDUCATION · CIP 13
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Brenau University
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$1,229,263
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 6
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $21,551
- HS-only baseline · GA
- $35,800
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 51
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Georgia
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Brenau University graduates earn $X” — not “Brenau University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Brenau University caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.