Brandman University Business Programs

Located in Irvine, California, Brandman University is a private not-for-profit institution. The city atmosphere of Irvine makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

Brandman University Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Brandman has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#112	Best Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Brandman.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#10	Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#21	Most Popular Online Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#37	Most Popular Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#39	Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#46	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#93	Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Brandman has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#88	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual
#91	Best Business Administration & Management Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#103	Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#142	Best Schools	Course Advisor
#152	Best General Business Administration and Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#168	Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	College Factual

Where Is Brandman University?

Contact details for Brandman are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	16355 Laguna Canyon Road, Irvine, CA 92618
Phone:	949-341-9800
Website:	www.brandman.edu/
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/BrandmanUniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/BrandmanU

How Do I Get Into Brandman?

You can apply to Brandman online at: www.umassglobal.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Brandman

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Brandman?

Brandman has the high acceptance rate of 95%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 50% of accepted students are men and 50% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 98%, and the acceptance rate for women is 92%.

Can I Afford Brandman University?

The student loan default rate at Brandman is 4.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Brandman University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 6,114 undergraduate students at Brandman, with 2,090 being full-time and 4,024 being part-time.

There are also 4,872 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,090 full-time undergraduates at Brandman, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Brandman University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	110
Black or African American	191
Hispanic or Latino	294
White	1,269
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	226

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at Brandman University. At this time, 6 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at Brandman University

In 2019-2020, 10,986 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Brandman has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 2nd most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Brandman Rankings

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Brandman University was $12,480 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Brandman is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Organizational Leadership	#30	#30
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#33	#33
Human Resource Management	#38	#38

Online Growth Rankings of Brandman

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Brandman University was 23.7%. This is the #596 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Brandman regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Brandman ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#42
Organizational Leadership	#66
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#103
Human Resource Management	#131
General Business Administration and Management	#489

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Brandman University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Organizational Leadership	0	147	15	278	440
General Business Administration and Management	2	266	4	161	433
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	0	13	65	78
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	0	0	10	0	10
TOTAL	2	413	42	504	961

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.