Brescia University Business Programs

Located in Owensboro, Kentucky, Brescia University is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of Brescia University is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Where Is Brescia University?

Contact details for Brescia University are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	717 Frederica St, Owensboro, KY 42301-3023
Phone:	270-685-3131
Website:	www.brescia.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/BresciaUniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/BresciaPR

How Do I Get Into Brescia University?

You can apply to Brescia University online at: www.brescia.edu/apply-now

Admission Requirements for Brescia University

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	neither required nor recommended
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Brescia University?

Brescia University has a fairly low acceptance rate of 48%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 31% of accepted students are men and 67% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 45%, and the acceptance rate for women is 51%.

Average Test Scores

About 9% of students accepted to Brescia University submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 482 and 540. Math scores were between 503 and 545.

Brescia University received ACT scores from 84% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 25. Math scores were between 17 and 24. Composite scores were between 19 and 25.

Can I Afford Brescia University?

The overall average net price of Brescia University is $26,431. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Brescia University, approximately 49% of students took out student loans averaging $5,669 a year. That adds up to $22,676 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Brescia University is 5.5%. 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.

Brescia University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 893 undergraduate students at Brescia University, with 711 being full-time and 182 being part-time.

There are also 93 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 711 full-time undergraduates at Brescia University, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	22
Black or African American	78
Hispanic or Latino	48
White	459
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	98

Geographic Diversity

Kentucky students aren't the only ones who study at Brescia University. At this time, 12 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 19 countries are represented at Brescia University. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Brazil, Nigeria, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Brescia University

In 2019-2020, 483 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 10th most popular in Kentucky for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Brescia University

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Brescia University was $25,100 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Brescia University is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Small Business Administration/Management	#1	#1
Entrepreneurial Studies	#22	#16

Online Affordability Rankings of Brescia University Rankings

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Brescia University was $25,100 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Brescia University 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
Small Business Administration/Management	#1	#1
Entrepreneurial Studies	#13	#13

Online Growth Rankings of Brescia University

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Brescia University was -12.3%. This is the #1,739 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Brescia University regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Brescia University ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Brescia University.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Small Business Administration/Management	#54
Entrepreneurial Studies	#200
General Business/Commerce	#407
General Business/Commerce	#407

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%.

Brescia University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	3	16	0	19
General Business Administration and Management	0	0	9	9
Accounting	0	5	0	5
Small Business Administration/Management	0	0	2	2
Agricultural Business	0	1	0	1
TOTAL	3	22	11	36

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
• Image Credit: By Ken Eckert under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.