by our College Data Analytics TeamThe goal of College Factual's yearly Best Quality Schools rankings is to help students find graduate schools that provide excellent learning environments that are a great fit for them. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Brandman University landed the #223 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
In addition, Brandman took the #35 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in California.
Brandman was ranked #157 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
Brandman also ranked #23 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in California.
The total graduate student population at Brandman is made up of 74.1% women and 25.9% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at Brandman, around 41.6% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 0.1% of graduate students hail from another country. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $12,240 | $12,240 |
| Fees | $480 | $480 |
After obtaining their master's degree from Brandman, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $67,004. That's about 15% higher than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
Graduate students earning a doctorate degree from Brandman enter careers with an average starting salary of $124,768. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 66% higher than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of 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.umassglobal.edu/ |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 100.0% of the graduate students at Brandman took all of their courses online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 54 |
| Nursing | 113 |
Footnotes
*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.
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