Bryan College-Dayton
Dayton, TN · Private · Town (distant) · BCD · William Jennings Bryan College
Private institution in Dayton, TN · 815 undergraduates · $54,434 median earnings 10 years after entry.
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $16,494791st cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $18,9001,083rd cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $18,900781st cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $29,541919th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $23,000997th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $54,434826th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $45,559837th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 55.9%920th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 64.5%1,467th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 8151,480th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 13.0:1993rd smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 22.4%1,594th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 104 mi (BNA)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 33 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bible/Biblical StudiesTheology | bachelors | — | — |
| Biological and Physical SciencesMultidisciplinary Studies | bachelors | — | — |
| Biology, GeneralBiological Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| Biomedical/Medical EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, OtherBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Civil EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | — | — |
| Communication and Media StudiesCommunications | bachelors | — | — |
| Computer EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and CorrectionsHomeland Security & Law Enforcement | bachelors | — | — |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population BiologyBiological Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
- Religious affiliation: Interdenominationalsource
- Founded in 1930source
- Athletic nickname: "Lions"source
- School colors: Redsource
- Mascot: Lionsource
- Motto: ""Christ Above All""source
- Formerly known as "William Jennings Bryan University" (1930–1958)source
- Formerly known as "William Jennings Bryan College" (1958–1993)source
- Athletic conference: NAIAsource
Athletics — 7 sports
NAIA Division II · NAIA
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $1,501,082 (M $939,677 · W $561,405)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Key links
- Official websitebryan.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 219790)
- Compare colleges in TNRe-score with your weights
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