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
- $16,494790th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $18,9001,078th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $18,900776th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $29,541917th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $23,000990th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $54,434822nd highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $45,559836th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 55.9%915th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 64.5%1,459th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
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- Average SAT
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- Median ACT
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Campus
- Undergraduates
- 8151,477th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 13.0:1979th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 22.4%1,578th highest of 2,122 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.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Bryan College-Dayton’s 815 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In TN
- Lane CollegeJackson, TN · 822 undergrads
- The University of Tennessee SouthernPulaski, TN · 827 undergrads
- Tennessee Wesleyan UniversityAthens, TN · 832 undergrads
- Milligan UniversityMilligan, TN · 783 undergrads
- Tusculum UniversityGreeneville, TN · 903 undergrads
- Johnson UniversityKnoxville, TN · 703 undergrads
Elsewhere
Key links
- Official websitebryan.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 219790)
- Compare colleges in TNRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in TennesseeEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with Lane CollegeSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Bryan College-Dayton vs Lane CollegeHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Sports directoryAll 7 EADA programs at this school
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