Private nonprofit · College
Bryan College of Health Sciences
Lincoln, Nebraska · Large city
- 67.4%
- Admit rate
- $26,919
- Avg net price
- 70%
- Graduation rate
- $70,845
- Median earnings
Bryan College of Health Sciences is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Lincoln, Nebraska (large city setting), enrolling 553 undergraduates.
About Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska. Before the expansion westward of settlers, the prairie was covered with buffalo grass. The Pawnee, which included four tribes, lived in villages along the Platte River. Since Pinnacle Bank Arena opened in 2013, Lincoln's music scene has grown to the point where it is sometimes called a "Music City". Primary venues for live music include Pinnacle Bank Arena, Bourbon Theatre, Duffy's Tavern, and the Zoo Bar. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Graduate
- Nearest big city
- 3 miles to Lincoln, NE
- To Great Lakes shore
- 468 miles
- Nearest airport
- 7 miles to Lincoln (LNK)
How Bryan College of Health Sciences compares
More selective than 68% · #4 most selective of 15 in Nebraska
Higher than 78% · #2 of 19 in Nebraska
Higher than 34%
Higher than 84% · #3 of 21 in Nebraska
Cheaper than 24% · #18 cheapest of 19 in Nebraska
Lower than 39%
Lower than 83%
Larger than 23%
Percentiles compare Bryan College of Health Sciences with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Nebraska.
Student body
Undergraduate vs. graduate
- Undergraduate55380%
- Graduate14220%
Undergraduates by gender
- Women50992%
- Men448%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White81%
- Black1.6%
- Hispanic3.8%
- Asian1.1%
- Other or multiracial13%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 553
- Graduate enrollment
- 142
- Student–faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 28%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 16%
- Median family income
- $64,630
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $82,764
- Endowment
- $9,381,504
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Admissions
- Admission rate
- 67.4%
- Test scores
- Not considered
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
- —
- SAT average
- —
- SAT reading
- —
- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
- —
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $20,640
- Room & board
- —
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
- Total cost of attendance
- $32,845
- Average net price
- $26,919
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated (within 6 years)
- 70%
- Graduated on time (4 years)
- 43%
- First-year retention
- 71%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $66,305
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $70,845
- Median debt at graduation
- $24,985
- Students with federal loans
- 64%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 78%
About 27% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- D
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 23.1 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 46
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 7
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 4 campuses (765 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
Reported offenses in an average year
The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.
By offense type, per year
Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Four-year (or more) true cost
Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.
$24,353/year × about 4.6 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 74% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $3,940. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 62 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $70,845
- Typical debt at graduation
- $24,985
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 35%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 88%
Typical debt would take roughly 3.5 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $4 (0%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 87°F
- Winter low
- 14°F
- Annual rain
- 32.3″
- Annual snow
- 26″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lincoln 8 Ene, NE US station (5.8 mi from campus).
What Bryan College of Health Sciences graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.












