Private for-profit · Community college

Bryan University

Springfield, Missouri · Midsize city

2%
Transfer rate: $20,053
Avg net price: 90%
Grad / completion: $28,725
Median earnings

Bryan University is a private for-profit associate-granting institution in Springfield, Missouri (midsize city setting), enrolling 144 undergraduates. Programs are offered entirely online. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 144 undergradsMidsize cityCold winters

About Springfield, Missouri

Springfield is the third most populous city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. In the 1830s, the native Osage Nation, the Kickapoo from Indiana, and the Lenape (Delaware) from the mid-Atlantic coast had settled in this general area trying to evade encroachment by European Americans on their lands. Like many cities across the nation, Springfield has seen a resurgence in its downtown area. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize city
Highest degree offered: Graduate
Nearest big city: 6 miles to Springfield, MO
To Great Lakes shore: 440 miles

How Bryan University compares

Graduation rate90%

Higher than 90% · #14 of 70 in Missouri

Earnings, 10 years after entry$28,725

Higher than 28% · #46 of 62 in Missouri

Average net price$20,053

Cheaper than 32% · #49 cheapest of 68 in Missouri

Median debt at graduation$22,764

Lower than 3%

Student–faculty ratio13 : 1

Lower than 67%

Undergraduate enrollment144

Larger than 36%

Percentiles compare Bryan University with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Missouri.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

Undergraduate14494%
Graduate96%

Undergraduates by gender

Women9566%
Men4934%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White67%
Black24%
Hispanic2.8%
Asian1.4%
Other or multiracial4.2%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 144
Graduate enrollment: 9
Student–faculty ratio: 13 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 84%
First-generation students: 60%
Students over 25: 91%
Median family income: $13,311
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $27,000

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: $15,868
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,546
Total cost of attendance: $26,626
Average net price: $20,053

Outcomes

Graduated: 90%
First-year retention: —
Transferred to another college: 2%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $28,498
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $28,725
Median debt at graduation: $22,764
Students with federal loans: 78%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 17%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

90%

First-generation

42%

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

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.

< $30k

$20,053

$30–48k

—

$48–75k

—

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

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.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $28,725
Typical debt at graduation: $22,764
Debt vs. one year's pay: 79%
Out-earn a HS grad: 29%

Typical debt would take roughly 7.9 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

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.

Women

$27,867

Men

$35,595

Men out-earn women by $7,728 (28%) 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: 88°F
Winter low: 22°F
Annual rain: 46.5″
Annual snow: 6.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Springfield Wbo, MO US station (5.3 mi from campus).

What Bryan University graduates study — and earn

Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssoc.

16 grads$25k 1 yr$30k 5 yr$25k debt

16$24,928$29,794$25,445 Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansCert.

7 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

7———Health and Medical Administrative Services

5 grads— 1 yr$35k 5 yr— debt

5—$35,305—Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssoc.

5 grads$22k 1 yr$28k 5 yr$22k debt

5$21,896$28,476$22,375 Business Administration, Management and Operations

5 grads— 1 yr$36k 5 yr— debt

5—$35,943—Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General

4 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

4———Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCert.

2 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

2———Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralCert.

1 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

1———Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

1 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

1———Business/Commerce, GeneralAssoc.

1 grads$28k 1 yr$34k 5 yr$23k debt

1$28,014$34,078$23,449 Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessCert.

— grads— 1 yr$27k 5 yr— debt

——$27,047—Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssoc.

— grads— 1 yr— 5 yr$26k debt

———$26,415

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.