Private nonprofit · Community college

Bryant & Stratton College-Online

Orchard Park, New York · Large suburb

9%
Transfer rate: $15,187
Avg net price: 23%
Grad / completion: $32,568
Median earnings

Bryant & Stratton College-Online is a private nonprofit associate-granting institution in Orchard Park, New York (large suburb setting), enrolling 8,841 undergraduates. Programs are offered entirely online. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private nonprofitMidsize · 8,841 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersSnowy

About Orchard Park, New York

Orchard Park is an incorporated town in Erie County, New York, United States. In 1803, Didymus C. Kinney and his wife, Phebe Hartwell Kinney, purchased land and built a cabin in the southwest corner of the township, which has since been turned into a museum. The following year, a migration of Quaker settlers began. The annual Orchard Park Festival of the Arts, an outdoor art and craft show, is held each year on the third weekend of September, on the campus of Orchard Park Middle School. It is sponsored by the Orchard Park Chamber of Commerce. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Bachelor's
Nearest big city: 9 miles to Buffalo, NY
To Great Lakes shore: 5 miles

How Bryant & Stratton College-Online compares

Graduation rate23%

Higher than 6% · #173 of 185 in New York

First-year retention22%

Higher than 2%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$32,568

Higher than 41% · #109 of 148 in New York

Average net price$15,187

Cheaper than 50% · #81 cheapest of 175 in New York

Median debt at graduation$21,549

Lower than 4%

Student–faculty ratio39 : 1

Lower than 1%

Undergraduate enrollment8,841

Larger than 96%

Percentiles compare Bryant & Stratton College-Online 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 New York.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women7,22582%
Men1,61618%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White17%
Black16%
Hispanic8.0%
Other or multiracial58%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 8,841
Student–faculty ratio: 39 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 78%
First-generation students: 54%
Students over 25: 78%
Median family income: $15,184
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $44,163

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

Where students come from

Home state of the 744 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From New York12%
Other U.S. states88%

A national draw — only 11% of first-years come from New York; 86% arrive from other states.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition: $16,299
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,800
Total cost of attendance: $21,430
Average net price: $15,187

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years): 23%
Graduated on time (4 years): 0%
First-year retention: 22%
Transferred to another college: 9%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $27,873
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $32,568
Median debt at graduation: $21,549
Students with federal loans: 82%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 14%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

Low-income (Pell)

26%

First-generation

27%

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

$15,197

$30–48k

$11,171

$48–75k

$16,646

$75–110k

$16,685

$110k+

$17,901

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.

Family income

Est. total to a degree

$91,553

$16,646/year × about 5.5 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.

69%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,464

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 69% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,464. 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 646 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): $32,568
Typical debt at graduation: $21,549
Debt vs. one year's pay: 66%
Out-earn a HS grad: 34%

Typical debt would take roughly 6.6 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

$32,089

Men

$34,349

Men out-earn women by $2,260 (7%) 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: 78°F
Winter low: 14°F
Annual rain: 44.1″
Annual snow: 109.3″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Colden 1 N, NY US station (9.8 mi from campus).

What Bryant & Stratton College-Online graduates study — and earn

Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

492 grads$28k 1 yr$26k 5 yr$16k debt

492$28,135$25,581$16,467 Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssoc.

286 grads$30k 1 yr$36k 5 yr$27k debt

286$30,013$36,438$27,000 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCert.

145 grads$20k 1 yr— 5 yr$18k debt

145$19,888—$17,579 Human Services, GeneralAssoc.

145 grads$32k 1 yr— 5 yr$29k debt

145$31,677—$29,279 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssoc.

111 grads$23k 1 yr— 5 yr$27k debt

111$23,210—$26,531 Legal Support ServicesAssoc.

100 grads$31k 1 yr$41k 5 yr$26k debt

100$30,998$40,856$25,524 Business/Commerce, GeneralAssoc.

72 grads$30k 1 yr$35k 5 yr$25k debt

72$30,059$35,439$24,509 Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssoc.

59 grads$32k 1 yr$35k 5 yr$23k debt

59$32,211$35,000$22,960 Business Administration, Management and Operations

50 grads$36k 1 yr$49k 5 yr$45k debt

50$36,375$48,785$45,243 Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCert.

49 grads$28k 1 yr— 5 yr$15k debt

49$28,070—$14,860 Public HealthAssoc.

48 grads$34k 1 yr$41k 5 yr$30k debt

48$33,828$41,022$30,312 Public Health

41 grads$38k 1 yr$43k 5 yr$52k debt

41$37,548$43,215$52,060

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.