Bryan University
For-profit Community College in Springfield, MO. Six-year graduation rate 90%. Median 10-year earnings $28,725.
Ten-year median earnings of $28,725 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. 90% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Median debt at graduation is $22,764, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 90% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.79 — elevated (above 0.60)
Academics
Six-year completion runs to 90% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. A 13:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a for-profit four-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. This is a small school — 122 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 122 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $21,211 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $20,053 at $0–30k, $26,177 at $75–110k. Grant aid is widespread — 92% of students receive it, averaging $7,105. Most students borrow — 78% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 5 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $20,053 |
| $30–48k | $18,393 |
| $48–75k | $18,139 |
| $75–110k | $26,177 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 95 of these 122 students, totalling $806,462 — an average of $8,489 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Greene County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Warning (Other - Provide unlisted or multiple justifications), School operating under provisional accreditation (previously accredited by ACICS); School has an accreditation issue; School operating under provisional accreditation (previously accredited by ACICS)
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)