Bryant &
Stratton College-Wauwatosa
Private Community College in Wauwatosa, WI. Six-year graduation rate 22%. Median 10-year earnings $32,568.
Ten-year median earnings of $32,568 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is the weak point: 22% graduate within six years. Median debt at graduation is $21,549, 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.66 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Graduation rate 22% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 22% graduate within six years. Retention is weak: only 43% of full-time first-years return, so roughly three in five leave after one year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. With 65% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. A 18:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,004 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $14,179 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $14,775 at $0–30k, $17,792 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 86% of students receive it, averaging $8,101. Most students borrow — 79% 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 · 117 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 | $14,775 |
| $30–48k | $13,032 |
| $48–75k | $11,909 |
| $75–110k | $18,334 |
| $110k+ | $17,792 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 797 of these 1,004 students, totalling $5,272,608 — an average of $6,616 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Milwaukee County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)