College · Private nonprofit · Lincoln, NE · City
Bryan College of Health Sciences
Lincoln, NE
Admit rate67%
6-yr median pay$66k
Net price / yr$27k
Undergrad size553
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $27k/yr for a shot at a $66k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 67% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
553 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $33k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $27k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$131k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$108k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$24k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.6x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $20.6k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants28%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans64%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $7k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention77%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr70%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$66k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$71k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 553
- Location
- Lincoln, NE
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: High Transfer · Mixed
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White81%
- Two or more races8%
- Unknown4%
- Hispanic4%
- Black2%
- Asian1%
Part-time44%
Many students enroll part-time — often working.
Median family income$65k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 5
What you can study.