College · Private nonprofit · Bryn Athyn, PA · Suburb
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church
Bryn Athyn, PA
Religious affiliation
Admit rate83%
6-yr median pay$32k
Net price / yr$21k
Undergrad size244
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $21k/yr for a shot at a $32k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 83% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 28.
If you get in
244 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $41k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $21k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$164k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$82k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$82k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.6x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $28.9k
- Room & board
- $14.4k
- Books & supplies
- $1,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants40%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans66%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$22k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention70%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr68%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$32k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$40k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out10%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 244
- Location
- Bryn Athyn, PA
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- Bryn Athyn College
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White57%
- Black17%
- Hispanic8%
- Unknown8%
- Two or more races3%
- International3%
- Asian3%
First-gen students34%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time2%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$53k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 13
What you can study.