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Bryan College scholarships and merit aid

A Christ-centered campus where academic, artistic, athletic, and service-oriented merit aid rewards driven students across many disciplines.

Verified Jun 20263 months ago

The short answer

Is Bryan College worth a closer look?

Bryan College is worth checking if your student has strong grades or scores. We found 18 published awards, and 3 are based on those numbers.

Merit tiers183 based on grades or scores
Research checkedJun 2026By our research team

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Published scholarships

These amounts and requirements come from the school’s own published pages. Open an award to see who qualifies and how to keep it.

Where you landAutomatic merit aid by ACT compositeEach bar marks the ACT score range that qualifies for the tier.
Platinum Academic Scholarship$5,600
ACT 27GPA 3.8
Silver Academic Scholarship$4,100
ACT 24GPA 3.6
Crimson Academic Scholarship$2,500
ACT 21GPA 3.4

Not on this ladder: Civil Service Transition Award, Deans Scholarship, Sibling Grant, Lions Pride Transfer Scholarship, De And Partner Site Scholarship, National Merit Scholarship, Presidential Scholarship, Rhea County Scholarship, Christian Leader Foreign Missionary, Academic Scholarships, Alumni Grant, Bryan Opportunity Scholarship Program, Phi Theta Kappa Award, Athletic Scholarships, The Bryan Investment Scholarship — application required, holistic, or scored on a different axis.

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TierACT compositeAward
Platinum Academic Scholarship27$5,600
Silver Academic Scholarship24$4,100
Crimson Academic Scholarship21$2,500
Percentage of tuition (see source)

Civil Service Transition Award

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$1,000–$2,000

Deans Scholarship

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$1,000

Sibling Grant

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$2,500–$5,500

Lions Pride Transfer Scholarship

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$1,250

De And Partner Site Scholarship

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Full tuition

National Merit Scholarship

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Source

$3,000–$4,000

Presidential Scholarship

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$2,000

Rhea County Scholarship

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Source

$7,250

Christian Leader Foreign Missionary

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Source

Amount not published

Academic Scholarships

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$1,000

Alumni Grant

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Full tuition

Bryan Opportunity Scholarship Program

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Source

$1,000

Phi Theta Kappa Award

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Source

Amount not published

Athletic Scholarships

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Source

Amount not published

The Bryan Investment Scholarship

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Source

$2,500

Crimson Academic Scholarship

Based on grades or scoresCan continue
GPA
3.4
ACT
21

Source

$4,100

Silver Academic Scholarship

Based on grades or scoresCan continue
GPA
3.6
ACT
24

Source

$5,600

Platinum Academic Scholarship

Based on grades or scoresCan continue
GPA
3.8
ACT
27

Source

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Who this school may work for

Students seeking a faith-based liberal arts experience with strong merit-aid opportunities for high-achievers in academics, the arts, athletics, or service.

Published yearly cost: Approximately $21,700 for 2026-2027. Source

Cost and graduation facts

Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at Bryan College, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.

Average annual net price by family income at Bryan College, academic year 2021-22
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$19,500
$30,001–$48,000$19,904
$48,001–$75,000$21,807
$75,001–$110,000$20,655
$110,001+$21,035
All income levels (average)$20,614

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$19,800
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$20,614

That works out to roughly a 34% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $31,270 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).

Outcomes for students who enrolled here

Graduation rate (150% of normal time), 2016 cohort
50%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
71%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$23,000 (~$244/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$54,434
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
45%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
54%
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Other Bryan College scholarships worth checking

These awards can be harder to find. Each one has its own rules.

Amount$2,500EligibilityThe Faith & Business (M.B.A.) Scholarship is for Business Administration and is a nonrenewable $2,500 award.

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AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityThe Performing Arts Scholarship is for Music, Theater, and Worship Arts and is renewable with an amount that varies.

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Amount$550EligibilityThe Veritas: The Honors Program Scholarship is a renewable $550 award.

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AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityThe Daniel and Cheryl Van Andel Excellence in Nursing Scholarship is for Nursing and is renewable with an amount that varies.

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Amount$2,500EligibilityThe Reba Arnold Fitzgerald Education Scholarship is for the Department of Education and is a renewable $2,500 award.

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How Bryan College compares

  • 665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.

    Bryan College is one of them. The cohort minority (84 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.

  • 132 of 749 verified schools publish a dedicated National Merit Finalist package.

    Bryan College is one of them. NMF packages typically carry their own stacking and renewal carve-outs separate from the standard automatic merit ladder; confirm those before assuming the headline NMF value is final.

Sources used on this page

Every claim is checked against Bryan College’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.

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