Bryan College · Tennessee
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.
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.
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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.
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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| Tier | ACT composite | Award |
|---|---|---|
| Platinum Academic Scholarship | 27 | $5,600 |
| Silver Academic Scholarship | 24 | $4,100 |
| Crimson Academic Scholarship | 21 | $2,500 |
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
Crimson Academic Scholarship
- GPA
- 3.4
- ACT
- 21
Silver Academic Scholarship
- GPA
- 3.6
- ACT
- 24
Platinum Academic Scholarship
- GPA
- 3.8
- ACT
- 27
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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.
| Family income | Average 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.
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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.
- Cost of attendanceBryan College cost-of-attendance worksheet
- Merit tiersCivil Service Transition Award
- Merit tiersCrimson Academic Scholarship
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