Institutional Data

Bryant University is a selective university with prestigious national and international rankings, top accreditations, and strategic affiliations.

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Rankings

Overall

College of Business

Academic Programs

  • No. 18 in International Business - U.S. News and World Report 2023

  • No. 1 in Digital Marketing - College Factual 2022

  • Top 4% (No.11) International Business - College Factual 2022

  • Top 4% (No. 31) Communication - College Factual 2022

  • Top 4% (No. 43) Accounting - College Factual 2022

  • Top 5% (No. 16) Global Supply Chain Management - College Factual 2022

  • Top 5% (No. 38) Marketing  - College Factual 2022

  • Top 8% (No. 52) Finance/Financial Management - College Factual 2022

  • Top 10% (No. 30) Human Resources Management - College Factual 2022

  • Top 11% (No. 24) Entrepreneurship - College Factual 2022

  • Top 11% (No. 32) Computer Information Systems - College Factual 2022

  • Top 26% (No. 27) Applied Mathematics - College Factual 2022

  • America's top 50 entrepreneurial colleges (No. 34) - Forbes

  • Top 50  Actuarial Science programs (No. 30)  - Value Colleges 2020

Other Institutional Data

  • Bias Incident Log (updated January 2022)

  • Workplace Demographic data

  • 99% of Bryant graduates receive full-time jobs or are enrolled in graduate school within six months of graduation.

  • Median first-year starting salary of Bryant graduates: $64,000

  • Nearly 80% of undergraduates and nearly 91% of freshmen reside on campus in single-sex and coed residence halls, suites, and townhouse apartments (2021-2022 data).

  • Students represent 37 different countries and 38 different states and territories

  • Bryant offers more than 195 different major/minor combinations.

  • Average class size: 24 students; student/faculty ratio: 13:1

  • All classes are taught by faculty, not teaching assistants or graduate students.

  • Faculty are dedicated to teaching and are active with scholarly research.

  • Full-time faculty with highest degree in their field: 88%

  • Three master's programs – MBA, MPAc, MSPAS

  • 100% of our students complete a service learning project at Bryant.

  • 25 varsity Division I sports

  • More than 400 different companies come to campus to recruit for full-time jobs.

  • In the Payscale College Salary Report Bryant is among the top 9 percent in the country (143 out of 1,566) for the highest alumni salaries overall, with the average early career salary for all Bryant alumni at $60,500 and $108,600 at mid-career.

  • A+ for Immediate Post-Graduation earnings; A+ for Mid-Career Post-Graduation Earnings - College Factual

  • A report by Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce, “A First Try at ROI: Ranking 4,500 Colleges,” ranks Bryant among the top 100 (approx. 2 percent) in the U.S. and No. 1 in Rhode Island.

Academy of Management

American Political Science Association

Association of American Colleges and Universities

Greater Boston MBA Consortium

National Collegiate Honors Council

Consortium for Undergraduate International Business Education

Alpha Kappa Delta 
Sociology

Beta Gamma Sigma 
Business

Chi Alpha Sigma 
Athletics

Kappa Mu Epsilon 
Mathematics

Lambda Pi Eta 
Communication

Mu Kappa Tau 
Marketing

Mu Sigma Rho 
Statistics

Omicron Delta Epsilon 
Economics

Omicron Delta Kappa 
Leadership

Phi Alpha Theta 
History

Pi Sigma Alpha 
Political Science

Phi Sigma Iota 
Foreign Language

Psi Chi 
Psychology

Sigma Tau Delta 
English


Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers

Association on Higher 
Education and Disability

Central R.I. Chamber of Commerce


Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards


Coalition of New England Companies for Trade


College Reading and 
Learning Association


Financial Planning Assn.

Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce

Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium (HEDS)

Human Resource Management Association of Rhode Island

International Institute of 
Business Analysis

International Writing Centers Association

Learning Assistance Association of New England

National Association of Graduate Admissions Professionals

National Association of 
Insurance and Financial 
Advisors

National Association for Developmental Education

National College Learning Center Association

National Council of Teachers of English

National Resource Center 
for The First-Year Experience 
and Students in Transition

National Tutoring Assn.

New England Peer Tutor Association

Newport County Chamber of Commerce


North American Small 
Business International 
Trade Educators

North Central Chamber of Commerce

Northeast Writing Center Association

Northeast Association of Institutional Research (NEAIR) 

Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools

Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce

 Project Management Inst. Society for Human Resource Management U.S. Green Building Council
World Trade Centers Association

The CARES Act, which establishes and funds the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF), directs institutions of higher education (“institutions”) to use no less than 50 percent of funds received under Sections 18004(a)(1) and 18004(c) of the CARES Act to provide emergency financial aid grants to students for expenses related to the disruption of campus operations due to coronavirus.

CARES Grant 2020 Documents


Quarterly Budget and Expenditure Reporting under CARES Act 


Quarterly reporting on the CARES-HEERF Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students