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Institutional Data

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

Student Outcomes / Consumer Info

Rankings

Overall

No. 7 Regional Universities North - U.S. News and World Report 2023
No. 14 Best College for Veterans, U.S. News and World Report 2023
Best 388 Colleges, Top Colleges in Northeast - Princeton Review 2023
Top 10% (No. 191) - College Factual 2023
Top 22% (No. 177) in student outcomes - Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education 2022
Top 28% (No. 227) of top-tier institutions in the nation - Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education 2022
Forbes ranks Bryant No. 369 in its Top Colleges Rankings nationally and No. 133 in the Northeast
A 2022 report by Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce ranks Bryant among the top 50 (approx. 1 percent) in the U.S. and No. 1 in Rhode Island in return on investment.
The return on investment for a Bryant education ranks No. 5 on the Payscale.com list of “Best Value Business Schools.”
College Consensus ranks Bryant No. 8 Best Regional University – North, and No. 9 Best Online MBA program in the country.
Smithfield is ranked No. 16 by Safewise.com on their list of The 50 Safest College Towns in America of 2021.

College of Business

No. 6 Best College for Business Majors - Money 2022
No. 3 Best Business Degree by Learn.org 2020-21
No. 44 Undergraduate Business Program - Bloomberg Businessweek 2016
Tier One Global Online MBA program - CEO Magazine 2022
No. 28 Best Online MBA Program in the country - Poets and Quants 2021
No. 65 Professional MBA Online program - U.S. News and World Report 2023

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 in scholarly research.
Full-time faculty with the highest degree in their field: 88%
Seven master's programs – MBA, MPAc, MS Actuarial Science, MS Business Analytics, MS Data Science, MS Healthcare Informatics, MS Taxation, and Physician Assistant
Two graduate certificates – Business Analytics and Innovative Healthcare Leadership
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.

Return on Investment/Value

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.

Other

No. 1 Military Friendly School; also designated a Military Friendly Spouse School - MilitaryFriendly.com
No. 2 Best Colleges for Veterans, Regional Universities North - U.S. News and World Report 2021
No. 7 for study abroad participation among Master's universities in the United States - Institute of International Education 2014-2015 data
Top 50 percent of all surveyed schools for the level of academic challenge and the degree of active and collaborative learning - National Survey for Student Engagement Institute
No. 13 Best Colleges for Intramural Sports - Princeton Review - 2021
Named PBN Healthiest Employees in Rhode Island- 2020

Accreditations and Memberships

Bryant University is accredited by New England Commission of Higher Education. Inquiries regarding the accreditation status by the New England Commission should be directed to the administrative staff of Bryant University.
The College of Arts and Sciences is a member of AAC+U - The Association of American Colleges and Universities, the leading national association for undergraduate liberal arts education.
The College of Business at Bryant University is accredited by the AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Bryant is one of only 5% of colleges and universities in the world to earn this prestigious accreditation.
The ARC-PA has granted Accreditation-Continued status to the Physician Assistant Program.
The Department of Public Safety is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies.
Bryant University has been approved by Rhode Island to participate in the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements. NC-SARA is a voluntary, regional approach to state oversight of post-secondary distance education.

Academic Memberships

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

Honor Societies

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

Administrative Memberships

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

CARES Act: Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund

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.