Bryan College of Health Sciences

Key Highlights

• Institutionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, with accreditation reaffirmed in April 2024
• Originated as Bryan School of Nursing in 1926 and became degree-granting in 2001
• Offers associate, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral awards plus certificates
• Operates instructional locations in Lincoln and Hastings, Nebraska

Student Life & Environment

Student life at Bryan is organized around a small, professionally focused health-sciences community. Student Affairs encompasses academic support, counseling, financial aid guidance, student services, health and wellness, and campus-culture initiatives. Academic support includes early intervention and peer tutoring, while mentoring and professional-development activities are intended to help students connect their studies with expectations in healthcare settings. Students can participate in community service, student organizations, cultural and wellness programming, social activities and student governance. The Student Government Association acts as a link between students and the college. These opportunities provide a campus community, although the experience is likely to differ from that of a large residential university with extensive athletics or a broad array of non-health majors. Bryan does not provide conventional college-operated housing at its Lincoln location. Students generally arrange and pay for their own accommodation, although Lincoln students may be able to access room and board through Union Adventist University by contacting the dean of students. Hastings students follow the Hastings College on-campus housing policy. Students must also maintain health-insurance coverage, and health-program enrollment can involve immunization and other clinical-readiness requirements. Distance students receive support electronically, but available activities and services may differ from those experienced on site.

Location & Surroundings

Bryan’s main instructional location is at Bryan Medical Center East in Lincoln, Nebraska. The setting places classrooms, skills laboratories, simulation facilities, computing resources and a library within a working healthcare campus. The college also uses Bryan Medical Center West, approximately three miles away, for natural-science laboratories, classrooms, faculty offices and student space. A free shuttle connects the East and West sites on a scheduled basis. This dispersed medical-campus arrangement is important when planning transportation and daily routines. Students may move between academic rooms, laboratories and clinical environments rather than spending all their time on a self-contained residential campus. The official admissions address is 1535 South 52nd Street in Lincoln. Bryan also has an instructional location in Hastings on the third floor of a medical office building at Mary Lanning Healthcare. Applicants should confirm where their chosen program is delivered because facilities, housing arrangements and commuting needs are location-specific. Lincoln offers the services of Nebraska’s capital city, but the college itself remains a focused healthcare campus rather than a large traditional university district.

Costs & Career Outcomes

The current online undergraduate catalog lists tuition at $664 per credit hour. It also lists general fees of $300 per semester for enrollment in one to six credits and $750 for more than six credits in the covered undergraduate programs. Accepted undergraduate applicants pay a nonrefundable $175 enrollment fee. Books, living expenses and program-specific charges are excluded, so a realistic budget must account for more than tuition alone. Graduate tuition and additional professional-program costs are published separately and should not be inferred from undergraduate rates. Housing is another variable expense because Bryan generally requires students to arrange and pay for their own accommodation. Financial Aid Services advises students about funding methods and available resources. Prospective students should request a current, program-specific cost estimate and check the college’s net-price and financial-aid information before committing, particularly where clinical travel, uniforms, equipment, examinations or health requirements may add costs. Career preparation is embedded in the college’s healthcare focus through laboratory work, simulation, clinical education, mentoring and professional-development support. Some degrees are designed for direct healthcare practice, while biomedical and healthcare-studies routes may lead to further professional or graduate education. Programmatic accreditation, certification eligibility and state licensure should be checked for the exact occupation and jurisdiction. No sufficiently current official salary, placement-rate or employer-outcome figures were verified for this profile, so applicants should ask each program for recent completion, certification-exam and employment disclosures before comparing likely returns.