Health Professions at Bryan College of Health Sciences

A debt-to-earnings ratio of 0.70—meaning about eight months of first-year salary would cover the total borrowing—looks manageable on paper, but the figures here deserve careful scrutiny. Both the $38,492 earnings estimate and $26,972 debt figure come from national medians of similar bachelor's programs, not from Bryan College's actual graduate outcomes. This matters because health professions span an enormous range: that $38,492 national median reflects everything from medical assistants to diagnostic technicians, and your child's actual starting salary will depend entirely on which specific health career this degree leads to.

The fact that Bryan serves a relatively affluent student body (only 21% receive Pell grants) suggests families here may be less reliant on loans than the national estimates indicate, or conversely, that the true cost of attendance runs higher than these figures suggest. Without knowing the specific concentration within this health professions degree—respiratory therapy versus health information management, for instance—it's impossible to know whether $38,000 represents a reasonable or disappointing starting point. Before committing, identify the exact license or credential this program confers and look up actual entry-level salaries for that specific role in Nebraska's healthcare market. The difference between various health professions is too significant to rely on aggregated estimates.