Hospitality Administration/Management at Bryant & Stratton College-Online

Bryant & Stratton's online hospitality program shows concerning performance relative to its debt burden, with earnings dropping 21% by year four—from $28,789 to just $22,625. While first-year earnings match both state and national medians, graduates carry $26,508 in debt, nearly $9,000 more than typical hospitality associate's programs nationwide and $4,000 above New York's median. For a field where earnings typically hover around $28,000-32,000 annually, that debt load translates to roughly 17 months of gross income based on fourth-year earnings.

The program does rank in the 60th percentile among New York hospitality programs for first-year earnings, but that relative advantage disappears as income declines. Compare this to Monroe Community College, where graduates earn $32,302, or even Bryant & Stratton's physical Buffalo campus at the same starting salary but presumably different debt outcomes. The 75% Pell grant rate suggests this program serves students who can least afford declining earnings trajectories.

The small sample size here matters—we're looking at fewer than 30 graduates, so individual circumstances heavily influence these numbers. Still, the combination of higher-than-average debt, earnings below typical hospitality wages by year four, and limited income growth creates financial pressure that's hard to justify. Families should explore community college alternatives that offer similar starting salaries with substantially less debt.