Bryant University | An Overview

At Bryant University, students reach higher and achieve more. You’ll belong to a close-knit community with faculty and staff dedicated to helping you create your path to success and reach your fullest potential. Our integrated academic and student life programs deliver superior outcomes and a return on investment among the top 2% in the U.S.

Personal attention and commitment to student success have been Bryant’s hallmark for 159 years. Bryant students benefit from a career-focused curriculum at the intersection of business, liberal arts and health sciences. By selecting the combination of studies that interest you most, you’ll develop critical 21st-century skills for leadership positions in growing fields such as finance, health, marketing, accounting and technology.

You’ll graduate with the real-world-ready knowledge to excel both now and in the future. And you’ll gain experience solving real problems for real companies and organizations, as well as a set of values you can draw upon to make important and complex decisions. Inspired to excel, you'll become a game changer and impact thinker.

The nationally recognized programs of Bryant's Amica Center for Career Education will help you develop lifelong leadership ability and professional skills to secure the position you want after college. Our 55,000 accomplished alumni provide a powerful professional network that opens doors around the world.

Bryant’s approach prepares you for both personal fulfillment and professional success. Ninety-nine percent of the University’s students are employed or enrolled in graduate school within six months of graduation with a median starting salary of $60,000. Most importantly, Bryant prepared them to make a difference in the world.

Inspired to Excel

At Bryant, the possibilities, and roads to success, are endless. You’ll graduate with either a major in business and a complementary minor in the liberal arts, or a liberal arts major and a business minor, combining the best of both worlds. With nearly 200 major/minor combinations, you’ll be able to create the path that’s right for you and prepare for a career you’ll love.

Our student-centered approach is at the heart of everything we do. We keep classes small; there are no large lecture halls and 100 percent of your classes will be taught by professors—not teaching assistants or graduate students. Our faculty, who are world-class experts and scholars, will be your mentors and coaches, both in class and beyond, and help you reach your fullest potential. 

Collaborative and experiential learning is the hallmark of a Bryant education. Group projects, practicum experiences, social entrepreneurship, academic competitions and business simulations are just a few of the ways you’ll develop highly marketable skills that will set you apart.

You’ll learn from an industry expert in one class and gain valuable experience through a service-learning project in the next. You’ll work with real companies on real projects with real results. And you’ll learn how to innovate — and collaborate — so that you’ll be real world ready on day one. 

Beyond the classroom, co-curricular opportunities will sharpen your learning. As an intern or research assistant, you’ll connect theory with practice. Student organizations like the Finance Association will help you hone key insights into your profession and make invaluable connections. Visiting thinkers, innovators, scientists, journalists and performers will expand your horizons.

A great place to live and learn

With 3,281 undergraduate students, Bryant’s beautiful, secure 428-acre campus offers a close-knit, friendly community with a warm, small-town atmosphere. Nearly 80 percent of Bryant’s students live on campus, enjoying the energetic and diverse student life.

Our strategic location, just 15 minutes from downtown Providence, an hour from Boston, and three hours from New York City, provides exciting internship, entertainment and employment opportunities within driving distance.

Bryant is a leader among academic institutions in its use of technology and innovation in support of learning. From early access to high-level lab equipment to our groundbreaking Quinlan/Brown Academic Innovation Center that fosters creativity in a flexible, interactive environment to The C.V. Starr Financial Markets Center that immerses students in a state-of-the-art financial markets environment to our new Data Visualization Lab, we ensure that students have the tools to stay ahead of the field. 

Purposeful student life

Bryant is more than an institution, it’s a community. Student life at Bryant is purposeful, engaging and inspiring. Our 24/7 learning environment, culture of mentorship and wide variety of co-curricular experiences will help you to discover your true passion and accelerate your personal and professional growth.

More than 120 student organizations, including academic clubs, community service groups, club sports teams, performance groups and cultural organizations, will help you form lifelong bonds with your classmates and enhance your ability to lead and collaborate. Our 25 Division I varsity sports teams inspire Bulldog pride and bring the community together throughout the school year.

Global perspective

The Bryant community encourages different perspectives and celebrates racial, cultural, gender-based, and religious diversity.  We put an emphasis on global immersion, both on-campus and abroad, so that when you graduate, you will truly be a global citizen—ready to work effectively anywhere in the world.

Study abroad opportunities range from the traditional semester abroad to our distinctive Sophomore International Experience, which offers a firsthand introduction to cultures and commerce in other countries through a two-week expedition paired with a semester-long course surveying the culture, language, history, and art of the region you’ll be visiting. Costa Rica, England, Malaysia, Japan and Singapore are among the hundreds of destinations worldwide where you can study.

You can also take advantage of our strategic international partnerships, which bridge the distance between nations and inspire mutual understanding.