Bryn Athyn College of the New Church Overview

Bryn Athyn College of the New Church is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania. Bryn Athyn is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is Bryn Athyn College of the New Church Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Bryn Athyn College since the student to facuty ratio is 8 to 1.
• The master's degree is the highest award offered at Bryn Athyn College.
• For the 2019-2020 academic year, 61% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Bryn Athyn College bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $50,428 a year. That's about 24% more than their peers at other schools.
• It takes the average Bryn Athyn College student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Bryn Athyn College of the New Church?

Contact details for Bryn Athyn College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2945 College Drive, Bryn Athyn, PA 19009-0717
Phone:	267-502-6000
Website:	www.brynathyn.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/brynathyncollege

How Do I Get Into Bryn Athyn College?

You can apply to Bryn Athyn College online at: https://brynathyn.edu/admissions/applying-to-bryn-athyn/index.html

Admission Requirements for Bryn Athyn College

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Bryn Athyn College?

The acceptance rate at Bryn Athyn College of the New Church is 78%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 35% of accepted students are men and 65% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 76%, and the acceptance rate for women is 79%.

Average Test Scores

About 85% of students accepted to Bryn Athyn College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 470 and 620. Math scores were between 460 and 578.

Bryn Athyn College received ACT scores from 13% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 24. Math scores were between 16 and 26. Composite scores were between 19 and 24.

Can I Afford Bryn Athyn College of the New Church?

The overall average net price of Bryn Athyn College is $28,845. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Bryn Athyn College, approximately 66% of students took out student loans averaging $6,555 a year. That adds up to $26,220 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Bryn Athyn College is 5.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Bryn Athyn College of the New Church Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 272 undergraduate students at Bryn Athyn College, with 257 being full-time and 15 being part-time.

There are also 15 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 257 full-time undergraduates at Bryn Athyn College, 48% are male and 52% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Bryn Athyn College of the New Church students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	7
Black or African American	41
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	146
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	46

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Bryn Athyn College of the New Church. At this time, 8 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 9 countries are represented at Bryn Athyn College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Germany, and Ghana.

Online Learning at Bryn Athyn College of the New Church

In 2019-2020, 190 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Bryn Athyn College has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 88th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Bryn Athyn College

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Bryn Athyn College of the New Church was $25,449 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Bryn Athyn College is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Religious Studies	#20	#20
Philosophy & Religious Studies	#29	#29

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Bryn Athyn College majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Education	60%
Special Education	83%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Bryn Athyn College ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Bryn Athyn College.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Religious Studies	#98
Philosophy & Religious Studies	#172
Special Education	#468

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Bryn Athyn College of the New Church Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Biology	0	17	0	17
Business Administration & Management	0	14	0	14
Special Education	0	4	8	12
General Psychology	0	7	0	7
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	4	0	4
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	3	0	3
General English Literature	0	2	0	2
General Social Sciences	0	2	0	2
Liberal Arts General Studies	1	0	0	1
Theological & Ministerial Studies	0	0	1	1
General Business/Commerce	0	0	0	0
Health/Medical Prep Programs	0	0	0	0
History	0	0	0	0
Mathematics	0	0	0	0
Religious Studies	0	0	0	0
Other Psychology	0	0	0	0
Religious Education	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1	53	9	63

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Rhys A. under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.