Bryan College

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Bryan College
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Motto:	Christ Above All
Established	September 18, 1930
Type:	Private
Endowment:	$5.5 million
President:	Dr. Stephen D. Livesay
Undergraduates:	less than 1,000
Postgraduates:	24
Location	Dayton, TN, USA
Campus:	Rural, 110 acres
Mascot:	Lion
Website:	www.bryan.edu

Bryan College is a private co-educational Christian college located in Dayton, Tennessee. The college had its beginning when its namesake William Jennings Bryan, who was participating in the Scopes Trial, expressed his interest in helping to establish a men's junior college in the city. Bryan died only five days after the conclusion of the Scopes Trial, and when a proposal was made to memorialize him in Dayton, it was suggested instead to start the college he had envisioned. The college opened in September 18, 1930, five years after Bryan's death, in the old high school where the alleged teaching of evolution that had led to the trial had occurred.

The college now has 14 buildings on a 110 acre (450,000 m²) campus. Like its namesake, it is dedicated to the principles of conservative Christianity. The college is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).

Bryan College athletic teams participate in both the Appalachian Athletic Conference of NAIA Division 2 and the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA). The college has men's intercollegiate teams in baseball, basketball, cross country, and soccer, and women's intercollegiate teams in basketball, cross country, soccer, and volleyball.