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Bethel University Minnesota was awarded 426 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health professions.
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Bethel University Minnesota landed the #391 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Bethel University Minnesota also holds the #15 spot on the Best Colleges in Minnesota ranking.
With an acceptance rate of 89%, Bethel University Minnesota has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
About 4% of students accepted to Bethel University Minnesota submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 673. Math scores were between 543 and 670.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Bethel University Minnesota it is much better at 11 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Bethel University Minnesota is 43%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
Bethel University Minnesota has a freshmen retention rate of 86%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Bethel University Minnesota the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 64%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,722 undergraduates at Bethel University Minnesota with 2,313 being full-time and 409 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $21,313 | $21,256 | $23,564 | $27,129 | $33,052 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Bethel University Minnesota, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Bethel University Minnesota, approximately 65% of students took out student loans averaging $9,573 a year. That adds up to $38,292 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Bethel University Minnesota is 1.9%. 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.
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Contact details for Bethel University Minnesota are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3900 Bethel Dr, Saint Paul, MN 55112 |
| Phone: | 651-638-6400 |
| Website: | https://www.bethel.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/betheluniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/BethelU |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 119 | $50,180 |
| Nursing | 115 | $62,998 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 64 | $38,902 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 45 | $38,204 |
| General Psychology | 38 | $33,492 |
| General Biology | 33 | $26,059 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 33 | $39,354 |
| Health & Physical Education | 24 | $35,886 |
| Human Resource Management | 20 | NA |
| General Social Sciences | 19 | $30,556 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 2,194 students took at least one online class at Bethel University Minnesota. This is a decrease from the 2,723 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,194 | 994 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,723 | 1,089 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,569 | 962 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,207 | 527 |
| 2016-2017 | 761 | 528 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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