Bethel University
Bethel University admitted 88% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1190–1300 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $30,995 a year. Within six years, 72% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 88%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1190–1300
- ACT middle 50%
- 22–28
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $60,066 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $30,995 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $22,725 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $26,240 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 72%
- Students who return for a second year
- 86%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $69,827 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,500
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,871
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 20%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 14 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 20%
- Health professions
- 19%
- Education
- 9%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 7%
- Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness and kinesiology
- 6%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- University of Oregon OR · 88% admitted
- Wagner College NY · 88% admitted
- Salisbury University MD · 88% admitted
- Iowa State University IA · 89% admitted
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro NC · 89% admitted
- Transylvania University KY · 87% admitted
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- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN · 80% admitted
- Minnesota State University-Mankato MN · 88% admitted
- University of Minnesota-Duluth MN · 89% admitted
- University of St Thomas MN · 85% admitted
- Metropolitan State University MN · 99% admitted
- Winona State University MN · 76% admitted
- Saint Cloud State University MN · 95% admitted
- Bemidji State University MN · 56% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.