Bethune-Cookman University
Bethune-Cookman University admitted 88% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 830–990 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $13,059 a year. Within six years, 34% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 88%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 830–990
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $29,512 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $13,059 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $12,470 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $14,794 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 34%
- Students who return for a second year
- 62%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $42,476 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $28,025
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,732
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 84%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 17 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
- Historically Black college or university
- Yes
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities
- 24%
- Psychology
- 18%
- Business, management and marketing
- 16%
- Communication and journalism
- 8%
- Social sciences
- 7%
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- Mercy College of Ohio OH · 93% 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.