College · Private nonprofit · Bloomington, MN · City
Bethany Global University
Bloomington, MN
Religious affiliationOnline-only
Admit rate93%
6-yr median pay$34k
Net price / yr$38k
Undergrad size81
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $38k/yr for a shot at a $34k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 93% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
81 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $43k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $38k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$173k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$151k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$22k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback4.4x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $11.0k
- Books & supplies
- $500
How students pay for it.
Pell grants59%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans57%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$12k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention44%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr56%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$34k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
Transfer out10%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 81
- Location
- Bloomington, MN
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Associate's Dominant
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Association for Biblical Higher Education
- Also known as
- BGU, Bethany College of Missions, BCOM, Bethany
Identity
Religious affiliationOnline-only
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White73%
- Unknown10%
- Hispanic7%
- Black4%
- Asian2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native2%
- Two or more races1%
First-gen students22%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time21%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$44k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 1
What you can study.