College · Private nonprofit · Mankato, MN · City
Bethany Lutheran College
Mankato, MN
Religious affiliation
Admit rate39%
6-yr median pay$41k
Net price / yr$20k
Undergrad size669
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $20k/yr for a shot at a $41k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 39% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter. Admitted students average SAT 1150.
If you get in
669 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 $41k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $20k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$164k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$81k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$83k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.0x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $31.4k
- Room & board
- $8.6k
- Books & supplies
- $800
How students pay for it.
Pell grants22%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans44%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$23k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention76%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr55%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$41k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$46k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out19%
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
- 669
- Location
- Mankato, MN
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- blc · bethany · bethnay · bethany lutheran · bethnay lutheran · bethany luthern · bethnay luthern · bethany college · bethnay college · bethany collage · bethnay collage · bethany lutheran college · bethnay lutheran college · bethany luthern college · bethnay luthern college · bethel lutheran college · bethany lutheran collage · bethnay lutheran collage · bethany luthern collage · bethnay luthern collage
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White66%
- International20%
- Hispanic6%
- Black3%
- Two or more races3%
- Asian1%
- Unknown1%
Part-time2%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$71k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 33
What you can study.