Private nonprofit · University

Bethany Global University

Bloomington, Minnesota · Small city

92.9%
Admit rate: $37,790
Avg net price: 56%
Graduation rate: —
Median earnings

Bethany Global University is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Bloomington, Minnesota (small city setting), enrolling 81 undergraduates. It has a Interdenominational religious affiliation. Programs are offered entirely online.

Private nonprofitSmall · 81 undergradsSmall cityAccessible · 93% admitCold wintersSnowy

About Bloomington, Minnesota

Bloomington is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. In the 1780s, a village called Titanka Tannina existed in what is now Bloomington, at the mouth of Nine Mile Creek. 'Titanka Tannina' is Dakota for 'the Old Village', likely meaning that Titanka Tannina was the first Dakota community on the Minnesota River. Benefiting from its proximity to major transportation routes and the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, Bloomington is a major hospitality center with nearly 8,000 hotel rooms. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Graduate
Nearest big city: 14 miles to Minneapolis, MN
To Great Lakes shore: 147 miles

How Bethany Global University compares

Selectivity92.9%

More selective than 18% · #29 most selective of 35 in Minnesota

Graduation rate56%

Higher than 53% · #24 of 39 in Minnesota

First-year retention22%

Higher than 1%

Average net price$37,790

Cheaper than 6% · #39 cheapest of 39 in Minnesota

Median debt at graduation$12,000

Lower than 96%

Student–faculty ratio13 : 1

Lower than 50%

Undergraduate enrollment81

Larger than 7%

Percentiles compare Bethany Global University with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Minnesota.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

Undergraduate8181%
Graduate1919%

Undergraduates by gender

Women5669%
Men2531%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White73%
Black3.7%
Hispanic7.4%
Asian2.5%
Other or multiracial14%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 81
Graduate enrollment: 19
Student–faculty ratio: 13 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 59%
First-generation students: 22%
Students over 25: 12%
Median family income: $43,704

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Admissions

Admission rate: 92.9%
Test scores: Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %): —
SAT average: —
SAT reading: —
SAT math: —
ACT composite: —

Cost

In-state tuition: $11,000
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $500
Total cost of attendance: $43,216
Average net price: $37,790

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years): 56%
Graduated on time (4 years): 24%
First-year retention: 22%
Transferred to another college: 10%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $34,385
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: —
Median debt at graduation: $12,000
Students with federal loans: 57%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: Yes
Dorm capacity: 284
Dorm capacity vs undergrads: 100%+
Application fee: $40

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$37,327

$30–48k

$36,632

$48–75k

$38,752

$75–110k

$38,785

$110k+

$37,796

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Family income

Est. total to a degree

$188,436

$38,752/year × about 4.9 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

95%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$7,991

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 95% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $7,991. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 42 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Campus climate

Summer high: 84°F
Winter low: 8°F
Annual rain: 30.6″
Annual snow: 51.2″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Mpls Flying Cloud AP, MN US station (5.5 mi from campus).

What Bethany Global University graduates study — and earn

Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology

108 grads$23k 1 yr— 5 yr$20k debt

108$23,272—$19,635 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCert.

11 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

11———Missions/Missionary Studies and MissiologyCert.

7 grads$16k 1 yr— 5 yr$7k debt

7$15,640—$6,916 Missions/Missionary Studies and MissiologyAssoc.

6 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

6———

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.