Overview
Bethel University: Where Students Can Fulfill Their Potential
Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota, offers a wide range of academic majors to its students, giving them options that can take them almost anywhere.
Bethel offers 66 majors and 78 vocational fields -- making it one of the most comprehensive Christian liberal arts colleges in the nation. With an average class size of just 22, and a student-faculty ratio of 12:1, professors get to know the students and what they are capable of achieving.
Plus, students get the study support and faculty advising they need to graduate on time. In fact, Bethel University is among the nation's highest-ranked colleges for graduation outcomes. The American Enterprise Institute reports that the St. Paul, Minnesota, university has the highest graduation rate in the Midwest among all "Competitive" colleges and universities and among the five highest rates in the country in the "Competitive" category.
Bethel has an excellent track record for getting students into the programs of their choice. For example, more than 90 percent of pre-med graduates are admitted to medical school. In the physics program -- named among the nation's top 21 -- virtually every Bethel University graduate in the last 10 years has had a full-ride scholarship to graduate school.
Bethel University started as a seminary for Swedish Baptist pastors in 1871. Today, the university has a college, a seminary, a graduate school, and a degree completion program for adults -- enrolling more than 6,300 students from 48 states and 38 countries in its St. Paul location. About 2,800 of those students are undergraduates in the college.
Bethel University: Where Values Matter
Bethel University's values are firmly rooted in the Christian faith. Bethel is committed to preparing Christ followers (rooted in the authority of Scripture and living out the mission of Jesus), character-builders (students concerned with developing the whole person), truth-seekers (students who recognize that God is the source of all truth), learners committed to academic excellence, and students who honor the worth and dignity of all people. The students who graduate from Bethel University's programs in St. Paul reflect the love of Christ to a broken world and are devoted to shaping the world through leadership.
At this Minnesota school, students examine what they believe and why. They probe pressing issues from a variety of viewpoints, alongside Scripture, and form a habit of thinking critically and biblically. Bethel students do all this so that they will be able to sort through the ideas of culture, and serve as transforming leaders in their homes, workplaces, and communities.
Bethel University Campus and Community
Bethel University students enter into a campus community that's close-knit and active.
The university sits on 231 beautiful lakeside acres in St. Paul, Minnesota, on a campus with wooded walking paths and its own Frisbee golf course. The new student commons, with a front-row view of the lake, connects students to all academic buildings through skyways. Also, the campus dining areas offer a huge menu of choices tailored to a variety of tastes -- including pasta, deli sandwiches, made-to-order salads, paninis, grilled food, and brick-oven pizza.
Bethel University provides its students with a wide range of fun activities including sports, music, theatre, serving others, and killer broomball -- located right on the St. Paul campus. Bethel also offers 18 varsity sports, a variety of intramurals, ministry opportunities, honor societies, theatre productions, performance groups, and much more.
In a Christian community that's shaped by worship, small group ministry, and service, Bethel University students are surrounded by people intent on helping them grow in every way -- in body, mind, and spirit.
Students at Bethel are also challenged to get off campus to broaden their horizons, and see the world through the eyes of others. With the Minnesota cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis just minutes away, students work in urban communities as tutors or take on service projects in the local area. Additionally, Bethel University offers over 30 study abroad destinations, and most cost no more than tuition.
