Bethany Global University Overview

Located in Bloomington, Minnesota, Bethany Global University is a private not-for-profit institution. Bloomington is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Bethany Global University Known For?

• The student loan default rate at BGU is 5%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The highest award offered at BGU is the master's degree.
• In <nil>, 17% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Bethany Global University?

Contact details for BGU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	6820 Auto Club Road, Bloomington, MN 55438-2849
Phone:	800-323-3417
Website:	www.bethanygu.edu

How Do I Get Into BGU?

You can apply to BGU online at: https://www.bethanygu.edu/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for BGU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into BGU?

With an acceptance rate of 95%, BGU is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 24% of accepted students are men and 76% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 90%, and the acceptance rate for women is 97%.

Can I Afford Bethany Global University?

The overall average net price of BGU is $16,547. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At BGU, approximately 54% of students took out student loans averaging $5,496 a year. That adds up to $21,984 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at BGU is 4.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Bethany Global University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 284 undergraduate students at BGU, with 274 being full-time and 10 being part-time.

There are also 44 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 274 full-time undergraduates at BGU, 27% are male and 73% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Bethany Global University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	7
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	193
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	47

Over 7 countries are represented at BGU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, India, and China.

Online Learning at Bethany Global University

In 2020-2021, 166 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at BGU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 49th most popular in Minnesota for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of BGU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Bethany Global University was 44.9%. This is the #610 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at BGU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.