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Bethel University Indiana

Mishakawa, Indiana

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The mission of Bethel University, affiliated with the Missionary Church, is to transform communities through Christ-centered graduates. Bethel’s liberating academic programs challenge the mind, enlarge the vision, and equip the whole person for lifelong service.

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Students are challenged to explore multiple perspectives in a wide variety of topics, all from a Christian worldview. The campus is centrally located so that students may work, serve, and play in the nearby urban and natural environments alike. Offering over 50 areas of study, Bethel University has made an impact in many ways on many lives.

Bethel’s impact is characterized through strong academics, spiritual formation, mentoring, and relationships. In fact, seven out of ten residential students are engaged in one-on-one or small-group mentoring with faculty and staff.

Bethel’s 20,000 alumni occupy 49 states and 64 world areas, and those who apply enjoy a medical school acceptance rate double the national average as well as a 100% job placement rate in Nursing (whose program was ranked No. 7 in the United States). What’s more, Bethel boasts a Top 4% national score in competitive math performance tests and a 100% pass rate every year on the national performance standard for a unique academic major in American Sign Language.

Get to know Bethel University Indiana

1,388
Degree-Seeking Undergraduates
Enrolled female students
64%
 
Enrolled male students
36%
 
Gender Ratio
Full-time students
81%
 
Part-time students
19%
 
Full-time to Part-time Ratio
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Retention rate
Full-time faculty
42%
 
Adjuncts
58%
 
Faculty Ratio
12:1
Student/teacher ratio
$27,580
Full-time tuition cost
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4-year graduation rate
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6-year graduation rate
Rolling
Application deadline
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Acceptance rate
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Out-of-state students
Student Activities

Student Activities

  • Campus Ministries
  • Choral groups
  • Concert band
  • International Student Organization
  • Jazz band
  • Music ensembles
  • Musical theatre
  • Radio station
  • Student government
  • Student newspaper
  • Yearbook
High-Impact Practices

High-Impact Practices

  • First-Year Seminars and Experiences
  • Learning Communities
  • Writing-Intensive Courses
  • Collaborative Assignments and Projects
  • Undergraduate Research
  • Service-Learning, Community-Based Learning
  • Internships/Coops/Practica
Campus Resources

Campus Resources

  • Career Services
  • Writing Center
  • Academic Advisors
  • Library Services
  • Faculty Mentors
  • Disability Services
  • Multicultural Engagement Center
  • Health Services
  • Academic Tutors
  • Financial Aid Advisors
  • Student Success Initiative
  • Veteran Services
  • Peer Mentors
  • Counseling
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College Highlights

Engaged Students
Great Teaching
Vibrant Communities
Successful Outcomes
Admission & Aid
Engaged Students

TASK FORCE
Every Bethel University student has the opportunity to venture out into the world and take part in Task Force Teams, charitable missions that serve areas of need across the globe. Task Force trips are two weeks in length—short enough for any service-driven student to take time out of their schedule, yet long enough for them to effect enormous change while enjoying a breathtaking foreign culture.

Some of the most recent Task Force Teams have gone on to Kenya to nurture orphaned children, France to contribute to the marketing of a tourist activism ministry, and Indonesia to provide healthcare and resources to underprivileged neighborhoods.

ENROLLMENT BY ETHNICITY
Nonresident aliens: 1%
Hispanic/Latino: 7%
Black or African American, non-Hispanic: 11%
White, non-Hispanic: 74%
American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic: 0%
Asian, non-Hispanic: 2%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic: 0%
Two or more races, non-Hispanic: 4%
Race and/or ethnicity unknown: 1%

Great Teaching

INNOVATION
In their continual pursuit to support the success of their students, Bethel faculty have committed to a university-wide mission of innovative leadership. The issues and demands of society are changing as rapidly as ever, and it is through an up-to-date education that professors may best prepare their students for whatever life throws at them. Bethel has been sending driven faculty to leadership retreats at which they learn to shake themselves free from the rigid patterns of higher education, paving the way for new ideas and strategies to make the University a springboard for change.

Bethel University faculty embrace the fact that innovation is a messy process of trial and error that ultimately leads to bigger and better things—better ways to affect the community, better ways to learn, and better ways to live out God’s message. Bethel faculty work together across disciplines to exchange ideas and engage their students, forming new classes and programs that take Christian higher education to the next level.

SPECIAL STUDY OPTIONS
Programs available at this institution.
Distance learning
Double major
Dual enrollment
Honors Program
Internships
Study abroad
Teacher certification program

Vibrant Communities

SPIRITUAL LIFE
At the core of all that Bethel does is a committed focus on each student’s spiritual development. The university is dedicated to building lives of commitment for leadership in the church and the world. Spiritual growth is nurtured at chapel (the heartbeat of Bethel) twice per week as well as in small group gatherings that plunge students deeper into their walk with God. Beyond the opportunities to grow in community through residence hall and small group Bible studies, students can also be the hands and feet of Christ through events like Bethel’s annual Service day. 

View more at BethelUniversity.edu/SpiritualLife.

SCHOOL LOCATION
Bethel University is located in Mishawaka, Indiana, a short distance from the coasts of Lake Michigan and only 90 miles from the Chicago metropolitan area.

RESIDENCE LIFE
Percent of students living on campus.
Undergraduates: 52%

Campus housing options.
Men’s dorms
Women’s dorms
Apartments for single students
Special housing for disabled students
Theme housing
Urban Ministry

Successful Outcomes

NURSING SIMULATION
Nursing students have the incredible advantage of a brand-new simulation lab. This lab features two critical care hospital rooms and high-tech patient simulators that function and respond to students’ care in a realistic way. Through these simulations, students are able to practice urgent procedures in a low-risk environment. Nursing students who study at Bethel learn to remain calm and make calculated decisions in dire situations, skills that cannot be obtained simply by sitting in a lecture hall. They graduate a step ahead of the curve, level headed and ready to provide compassionate and effective care.

Admission & Aid

Admission

ADMISSIONS FACTORS
Very Important
Academic GPA | Standardized test scores

Important
Rigor of secondary school record | Talent/ability | Character/personal qualities

Considered
Application Essay | Recommendation(s) | Interview
Religious affiliation/commitment | Level of applicant’s interest

FRESHMAN PROFILE
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing
25th Percentile: 440 | 75th Percentile: 560
SAT Math
25th Percentile: 470 | 75th Percentile: 590
ACT Composite
25th Percentile: 20 | 75th Percentile: 25
ACT Math
25th Percentile: 20 | 75th Percentile: 25
ACT English
25th Percentile: 19 | 75th Percentile: 26

Tuition & Cost

Tuition: $27,580
Fees: $450
Room & Board: $28,030
Room: $4,160
Board: $4,260

Contact Bethel University Indiana

Contact Admissions

betheluniversity.edu/admission-aid
(574) 807-7600
admissions@betheluniversity.edu

Campus Location

1001 Bethel Circle
Mishawaka, IN 46545

(800) 422-4101

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