Graduate School Tuition at Bethel University

Bethel University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Saint Paul, MN. It offers 39 graduate programs - 21 Master's, 7 Doctorate, 10 Post-bachelor's, and 1 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $10,566 for all graduate students. A total of 954 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 3,546 students at Bethel.

Bethel offers online graduate programs and 517 out of 954 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

The Master's Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist program has the highest salary ($102,100) after graduation and the Master's Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $101,800 average salary.

You can find Bethel's health profession programs at health professions information page.

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Graduate Program Overview

Bethel University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $10,566. It offers thirty-nine (39) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Bethel University
Type	four-years, private (not-for-profit)
Address	3900 Bethel Dr, Saint Paul, MN
Graduate School Students	1,078 students 517 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	$10,566
Student to Faculty	12:1 (8.33%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 39 Graduate Programs 21 Master's, 7 Doctorate, 11 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Bethel University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs.

The tuition & fees is $10,566 for all students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $586.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$10,566
Cost per Credit	$586
Books & Supplies	$1,340
Room & Board	$12,090 (On-Campus) / $9,270 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$3,030 (On-Campus) / $6,890 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$27,026
Off-Campus Total	$28,066

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Tuition & Fees	$11,700	$11,700	$11,700	$11,981	$10,566

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Bethel University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 39 major areas - 21 Master's (10 online programs), 7 Doctorate , 10 Post-Bachelor'(7 online programs), 1 Post-Master'(1 online programs).

313 students have been conferred Master's degree and 51 students have received Doctorate degree last year. The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	313	51	44	-
Men	95	11	7	-
Women	218	40	37	-

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education		NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$52,400	-	-
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
International Teaching and Learning	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	33^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Theology and Religious Vocations

what is Theology and Religious Vocations program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Bible/Biblical Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Divinity/Ministry	^ONLINE		^ONLINE	^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Clinical Child Psychology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Play Therapy/Therapist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Nursing Education	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Organizational Behavior Studies	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Communication and Journalism

what is Communication and Journalism program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Communication	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	15	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$52,400	-	-
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision	19^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Special Education and Teaching	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$51,800	-	-

Philosophy and Religious Studies

what is Philosophy and Religious Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Religion/Religious Studies	12^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Theology and Religious Vocations

what is Theology and Religious Vocations program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Religious Education	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Theology/Theological Studies	8^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$47,700	-	-
Divinity/Ministry	28^ONLINE		^ONLINE	^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Theological and Ministerial Studies (other)	12		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Pastoral Studies/Counseling	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$42,000	-	-

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Counseling Psychology	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Social Work	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Physician Assistant	33	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Athletic Training/Trainer	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	18	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Nursing Education	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Nursing Administration	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	23	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$79,900	-	-
Organizational Leadership	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Organizational Behavior Studies	26^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Theology and Religious Vocations

what is Theology and Religious Vocations program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Divinity/Ministry	^ONLINE		^ONLINE	^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Elementary and Middle School Administration/Principalship	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Theology and Religious Vocations

what is Theology and Religious Vocations program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Divinity/Ministry	^ONLINE		^ONLINE	^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Theological and Ministerial Studies (other)			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Nursing Practice	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Long Term Care Administration/Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 3,731 students enrolled in Bethel University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 1,078 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 350 male and 728 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 345 full-time and 733 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 517 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 141 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,078	345	733
Men Students	350	65	285
Women Students	728	280	448

By race/ethnicity 815 White, 82 Black, and 49 Asian students are attending at Bethel University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	1,078	350	728
American Indian or Native American	5	2	3
Asian	21	28	82
Black	82	29	53
Hispanic	39	15	24
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	3	1	2
White	815	246	569
Tow or More Races	23	4	19
Race Unknown	38	19	19

9 students are younger than 22 and 345 students are older than 65. The school has 331 students aged between 22 and 30 and 266 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	1,078
21 & Under	9
22-24	118
25-29	213
30-34	133
35-39	133
40 & Over	345

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field.

At Bethel, 517 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 141 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	954
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	517
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	141
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	296

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	517
Minnesota Resident	296
Other State In U.S.	206
Outside of U.S.	14

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