| Location: | Midwest |
| Setting: | Small Town Setting |
| Type: | Private |
| Affiliation: | Other |
| Size: | Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad) |
Bethel seeks to be a diverse community of learners,
committed to the search for authentic faith and empirical understanding, and to provide (1) rigorous instruction in the liberal arts, and selected career and professional
areas, and (2) intellectual, cultural and spiritual leaders for the church and society.
Bethel College is a private college affiliated with Mennonite Church USA. The college is located on the edge of the Flint Hills and vast wheat fields of south central Kansas in the town of North Newton. Enrollment at the college hovers around 600 students earning 27 different degrees in the fine arts and sciences.
Founded in 1887 and conferring its first four-year degrees in 1912, Bethel is the oldest Mennonite college in North America. Starting in 1874, thousands of Russian Mennonites began arriving in Kansas. Having a century of experience running their own schools, by 1882 they opened Emmental, a training school for teachers north of Newton, Kansas. The school was moved to Halstead, Kansas in 1883. A better site was found in North Newton, Kansas, and the cornerstone of the main building was laid on 1888-10-12. This structure, the current Administration Building, is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Halstead school was closed for the 1892–1893 school year while it was relocated to the new site and reopened as Bethel College in 1893. Bethel College became the second institution of higher learning associated with the General Conference Mennonite Church, replacing Wadsworth Institute which had closed in 1878.
The programs at Bethel College are mostly made up of four core values, that contribute to everyday there as a student as well as a teacher. These values are shown and portrayed in a daily routine at this institution these values include; first, an ethic of discipleship, one that notices Jesus Christ is the Messiah and is also the model for the Christian life and if is followed will depict a high level of commitment and conviction that is free, next is an ethic of scholarship, one that believes in academics and the achievement that comes with it, as well as a logical out-come of intellectuality, presenting discipline and creativity, third, an ethic of service, one that shows concern for the powerless and is essential to the Christian ways and shows the importance of peacemaking and volunteering of services, finally an ethic of integrity, one that celebrates and rejoices in the connections between spirit and mind, faith and learning, individual and community, and fosters personal development through participation in all sorts of different activities.
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| Percent of Students International: | 3% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 96% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | No |
| Member of: | NAA, NAIA |
| Sports Include: |
Football (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conf) Basketball (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conf) Track (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conf) |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 15,550 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 3,193 | 38% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 2,735 | 38% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 7,583 | 89% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 4,297 | 76% | |
Any Aid: |
89% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 72% (Selective) |
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| SAT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 9% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 410, Math: 450 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 630, Math: 650 |
| ACT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting ACT Scores: | 91% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Composite: 20, Verbal: 19, Math: 20 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Composite: 25, Verbal: 26, Math: 26 |
| Application Fee: | $ 20.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Not Required |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Recommended |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Required |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Recommended |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |
