Bethany College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Bethany College

Bethany College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Lindsborg, Kansas (rural: remote), with a total reported enrollment of 569 students of which 689 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Bethany College is categorized as “22” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 56.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey and an ACT midpoint of 20. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $27,686, with published in-state tuition of $33,000 and a Pell grant recipient share of 48.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $23,250, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 32.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 42.5%. Graduates earn a median of $49,694 ten years after enrolling, compared with $40,805 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 38700.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 58.2% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.