Bethany College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Bethany College

Bethany College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Bethany, West Virginia (rural: fringe), with a total reported enrollment of 614 students of which 661 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 “21” 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 58.8%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey and an ACT midpoint of 22. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $18,605, with published in-state tuition of $36,765 and a Pell grant recipient share of 51.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $27,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 46.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 53.8%. Graduates earn a median of $44,512 ten years after enrolling, compared with $37,124 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 54000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 54.7% 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.