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BLC was not ranked in College Factual's 2025 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
Bethany Lutheran College has an acceptance rate of 58%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for BLC.
About 7% of students accepted to BLC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 610. Math scores were between 530 and 680.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at BLC it is much better at 12 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Bethany Lutheran College is 51%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
Bethany Lutheran College has a freshmen retention rate of 79%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At BLC the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 47%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Bethany Lutheran College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 769 undergraduates at BLC with 633 being full-time and 136 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,048 | $12,184 | $16,006 | $19,109 | $23,023 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of BLC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At BLC, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $7,089 a year. That adds up to $28,356 over four years for those students.
See which majors at Bethany Lutheran College make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Bethany Lutheran College.
Contact details for BLC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 700 Luther Dr, Mankato, MN 56001 |
| Phone: | 507-344-7000 |
| Website: | https://www.blc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 34 | $44,462 |
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies | 14 | NA |
| Legal Support Services | 14 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 10 | NA |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 10 | NA |
| General Psychology | 10 | NA |
| General Biology | 7 | NA |
| Engineering Science | 7 | NA |
| Design & Applied Arts | 7 | NA |
| Physiology & Pathology Sciences | 6 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 353 students took at least one online class at Bethany Lutheran College. This is an increase from the 294 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 353 | 129 |
| 2021-2022 | 294 | 102 |
| 2020-2021 | 278 | 75 |
| 2018-2019 | 285 | 108 |
Learn more about online learning at Bethany Lutheran College.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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