- The Inkwell
- California
- Bethesda University
Anaheim, CACity: largeZIP 92801
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1999
- Website
- www.buc.edu
CaliforniaReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Bethesda University
Bethesda University is a private nonprofit university in Anaheim, California, with 205 undergraduates. It graduates 19% within six years and costs $10,963 a year after aid.
19%graduate
Retention45%
4-year graduation9.3%
Pell Grant share43%
Federal loans36%
$10,963net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
19%graduate in 6 years
$51,202median earnings, 10 yrs
$12,250median debt
#1,210 of 1,704 for earnings#228 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,662 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $16,262tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $7,220
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $7,220
- Average net price
- $10,963national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$8,767
$30,001–48,000$6,919
$48,001–75,000$11,807
$75,001–110,000—
$110,001+$15,512
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college45%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college19%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college43%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 19%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 9.3%
- First-year retention
- 45%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 30%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $31,147
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $51,202middle 50%: $30,531–$81,360
- Median debt at graduation
- $12,250
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$81,360
Median, Bethesda University$51,202
Lower quarter$30,531
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 205
- Part-time
- 11%
- Women / men
- 26% / 74%
- Average age at entry
- 26.6
- First-generation students
- 49%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 43%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 7 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- —
- Average faculty salary
- $3,965 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $2,293
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White5.4%
Hispanic28%
Black13%
Asian5.4%
Two or more races4.9%
U.S. nonresident40%
American Indian / Alaska Native1.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1.0%
Unknown1.0%
5 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management55%
Education18%
Theology & religious vocations12%
Computer & information sciences10%
Visual & performing arts5.0%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 110060. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q25831351.