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Bethany Lutheran College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mankato, Minnesota. Mankato is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

$23,744 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
61% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Bethany Lutheran College?

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Contact details for BLC are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 700 Luther Dr, Mankato, MN 56001
Phone: 507-344-7000
Website: www.blc.edu

How Do I Get Into BLC?

You can apply to BLC online at: https://www.blc.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for BLC

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Recommended
Recommendations Considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores Recommended
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into BLC?

61% Acceptance Rate
60% Of Accepted Are Women
BLC has an acceptance rate of 61%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 56%, and the acceptance rate for women is 65%.

Can I Afford Bethany Lutheran College?

$23,744 Net Price
51% Take Out Loans
0.7% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of BLC is $23,744. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

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 51% of students took out student loans averaging $8,034 a year. That adds up to $32,136 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at BLC is 0.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Bethany Lutheran College Undergraduate Student Diversity

651 Full-Time Undergraduates
54% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 781 undergraduate students at BLC, with 651 being full-time and 130 being part-time.

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There are also 17 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 651 full-time undergraduates at BLC, 46% are male and 54% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Bethany Lutheran College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 23
Black or African American 22
Hispanic or Latino 37
White 407
International Students 129
Other Races/Ethnicities 33

Geographic Diversity

Minnesota students aren't the only ones who study at Bethany Lutheran College. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 17 countries are represented at BLC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Congo, and Ethiopia.

Online Learning at Bethany Lutheran College

102 Took All Classes Online
294 Took At Least One Class Online
28.6% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 294 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at BLC has changed over the last few years.

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Online Growth Rankings of BLC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Bethany Lutheran College was 28.6%. This is the #592 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at BLC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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