Bethany College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

Bethany College is a liberal arts college in Lindsborg, Kansas that was founded by Swedish Lutheran immigrants as a preparatory school in 1881. The college grants Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Social Work, and Bachelor of Music Education degrees. The campus is comprised of over 20 buildings and sits on over 50 acres.

Bethany College has over 45 organizations. Student groups include the Student government, sororities and fraternities, honor societies, professional organizations related to major fields of study, special-emphasis groups, and music ensembles.

The sports teams of the college, known as Swedes, participate in basketball, baseball, football, cross country, soccer, golf, track & field, and tennis. Bethany College has a diverse student body with representatives from more than 10 foreign countries and over 25 states.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Evangelical Lutheran Church religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in nutrition and exercise therapy, fine arts, science, and education and teaching.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• High male/female ratio.
• Large number of programs of study offered.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: 4-1-4 plan.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, General.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 587 in 2009-2010 (571 full-time equivalent).

About 51% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 49% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 93% of the student body. About 1% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Bethany provides on-campus housing for 442 of its 571 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 193 male students received the aid (men were 71% of those receiving aid) and 78 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 29% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (0 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies
• Arts Management

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (9 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services
• Finance
• Marketing/Marketing Management
• Operations Management and Supervision

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (0 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (24 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Biology Teacher Education
• Business Teacher Education
• Chemistry Teacher Education
• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Social Science Teacher Education
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Subject Areas

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (6 awarded)

• Social Work

FINE ARTS (2 awarded)

• Ceramic Arts and Ceramics
• Painting
• Sculpture

LIBERAL ARTS (9 awarded)

• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Social Sciences

MATHEMATICS (1 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics

MEDIA (3 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (0 awarded)

• Public Health Education and Promotion

MUSIC (1 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (12 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Health and Physical Education
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (1 awarded)

• Drawing

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (2 awarded)

• Bible/Biblical Studies
• Christian Studies
• Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology
• Philosophy and Religious Studies
• Religious/Sacred Music

SCIENCE (11 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (10 awarded)

• Criminology
• Forensic Science and Technology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (4 awarded)

• Art Therapy/Therapist
• Psychology