Bethany Lutheran College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

Bethany Lutheran College, BLC, operates as a private, residential liberal arts college. Its history goes back to 1911 when the Bethany Ladies College began. It was purchased by the American Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1927 as a high school and junior college. The Bethany High School closed in 1969, while the Bethany Junior College continued to grow and made its transition in 2001 when it started awarding baccalaureate degrees.

BLC offers programs in arts and humanities, math and science, communication, health and human performance, social and behavioral science, and religious studies. The college participates in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (NCAA Division III), in sports like golf, baseball, tennis, basketball, cross country and volleyball. Its athletic teams are called the Vikings.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Other Religion religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in media, music, science, fine arts, drama and performing arts, and liberal arts.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• High faculty salary.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Associates Colleges.

Features of note:

• 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.
• ROTC.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 615 in 2009-2010 (640 full-time equivalent).

About 36% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 64% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 98% of the student body. About 0% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

Room and Board

Bethany Lutheran provides on-campus housing for 511 of its 640 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 20 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (15 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (2 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (4 awarded)

• Elementary Education and Teaching

FINE ARTS (4 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (22 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Social Sciences
• Sociology

MATHEMATICS (0 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (17 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MUSIC (3 awarded)

• Music

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (0 awarded)

• Christian Studies
• Religious/Sacred Music

SCIENCE (11 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Exercise Physiology
• Physical Sciences

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (7 awarded)

• Psychology