Bethesda Christian University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Bethesda Christian University is a co-educational university located in Anaheim, Orange County, California. The name of the university is often abbreviated as BCU. Founded in 1976 by Yonggi Cho as the Full Gospel Central Bible College in Pentecostal Central Church, today the university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in a number of subjects. The university also offers a postgraduate research degree in Ministry. Some of the areas of study offered at the university are religion, music, early childhood education and design. Online courses are also an option for students wishing to study at BCU.

Students at BCU can take advantage of financial assistance to pursue their education. Qualified students can apply for an alumni association scholarship. The university has a drug-free policy and it does not support any form of drug or alcohol counseling or rehabilitation.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Other Religion religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in music and religion and philosophy.
• High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.
• High male/female ratio.
• Numerous part-time students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Theological and faith-related.

Features of note:

• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 299 in 2009-2010 (248 full-time equivalent).

About 58% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 42% of the class.

those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 100%.

Students under 25 years old represent 27% of the student body. About 14% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 83% are full-time and 17% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.

Graduate School Focus

Bethesda Christian offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Professional Practice).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (0 awarded)

• Information Technology

DESIGN (2 awarded)

• Design and Visual Communications

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (10 awarded)

• Early Childhood Education and Teaching

FINE ARTS (0 awarded)

• Metal and Jewelry Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (0 awarded)

• Language Interpretation and Translation

MUSIC (12 awarded)

• Music

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (27 awarded)

• Bible/Biblical Studies
• Divinity/Ministry (BD, MDiv)
• Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology
• Pastoral Studies/Counseling
• Religious Education