Bethel College-North Newton
Private College in North Newton, KS. Six-year graduation rate 41%. Median 10-year earnings $49,898.
Students who entered Bethel College-North Newton land at a median of $49,898 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 41%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $24,000, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 94% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool is small at 1,154, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. Only 16% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | 3 (2%) |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | 1 (1%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 41% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 62% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. At 11:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 499 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $30,406 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Net price varies modestly by income — $35,147 at $0–30k against $32,270 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is widespread — 98% of students receive it, averaging $21,634. Borrowing is widespread: 71% take federal loans.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 160 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $35,147 |
| $30–48k | $32,633 |
| $48–75k | $33,019 |
| $75–110k | $31,293 |
| $110k+ | $32,270 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 355 of these 499 students, totalling $2,184,837 — an average of $6,154 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Harvey County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)