Bethesda University
Private College in Anaheim, CA. Six-year graduation rate 8%.
Completion is the weak point: 8% graduate within six years. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $9,000.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 8% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 8% graduate within six years. 45% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. Transfer-out runs to 14% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The 7:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 212 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $20,099 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $9,747 at $0–30k against $13,575 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 61% get grants averaging $2,644, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 22% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 36 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 | $9,747 |
| $30–48k | $9,527 |
| $48–75k | $12,063 |
| $75–110k | $11,759 |
| $110k+ | $13,575 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 47 of these 212 students, totalling $138,528 — an average of $2,947 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Orange County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Warning (Significantly out of compliance - fiscal and administrative capacity), Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School has an accreditation issue; School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)