Bethel University (Saint Paul, MN) Student Population and Demographics

Bethel Student Population

There are 3,603 students including 2,755 undergraduate and 848 graduate students at Bethel University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 2,232 full-time and 1,371 part-time students with gender distribution of 1,432 male and 2,171 female students.

Bethel University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 741 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Bethel University has a total enrollment of 3,603 with a gender distribution of 39.74% male (1,432 students) and 60.26% female (2,171 students). There are 1,163 male and 1,592 female students in undergraduate school and 269 male and 579 female students are attending graduate school at Bethel University.

Student Population By Gender
Bethel University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	3,603	1,432	2,171
Undergraduate	2,755	1,163	1,592
Graduate	848	269	579
Full-time	2,232	928	1,304
Part-time	1,371	504	867

[Chart] Bethel University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Bethel University has 2,232 full-time and 1,371 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 1,921 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 834 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 311 students are full-time and 537 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Bethel University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	3,603	2,232	1,371
Undergraduate	2,755	1,921	834
Graduate	848	311	537
Men	1,432	928	504
Women	2,171	1,304	867

[Chart] Bethel University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Bethel University, 741 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,137 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 3,603 students.

In undergraduate schools, 1,298 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 580 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Bethel University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	3,603	2,755	848
Online Exclusively	741	433	308
In Some Online Classes	1,137	865	272
Not In Online Classes	1,725	1,457	268

[Chart] Bethel University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Bethel University. There are 17 American Indian/Native American, 2,654 White, 253 Black/African American, 201 Asian, 250 Hispanic, 8 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 82 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Bethel University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	3,603	1,432	2,171
American Indian/Native American	17	7	10
Asian	201	74	127
Black/African American	253	97	156
Hispanic	250	104	146
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	3	5
White	2,654	1,058	1,596
Two More	119	44	75
Race Un-Known	85	38	47

[Chart] Bethel UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Bethel University.

Age Distribution
Bethel University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	3,603	2,755	848
Under 18	783	783	0
Age 18-19	804	804	0
Age 20-21	762	755	7
Age 22-24	351	204	147
Age 25-29	221	64	157
Age 30-34	158	47	111
Age 35-39	122	30	92
Age 40-49	241	44	197
Age 50-64	150	21	129
Over 64	11	3	8
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Bethel University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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