Bethel University (MN) Outcomes: $71K Median Earnings (2026)

How much do Bethel University (MN) graduates earn?

The reported median is $70,633 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $55,915 as its benchmark; the difference is $14,718 per year.

For federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, Bethel University posts median earnings of $70,633 four years after completion, placing earnings in the 77th percentile. Against the peer median—the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size)—of $55,915, the figure is $14,718 above.

Graduates earn about $5,051 more than expects for similar students. Azimuth places that earnings-beyond-expectations comparison, which measures earnings against the model’s expectation for similar students, in the 71st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $4,765. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $286.

Azimuth puts the return pillar in the 79th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The peer and model comparisons point in the same direction.

Earnings differ enough by field that a university-wide figure does not describe every outcome. The downside scenario is $48,910, and the upside scenario is $90,160; both scenarios are based on the program mix rather than observed graduate groups.

At the higher end, Human Resources Management and Services has median earnings of $101,195 four years after completion, followed by Computer and Information Sciences at $97,008 and Nursing at $87,511. These program medians occupy the higher end of the modeled picture.

Graduate-study plans affect the scope of the earnings figure. An estimated 30.0% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment.

Because four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, they do not describe graduates pursuing further study.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $70,633
Rank for difference from expectations: 71st percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Bethel University (MN) reported median: $70,633
Peer schools comparable schools · $14,718 below Bethel University (MN): $55,915
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $5,051 below Bethel University (MN): $65,582

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. Peer comparisons and model expectations are different benchmarks. How the model works.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $48,910
Median · reported: $70,633
Higher estimate: $90,160

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do Bethel University (MN) graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

Bethel University (MN) graduates’ reported earnings are $5,051 above that expectation, the 71st percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending Bethel University (MN) caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Bethel University (MN) report the highest earnings?

Bethel University shows a clear spread in earnings across its larger and higher-earning fields, making program choice central to the return picture. Four years after completion, Human Resources Management and Services posted median earnings of $101,195 across 13 degrees awarded, and Computer and Information Sciences posted $97,008 across 17 degrees awarded.

Nursing, the largest of these programs, recorded $87,511 with 114 degrees awarded. At a more moderate earnings level, Teacher Education recorded $47,556 across 44 degrees awarded.

The contrast between the higher-earning management and computing fields and the more moderate education field shows why the schoolwide earnings figure does not describe every program equally.

Bethel University has a broad degree mix, with Business accounting for 18.7% of bachelor’s degrees awarded and Health Professions for 17.3%. Published earnings data cover 14 fields, so the largest programs show a range of early-career outcomes.

Among the largest degree-producing fields, Nursing had 114 degrees awarded and median earnings of $87,511 four years after completion; Business Administration and Management had 111 degrees awarded and $77,059 in median earnings; Kinesiology and Physical Education had 45 degrees awarded and $68,202; Psychology had 45 degrees awarded and $55,370; and Teacher Education had 44 degrees awarded and $47,556.

The chart shows up to eight fields with the highest reported median earnings four years after completion. Compare the field names as well as the amounts: the school-wide median can conceal substantial differences between programs.

Further analysis

Program mix grounds three earnings scenarios: a downside of $48,910, a typical outcome of $70,633, and an upside of $90,160, all four years after completion. Human Resources Management and Services reaches $101,195; among the largest programs, Teacher Education is lowest at $47,556.

The span signals variation by field, and these are earnings scenarios rather than observed groups.

Among federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, median earnings four years after completion are $70,633 at Bethel University. The measure draws on an earnings cohort of 1,025 completers, and Azimuth places it in the 77th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $5,051 more than the model expects for similar students. Earnings beyond expectations means the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students.

Earnings scenarios based on the program mix set typical earnings at $70,633, with a downside scenario of $48,910 and an upside scenario of $90,160. An estimated 30.0% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.

The above-expected earnings measure sits alongside scenarios that show a wide range of possible earnings paths.

Data & methodology

A missing figure does not mean zero. Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.