To consider your application for admission, Bethel University must receive the following:
New freshmen
- Your completed and signed application
form or completed online application (cas.bethel.edu/admissions/application-details)
- The names of two references: an academic
reference and a spiritual reference (non-relatives)
- An official transcript and class ranking from your high school
- List of courses currently in progress
- Your SAT, ACT, or PSAT scores
- Completed personal statement of faith
If you have questions, click here to
find your admissions counselor.
PSEO students
- Your completed and signed Bethel University PSEO application
form or completed online application (cas.bethel.edu/admissions/application-details/).
Must be received in the Office of Admissions by April 1 of
your junior year in high school.
- Your completed reference forms, filled out by your pastor
or youth pastor and a school official (non-relatives). Must
be received in the Office of Admissions by April 1.
- An official transcript and class ranking from your high school
(through at least the middle of your junior year)
- Your ACT, SAT, or PSAT scores must be received before April
1.
- An interview if requested by the Office of Admissions
Transfer students or nontraditional students
International students
- Your completed and signed application form by March
1
- Completed personal statement of faith
- The names of two references: an academic reference and
a spiritual reference. A name of an alternate reference (employer)
may be used in place of an academic reference if you were
not enrolled in school during the past year (non-relatives).
- Official transcripts from your high school and all colleges
and/or universities you have attended
- Your TOEFL scores
- A two-page writing sample that will be used for ESL
evaluation*
- A copy of your current visa
- Your completed certificate of finances forms
* Students whose primary language is not English will be required to have an English language evaluation after applying for admission.
Admissions Calendar for New Freshmen and Transfers
Fall Term
Early Action Admission—November 1
- Application fee waived for those applications received on or before
November 1.
- Admission decisions sent on or before December 15 to students who
have completed their application file received by November
1.
Regular Admission
- The Office of Admissions will continue to accept and review applications
throughout the winter as space allows.
- Admission notifications sent on a regular basis.
- The freshman class is usually filled by the spring of each year.
Confirmation of Enrollment—May 1
- It is important that admitted students save their spot in the incoming
class by submitting a $200 enrollment deposit.
- The enrollment deposit and the housing deposit (for those students
living in a Bethel residence hall) are refundable until May
1 of each year. Requests for refunds of the deposits must be received
in writing by May 1. After May 1, neither deposit is refundable.
- Housing and course registration processes will begin after the
enrollment deposit is received.
Spring Term
Regular Admission
- Application fee waived for those applications received on or before
November 1.
- The Office of Admissions will begin reviewing applications and
notifying students of admission decisions beginning October
1 and will continue as space allows.
- It is important for admitted students to save their spot in the
incoming class by submitting a $200 enrollment deposit.
- Housing and course registration processes will begin after enrollment
deposits are received.
Admissions Calendar for PSEO Students
Each year Bethel accepts students into the PSEO
program for enrollment beginning in the fall term only. Here are the
key deadlines you need to remember. Materials must be received in the
Office of Admissions by these dates.
- April 1—Complete file deadline (Application, essays, references,
transcripts, and test scores must be received in the Office
of Admissions by this date.)
- May 15—Admissions decisions mailed
- June 1—PSEO admissions reply date
- June-August—PSEO class registration (Specific registration dates
each year are mailed with the acceptance letter.)
Note: To be eligible for PSEO at Bethel University, all deadlines must
be met. Bethel will not consider applicants after these deadlines for
any reason.
Send all materials to:
Bethel University
Office of Admissions
3900 Bethel Drive
St. Paul, MN 55112-6999
If
you have not yet received an application for admission, please call the
Office of Admissions at 651.638.6242 (toll-free: 800.255.8706, ext.
6242).
You can also email us at BUadmissions-cas@bethel.edu.
Apply online or download an application by visiting the admissions website:
http://cas.bethel.edu/admissions/.