BETHEL UNIVERSITY COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN April 2019

Bethel CAPS/GS – Competing Schools

Of the 2,695 prospective students who applied for admission to CAPS/GS between June 2018 and May 2019, Student Tracker was unable to identify enrollment records for 1,972 students. It is assumed these students did not enroll elsewhere. For those who applied but did not enroll at Bethel, Student Tracker identified 723 students who enrolled at other schools, as follows: (only schools with 5 or more are listed)

Name of School Undergraduate Graduate Doctoral TOTAL Bethel University* 75 76 14 165 St. Catherine University** 1 29 0 30 College of St. Scholastica** 1 19 0 20 Augsburg University** 0 17 0 17 Des Moines University** 0 16 0 16 University of Phoenix 12 2 1 15 University of St. Thomas 0 13 0 13 St. Mary’s University-Mpls 1 15 1 17 Concordia University-WI 0 12 0 12 Liberty University 6 2 3 11 Marquette University 0 11 0 11 St. Mary’s University-Minneapolis 1 9 1 11 University of MN-Twin Cities 0 11 0 11 Century College 6 2 0 8 University of North Dakota 0 8 0 8 University of WI-Madison 0 8 0 8 Bemidji State University 3 3 1 7 Concordia University 1 6 0 7 Strayer University-Washington DC 5 2 0 7 Anoka Ramsey Community College 4 2 0 6 Ashford University 5 1 0 6 Capella University 3 3 0 6 University of WI-La Crosse 0 6 0 6 Walden University 0 4 2 6 A.T. Still University of Health Sciences 0 4 0 5 Metropolitan State University 1 4 0 5 Saint Paul College 0 5 0 5 Southern New Hampshire University 5 0 0 5 University Of Northwestern-St. Paul 3 2 0 5 University of Nebraska Medical Center 0 5 0 5

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The top ten competing schools for undergraduate enrollment were University of Phoenix (4-year private AZ), Liberty University (4-year private VA), Century College (2-year public MN), Strayer University-Washington (4-year private DC), Ashford University (4-year private CA), Southern New Hampshire University (4-year private NH), Anoka Ramsey Community College (2-year public MN), Grand Canyon University (4-year private AZ), North Hennepin Community College (2-year public MN).

The top competing schools for graduate/doctoral students were St. Catherine University (4-year private MN), College of St. Scholastica (4-year private MN), Augsburg University (4-year private MN), Des Moines University (4-year private IA), University of St. Thomas (4-year private MN), Concordia University-WI (4-year private WI), Marquette University (4-year private WI), University of MN-Twin Cities (4-year public MN), St. Mary’s University (4-year private MN), University of North Dakota (4-year public ND), University of WI-Madison (4-year public WI).

*Please note that 23% of students who applied to a Bethel University CAPS/GS undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral program enrolled in a term different than the one they applied for.

**Please note that 22 of the 29 (76%) graduate students enrolled at St. Catherine’s University enrolled in the Physician Assistant program. At College of St. Scholastica 15 of the 19 (79%) graduate students enrolled in the Physician Assistant program. At Augsburg 11 or the 17 (65%) graduate students enrolled in the Physician Assistant program. At Des Moines University 12 of the 16 (75%) graduate students enrolled in the Physician Assistant program.

Stef Holm, April 15, 2019