Master's · Saint Paul, Minnesota
Is Special Education and Teaching at Bethel University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 10.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $62,652
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $72,626
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $40,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $43k (likely $43k – $43k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $7k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 10.5 years (likely 5.9–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$149k (likely −$243k – −$55k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$26k (likely −$225k – $201k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$124,673
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$112,698
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$104,538
- Human Resources Management and Services (Graduate certificate)$101,518
- Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor's)$101,195
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$97,008
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$96,278
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$90,134
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$87,511
- Physics (Bachelor's)$85,657
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$85,036
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$77,059
Special Education and Teaching at other schools in Minnesota
- Saint Mary's University of Minnesota$67,553
- University of St Thomas$66,391
- Bemidji State University$65,503
- Saint Cloud State University$64,864
- Concordia University-Saint Paul$63,279
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities$62,786
- Minnesota State University Moorhead$62,753
- Minnesota State University-Mankato$62,401
- Capella University$61,268