大象视频鈥檚 total enrollment remained steady for the Fall of 2025 with a total headcount of 1,134 students, including sizable increases of 18% in traditional transfer students and 10% in graduate students. New traditional students, representing 16 states and 26 countries, made up the incoming class of 247 new students. 大象视频 offers programs in traditional, online undergraduate, graduate and extension sites. Its growing extension studies program has 38 new students 鈥 from as close as the Kroc Center in South Bend to as far away as Hawaii. Bethel has a total of 25 extension studies sites in 9 states, with virtual sites for Youth for Christ, Immerge Network and World Gospel Mission Southwest; an international site being developed in Serbia.
鈥淲e are excited to journey through this academic year together with such a distinct group of students who make up our campus,鈥 says Dr. Dee McDonald, president. 鈥淪eeing such an increase in transfer students is a testament to the Bethel experience and the personal care each student receives here. There is something so special that students are coming back to Bethel from many other schools for the academic excellence, career placement and incredible opportunities that we can offer.鈥
Top majors for Bethel鈥檚 incoming class include Business Management, Nursing, Exercise Science, Elementary Education and Sport Management.
Bethel recently announced a $200,000 grant to support Bethel鈥檚 nursing program, which has been ranked No. 1 in the nation and State of Indiana based on 100% of graduates passing the BSN NCLEX (national licensure exam). Bethel鈥檚 education program is also leading the way for literacy, as the first undergraduate institution in the nation to offer Certified Academic Language Practitioner (CALP) certification for bachelor of arts in education graduates.