
Overview
Earning your graduate degree can open a world of possibilities. Bethel’s programs are designed for adult students with busy lives who want to advance their careers and become leaders in their fields. Featuring convenient modalities (including fully online) and schedules in a supportive environment, we’ll help you achieve your goals. At Bethel, excellence is about following our passions to become diligent scholars, ethical leaders, and gracious servants. It’s about sharing our experiences and growing as a community of people who challenge each other just as much as we support each other. And it’s about being inspired by our learning and learning to inspire others.
New and/or unique programs
Bethel’s M.S. in Medical Sciences program will equip you with a firm medical science foundation to spring-board you into a variety of medical pathways. Along with medical school, you’ll be prepared for further education in physician assistant, dentistry, pharmacy and more. You’ll work through real clinic scenarios, as each class is designed to improve your credentials for entry into medical school and other health professional education programs. The program will equip you with the confidence and skills to pursue your next step.
Schools/departments
Graduate School: Our graduate school will prepare you to discover what’s next. Programs are designed to cultivate personal growth and tailored to fit your life and goals. You won’t just learn relevant skills and build valuable connections; you’ll be encouraged to realize your passions and live them out. Our values-based approach to education sets us apart. While we welcome students from all faith journeys, our courses are taught from a Christian worldview. Our professors have extensive experience and share principles that can be applied directly to your workplace. They’re committed to your success and will mentor you in life and work decisions.
Seminary: For 150 years, Bethel Seminary has been a place for transformation. We prepare people to become authentic, compassionate and effective ministry leaders, equipped to serve and lead wherever they are called. Bethel Seminary develops leaders empowered and equipped to leave a God-honoring legacy. You’ll be challenged not only to think deeply and critically, but to apply what you’re learning to your own spiritual formation journey and then to your ministry goals and context. In Bethel Seminary, courses will challenge you and change you — so you’ll be ready to change the world.
Going through Bethel undergrad and then Bethel grad school was something that really helped me develop a deeper understanding of what a transformative leader looks like. I could never be more grateful for everything I took away from Bethel.
Yolanda Y. McIntosh AA ’14, CAPS ’16, GS ’19
Areas of study offered
Master's degrees
Business Administration, MBA
Children’s and Family Ministry, MA
Christian Thought, MA
Counseling, MA
Divinity, MDiv
Education K-12, MA
Marriage and Family Therapy, MA
Medical Sciences, MS
Ministry, MA
Nurse-Midwifery, MS
Physician Assistant, MS
Social Work, MSW
Special Education, MA
Teaching, MA
Theological Studies, MA
Learn more about these programs. (For religious master's programs, please visit the seminary website.)
Doctoral degrees
Leadership in Higher Education, EdD
Leadership in K-12 Administration, EdD
Ministry, DMin
Learn more about these programs. (For the Doctor of Ministry, please visit the seminary website.)
Graduate certificates
International Baccalaureate graduate certificate in Teaching and Learning
Classroom Management graduate certificate
Play Therapy graduate certificate
Licensure preparation programs (post-undergraduate)
Academic Behavioral Strategist K-12 (ABS) licensure prep program
Autism Spectrum Disorders B-21 (ASD) licensure prep program
Developmental Disabilities licensure prep program
Director of Special Education licensure prep program
Emotional / Behavioral Disorders K-12 (EBD) licensure prep program
Initial 5-12 Teaching (various content areas) licensure prep program
Initial K-12 Teaching (various content areas) licensure prep program
K-12 Principal licensure prep program
Superintendent licensure prep program
Teacher Coordinator of Work-based Learning licensure prep program
Contact information
Bethel University
Graduate School MSC 2371
3900 Bethel Drive
St. Paul, MN55112
United States