Challenging academic courses, study abroad programs, internships, short-term mission experiences, and local service opportunities are a few of the ways bethel university prepares its students for their calling and career and to be ambassadors for christ in the world. Founded in 1947, bethel is an accredited evangelical christian university of the arts and sciences offering more than 50 areas of study. Some of the achievements of students graduating from bethel's programs include double the national average medical school acceptance rate, 100% job placement rate in nursing, and 99% job placement rate in music education.