Welcome to our small, private liberal arts college with a proud tradition of making big dreams come true.

At Bethany, you’ll begin your college experience with wide-eyed excitement as you walk through the Oglebay Gates for the first time. This will be your first step down your trail toward an exciting exploration of the liberal arts in the four years ahead and a fulfilling career beyond.

Mission & Goals

MISSION

Teaching and learning form the mission of Bethany College. Central to this is providing a liberal arts education for students, including the preparation of professionals, in an atmosphere of study, work, and service.

GOALS

In its original charter, the mission of Bethany College was “the instruction of youth in the various branches of science and literature, the useful arts, and the learned and foreign languages.”

Founder Alexander Campbell set the purpose of the College to prepare students to become useful and responsible members of society by liberating them from superstition and ignorance, the tyranny of others, and “vulgar prejudices.” Campbell envisioned that upon graduation, students would become their own teachers and pupils and continue their education throughout life.

Today, Bethany College continues to follow that same mission to educate effective, honorable, humane, and intelligent citizens who believe in and will promote the creation of a world of worth and value, integrating critical reason with the convictions of faith, personal accomplishment with ethical responsibility, and individual development with service to others.

Accreditation & Affiliations

BETHANY IS ACCREDITED BY OR HOLDS MEMBERSHIP IN:

·       American Council on Education

·       Appalachian College Association

·       Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP)

·       Association of American Colleges and Universities

·       Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)

·       College Entrance Examination Board

·       Council of Independent Colleges

·       Council on Social Work Education

·       Division of Higher Education of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

·       Eastern College Athletic Conference

·       The Higher Learning Commission, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, 30 North LaSalle St., Chicago, IL 60602; (800) 621-7440

·       Independent College Enterprise

·       National Collegiate Athletic Association, Division III

·       National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements

·       Online Consortium of Independent Colleges and Universities

·       Presidents’ Athletic Conference