Baker College — admissions, outcomes, merit aid & scholarships

🎯 Parent/student verdict

Likely

Accessible for most applicants. Affordable on average — net price runs around $13,157/yr.

✅ Best for

Students drawn to Health Professions or Business, Management, & Marketing (the two biggest majors)
Families wanting a small undergraduate experience

🎯 The reality

Bottom-quartile academic profile if: SAT below 960 (admitted-class quartiles; GPA floor is a calibrated heuristic where CDS not yet on file)

Verdict is composed from this college's structured data (admit rate, SAT bands, net price by income, Carnegie classification, scholarship grids) using transparent rule thresholds — not a chat-bot's opinion.

🏛️ Institutional snapshot

What kind of college is this?

Carnegie classification

M2: Master's - Medium Programs

Total enrollment

3,026

1,000 - 4,999

In-state tuition

$13,000

sticker, before aid

Tuition

$13,000

flat rate (no in/out-of-state split)

Admit rate

87.5%

Accepts the majority

SAT middle 50%

960–1170

EBRW + Math composite

Test policy

Test-optional

2023

10-yr earnings

$35,833

median, after entry

Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard (20260606 vintage) for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.

📊 Outcomes & cost

What graduates actually earn, finish, and owe.

Federal College Scorecard data. Earnings are median annual income measured years after entering. Debt is for federal-aid borrowers only (cash-pay students aren't counted).

Earnings, 6 yrs after entry

$33,619

Earnings, 10 yrs after entry

$35,833

4-year completion

36%

Median debt (completers)

$25,000

Cost of attendance

$24,526

sticker price, not net

Pell-eligible students

38%

💰 True ROI

6.8× return

What families actually pay (after aid) vs. the sticker — and how 10-yr earnings stack against the real cost. Most sites quote sticker; we quote what families really pay.

What families actually pay (4 yrs)

$52,628

$13,157/yr avg net

Aid that hides behind the sticker

$45,476

vs sticker $98,104

10-yr earnings total

$358,330

$35,833/yr median, 10 yrs out

Years to recoup actual cost

1.5 yrs

at the median earnings rate

"True ROI" = (10-yr median earnings × 10) ÷ (actual 4-yr net price). The actual net is from Scorecard (average across all families); your family's net price will vary by income — see the breakdown above. Earnings are 10 years after enrollment (Scorecard PP-FOS, all majors combined).

💰 What families actually pay

Net price by family income

Net price = sticker price minus grant aid. This is what families actually pay out-of-pocket after scholarships and need-based aid — the most honest affordability signal there is. At Baker College, the average net price is $13,157/yr across all families.

Family income $0-30k

$11,976/yr

Family income $30-48k

$11,362/yr

Family income $48-75k

$12,546/yr

Family income $75-110k

$13,754/yr

Family income $110k+

$17,964/yr

🔎 Earning over $110K? The federal brackets above lump every family from $110K to $1M+ into one row.

Need-based aid usually phases out somewhere between $200K and $300K at private colleges — but the exact threshold varies a lot. For a precise estimate based on your family's actual income, assets, and your student's academic profile, use Baker College's official Net Price Calculator:

Get your family's estimate from Baker College →

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Source: College Scorecard (NPT41-NPT45). Net price = total cost of attendance minus federal, state, institutional, and other grants. Some brackets may be suppressed for student-privacy reasons (small cohorts). Title IV first-time, full-time undergraduates only. The $110K+ ceiling is a federal data limitation — Department of Education hasn't refreshed these brackets since the early 2010s.

📚 What students study here

Most popular majors at Baker College

Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what Baker College actually graduates — not just what it markets.

1. Health Professions

217 degrees · 38.3%

Typical career outcomes

Registered Nurse $86k Physician Assistant $130k Pharmacist $136k Physical Therapist (post-DPT) $100k

Highest-paying group on this list, but most careers require additional training beyond a 4-year degree.

2. Business, Management, & Marketing

209 degrees · 36.9%

Typical career outcomes

Financial Analyst $100k Management Analyst (Consultant) $99k Marketing Manager $158k Accountant / Auditor $80k

Broad set of corporate roles. Finance + consulting pay top, accounting + HR pay middle, sales spread is wide.

3. Computer & Information Sciences

64 degrees · 11.3%

Typical career outcomes

Software Developer $132k Data Scientist $108k Information Security Analyst $120k Web Developer $85k

High-paying tech roles dominate. Median software roles cluster in the $90k-$130k range.

4. Psychology

45 degrees · 7.9%

Typical career outcomes

HR Specialist $68k Market Research Analyst $75k Clinical Psychologist (post-PhD) $93k Social Worker $58k

Most undergrad psych grads go into non-clinical roles. Clinical/counseling psych requires a master's or doctoral.

5. Liberal Arts, Humanities, & General Studies

32 degrees · 5.6%

Typical career outcomes

Management Analyst $99k Marketing Specialist $75k HR Specialist $68k

Flexible degree → many paths. Real outcomes depend on the second skill (data, coding, teaching cert).

Source: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a), bachelor's-level first majors aggregated to 2-digit CIP family. Share is of these top 5 only — not all majors.

💼 Top programs by earnings

Highest-earning majors at Baker College

Median earnings 4 years after entry, by major (CIP code). From the federal College Scorecard program-level outcomes.

Major (CIP)	Credential	Cohort	1-yr earnings	4-yr earnings
Computer Science.	Bachelor's Degree	17	$67,839	$80,179
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.	Bachelor's Degree	50	$57,128	$79,805
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.	Bachelor's Degree	219	$69,067	$77,840
Finance and Financial Management Services.	Bachelor's Degree	8	$51,325	$71,345
Graphic Communications.	Bachelor's Degree	—	$74,387	$67,583
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.	Bachelor's Degree	11	—	$65,981
Business Administration, Management and Operations.	Bachelor's Degree	182	$55,372	$65,591
Accounting and Related Services.	Bachelor's Degree	37	$46,471	$63,286
Human Resources Management and Services.	Bachelor's Degree	28	$50,383	$61,954
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.	Bachelor's Degree	48	$42,426	$58,921

For full college-vs-major comparison + ROI leaderboards, see /college-outcomes →

🤖 AI program signal

AI + computing education at Baker College

CS degrees (annual)

18

CIP 11.0701 + 11.0101

Full multi-lens comparison: /ai-colleges →

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