Baker College
Private College in Owosso, MI. Six-year graduation rate 31%. Median 10-year earnings $35,833.
Students who entered Baker College reach a median of $35,833 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is the weak point: 31% graduate within six years. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $25,000, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.70 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Mobility score 0.9 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 31% — below national average
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 82% puts Baker College on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. Only 1,153 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. Yield is high — 44% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate. The score bands below rest on the 9% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 500–600 | 37 (9%) |
| SAT Math | 460–560 | |
| ACT Composite | — | 1 |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is the problem here: 31% graduate within six years. 66% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. The 31% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. Retention drops to 17% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,026 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $13,616 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $11,976 at $0–30k, $17,964 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 88% of students receive it, averaging $5,874. 53% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 248 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $11,976 |
| $30–48k | $11,362 |
| $48–75k | $12,546 |
| $75–110k | $13,754 |
| $110k+ | $17,964 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,610 of these 3,026 students, totalling $10,865,066 — an average of $6,748 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Shiawassee County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026