Private nonprofit · College

Baker College

Owosso, Michigan · Distant town

81.9%
Admit rate
$13,157
Avg net price
36%
Graduation rate
$35,833
Median earnings

Baker College is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Owosso, Michigan (distant town setting), enrolling 3,026 undergraduates.

Private nonprofitMidsize · 3,026 undergradsDistant townAccessible · 82% admitCold wintersSnowy

Will you get in?

See where your numbers land against Baker College's admitted students.

Admit rate
81.9%
SAT (mid 50%)
960–1160
Avg GPA (est.)
3.12

Enter a test score to see where you land against Baker College's admitted students.

A guide, not a prediction. It compares your numbers with the middle 50% of admitted students and Baker College's overall admit rate — it can't see essays, recommendations, activities, or your intended major, which all move real decisions.

About Owosso, Michigan

Owosso is the largest city in Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Alfred L. and Benjamin O. Williams were early European-American settlers in the area. They were joined by Elias Comstock, who built the first permanent home in the settlement. Dr. John B. Barnes, a physician and a judge, and Sophronia King Barnes moved to Owosso in 1842. Curwood Castle was the writing studio of notable author James Oliver Curwood. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Distant town
Highest degree offered
Graduate
Nearest big city
26 miles to Lansing, MI
To Great Lakes shore
49 miles
Nearest airport
22 miles to Bishop (FNT)

How Baker College compares

Selectivity81.9%

More selective than 41% · #26 most selective of 43 in Michigan

SAT average1080

Higher than 22%

Graduation rate36%

Higher than 17% · #43 of 44 in Michigan

First-year retention66%

Higher than 22%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$35,833

Higher than 8% · #43 of 45 in Michigan

Average net price$13,157

Cheaper than 80% · #12 cheapest of 44 in Michigan

Median debt at graduation$25,000

Lower than 34%

Student–faculty ratio9 : 1

Lower than 83%

Undergraduate enrollment3,026

Larger than 69%

Percentiles compare Baker College with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Michigan.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

3,386students
  • Undergraduate3,02689%
  • Graduate36011%

Undergraduates by gender

3,026undergrads
  • Women2,01867%
  • Men1,00833%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White73%
  • Black11%
  • Hispanic6.2%
  • Asian1.8%
  • Other or multiracial7.2%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
3,026
Graduate enrollment
360
Student–faculty ratio
9 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
38%
First-generation students
47%
Students over 25
47%
Median family income
$23,085
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$57,438
Endowment
$348,024,578

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 356 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Michigan96%
  • Other U.S. states4.2%

Most first-years stay in state — Baker College draws overwhelmingly from Michigan.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Admissions

Admission rate
81.9%
Test scores
Considered but not required
SAT range (25th–75th %)
960–1160
SAT average
1080
SAT reading
500–600
SAT math
460–560
ACT composite
Average GPA (estimated)
3.12

Cost

In-state tuition
$13,000
Room & board
$7,600
Books & supplies
$1,000
Total cost of attendance
$24,526
Average net price
$13,157

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
36%
Graduated on time (4 years)
24%
First-year retention
66%
Transferred to another college
26%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$33,619
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$35,833
Median debt at graduation
$25,000
Students with federal loans
45%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
26%

About 11% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
24%
Low-income (Pell)
20%
First-generation
21%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
Yes
Dorm capacity
558
Dorm capacity vs undergrads
18%
Housing charge (year)
$4,600
Application fee
$30

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.3 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
1
Property offenses (2022–2024)
2

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 7 campuses (3,955 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

1.0reported offenses a year
0.3 violent a year0.7 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary
0.7
Rape
0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$11,976
$30–48k
$11,362
$48–75k
$12,546
$75–110k
$13,754
$110k+
$17,964

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$56,166

$12,546/year × about 4.5 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

59%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$4,600
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 59% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $4,600. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 197 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$35,833
Typical debt at graduation
$25,000
Debt vs. one year's pay
70%
Out-earn a HS grad
41%

Typical debt would take roughly 7.0 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$32,831
Men
$42,700

Men out-earn women by $9,869 (30%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
82°F
Winter low
16°F
Annual rain
34.5″
Annual snow
38.3″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.14.2JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Owosso Wwtp, MI US station (2.2 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.