Baker University Overview

Located in Baldwin City, Kansas, Baker University is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding location of Baldwin City is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

What Is Baker University Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Baker since the student to facuty ratio is 10 to 1.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Baker.
• In 2017-2018, 24% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Baker with a bachelor's degree make about $51,300 a year. That's 26% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Baker University Rankings

Baker landed the #502 spot in our 2022 ranking of best colleges. We analyzed 2,587 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. Out of the 54 colleges in Kansas, it is ranked at #5.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Baker has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#13	Best Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Baker.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#4	Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#8	Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#27	Best Value Health & Physical Education Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#28	Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#61	Best Value Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#75	Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#79	Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#99	Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#153	Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Baker has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#3	Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	College Factual
#9	Best Business Associate Degree Schools	Business Degree Central
#48	Best General Business Administration and Management Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#49	Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#49	Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual
#101	Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools	College Factual

Where Is Baker University?

Contact details for Baker are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	615 Dearborn Street, Baldwin City, KS 66006-0065
Phone:	785-594-6451
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/BakerUniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/BakerUniversity

How Do I Get Into Baker?

You can apply to Baker online at: https://www.bakeru.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Baker

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Baker?

With an acceptance rate of 93%, Baker is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 93%, and the acceptance rate for women is 94%.

Average Test Scores

About 5% of students accepted to Baker submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 550. Math scores were between 460 and 580.

Baker received ACT scores from 88% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 25. Math scores were between 18 and 25. Composite scores were between 19 and 24.

Can I Afford Baker University?

The overall average net price of Baker is $35,365. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Baker, approximately 58% of students took out student loans averaging $7,735 a year. That adds up to $30,940 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Baker is 7.5%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Baker University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,335 undergraduate students at Baker, with 1,083 being full-time and 252 being part-time.

There are also 944 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,083 full-time undergraduates at Baker, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Baker University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	16
Black or African American	84
Hispanic or Latino	103
White	751
International Students	22
Other Races/Ethnicities	107

Geographic Diversity

Kansas students aren't the only ones who study at Baker University. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at Baker University

There are 2 bachelor’s degree and 10 master’s degree programs available online at Baker. In 2019-2020, 1,098 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Baker has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 14th most popular in Kansas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Baker

The following table shows how Baker is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Criminology	#42	#42
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	#55	#52
Liberal Arts General Studies	#55	#52

Online Growth Rankings of Baker

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Baker University was 7.6%. This is the #1,474 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Baker regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Baker majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Educational Administration	2%
Health & Physical Education	24%
Health Professions	22%
Nursing	17%
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies	28%
Social Sciences	7%
Special Education	42%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Baker ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Baker.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Criminology	#53
General Education	#140
Health & Physical Education	#212
Instructional Media Design	#224
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies	#236
Special Education	#300
Social Sciences	#359
Educational Administration	#442

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Baker University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	17	96	151	0	264
Educational Administration	0	0	73	22	95
Nursing	0	91	1	0	92
General Education	0	0	70	0	70
Health & Physical Education	0	25	13	0	38
General Business/Commerce	0	33	0	0	33
Special Education	0	0	26	0	26
Accounting	0	16	0	0	16
Communication & Media Studies	0	15	0	0	15
General Biology	0	13	0	0	13
General Psychology	0	13	0	0	13
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	10	1	0	11
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	11	0	11
Sociology	0	8	0	0	8
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	6	0	0	6
General English Literature	0	5	0	0	5
History	0	5	0	0	5
Physics	0	5	0	0	5
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	4	0	0	4
Romance Languages	0	4	0	0	4
Human Biology	0	4	0	0	4
Criminology	0	4	0	0	4
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	3	0	0	3
Mathematics	0	3	0	0	3
Chemistry	0	3	0	0	3
International Studies	0	2	0	0	2
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	0	2	0	0	2
Economics	0	2	0	0	2
International Business	0	1	0	0	1
Computer Science	0	1	0	0	1
Public Health	0	1	0	0	1
Drama & Theater Arts	0	1	0	0	1
Instructional Media Design	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic Languages	0	0	0	0	0
General Philosophy & Religious Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Philosophy	0	0	0	0	0
Religious Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Design & Applied Arts	0	0	0	0	0
Fine & Studio Arts	0	0	0	0	0
Music	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	17	376	346	22	761

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Bhall87 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.