College · Private nonprofit · Baldwin City, KS · Rural
Baker University
Baldwin City, KS
Religious affiliation
Admit rate94%
6-yr median pay$55k
Net price / yr$25k
Undergrad size1,100
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $25k/yr for a shot at a $55k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 94% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 21.
If you get in
1,100 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $51k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $25k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$204k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$101k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$102k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $35.3k
- Room & board
- $11.3k
- Books & supplies
- $1,300
How students pay for it.
Pell grants26%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans44%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention70%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr58%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$55k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$64k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out25%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,100
- Location
- Baldwin City, KS
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- Baker · BU · Baker U
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White65%
- Hispanic11%
- Black10%
- Two or more races5%
- International4%
- American Indian / Alaska Native2%
- Asian1%
- Unknown1%
First-gen students36%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time13%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$55k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 37
What you can study.