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Baker College Career Outcomes & Earnings

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How much do Baker College graduates earn?

The reported median is $53,754 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $68,250 as its benchmark; the difference is -$14,496 per year.

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $53,754, in the 28th percentile. That is $14,496 below the $68,250 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Azimuth places the return at the 35th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $2,741 less than expects for similar students.

That places the gap at the 45th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures adds $8,030.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $10,771. Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $436.

Earnings at Baker College vary widely across earnings scenarios, from $48,974 on the downside to $79,420 on the upside, with $53,754 as the typical scenario. These are earnings scenarios based on program mix, rather than observed graduate groups.

At the program level, median earnings four years after completion are $80,179 in Computer Science, $79,805 in Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management, and $77,840 in Nursing. Those program results give concrete examples of the variation inside the modeled range.

An estimated 23.0% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so graduates continuing their education are outside that earnings snapshot.

Median earnings · four years after completion
$53,754
Rank for difference from expectations
44th percentile
Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks
Baker College reported median
$53,754
Peer schools comparable schools · $14,496 above Baker College
$68,250
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $2,741 above Baker College
$56,495

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. How the model works.

How could earnings differ from the median?

The planning scenarios range from $48,974 to $79,420, around the reported median of $53,754. Compare the lower scenario with Baker College borrowing and monthly payments to see how a smaller income could change your plan.

Modeled from the school’s program mix; not salary percentiles or a forecast for one graduate.

Earnings four years after completion
Planning rangeReported median
Lower estimate
$48,974
Median · reported
$53,754
Higher estimate
$79,420

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do Baker College graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

Baker College graduates’ reported earnings are $2,741 below that expectation, the 44th percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending Baker College caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

What explains value-added earnings?
Program & institutional factors The part attributed to observed institutional characteristics.
+$8,030
Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.
-$10,771
Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.
-$2,741

These are statistical model components, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.

Which fields at Baker College report the highest earnings?

Baker College shows a broad program-earnings range, with computing and nursing at the higher-earning end and business at a more moderate level four years after completion. Computer Science records median earnings of $80,179 and 17 degrees awarded.

Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management follows with $79,805 in median earnings and 50 degrees awarded. Nursing combines $77,840 in median earnings with 219 degrees awarded, making it the largest program among those named here.

Business Administration and Management sits lower at $65,591 and 182 degrees awarded. The reported medians show considerable variation across these fields, alongside different numbers of degrees awarded.

Nursing is Baker College’s largest bachelor’s program, with 219 degrees awarded and median earnings of $77,840 four years after completion. Health Professions accounts for 34.9% of bachelor’s degrees awarded, and published earnings data cover 15 fields.

The largest programs span health, business, technology, and family-focused study rather than a single academic area. Business Administration and Management awarded 182 degrees, with median earnings of $65,591 four years after completion.

Health and Medical Administrative Services awarded 71 degrees and had median earnings of $51,868. Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management awarded 50 degrees and had median earnings of $79,805.

Human Development and Family Studies awarded 49 degrees, with median earnings of $45,610. The figures show distinct earnings levels across Baker College’s largest programs.

Highest reported four-year program earnings
Computer Science
$80,179
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
$79,805
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
$77,840
Finance and Financial Management Services
$71,345
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
$65,981
Business Administration, Management and Operations
$65,591
Accounting and Related Services
$63,286
Human Resources Management and Services
$61,954

Explore Baker College program cohorts and field ranks for more context.

Further analysis

Program mix leaves a broad range across earnings scenarios: $48,974 for the downside, $53,754 for the typical case, and $79,420 for the upside. Computer Science reaches $80,179 four years after completion, whereas Human Development and Family Studies, the lowest-earning among the largest programs, is at $45,610. These scenarios show variation by field, not observed groups.

The central earnings figure at Baker College is $53,754 four years after completion. It covers federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled.

Azimuth places this earnings measure in the 28th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, using an earnings cohort of 4,126 completers. Graduates earn about $2,741 less than the model expects for similar students.

The downside earnings scenario is $48,974, the typical scenario is $53,754, and the upside scenario is $79,420. An estimated 23.0% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.

The scenario span shows that earnings can vary substantially across the university’s program mix.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.