by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Baker University landed the #571 spot.
In addition, Baker took the #5 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Kansas.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, Baker came in at #401.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Kansas, Baker came in at #3.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 68.0% of the total graduate students at Baker are women and 32.0% are men.
Of all the graduate students at Baker, around 24.8% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,466 | $11,466 |
| Fees | $780 | $780 |
The average early-career salary for master's degree recipients from Baker is $58,564. That's roughly the same as the countrywide average of $58,425.
The average early-career salary for doctorate degree recipients from Baker is $62,911. When comparing to other doctorate degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 16% lower than the national average of $75,260.
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Contact details for Baker are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 615 Dearborn Street, Baldwin City, KS 66006-0065 |
| Phone: | 785-594-6451 |
| Website: | https://www.bakeru.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/BakerUniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/BakerUniversity |
Around 97.2% of Baker graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. For that same period, 97.2% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 137 |
| Educational Administration | 62 |
| General Education | 64 |
| Health & Physical Education | 13 |
| Nursing | 2 |
| Special Education | 17 |
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 26 |
Footnotes
*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.
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