Enrollment Trends at Baker

The student population at Baker College is 3,955 (3,595 undergraduate and 360 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 21,962 (84.74%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Baker is 90.90% which is decreased by 21,750 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 212 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 32 male students for every 100 female students, down from 50 in 2015.
2,474 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -56.57% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 9,904 where 3,955 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 25,917 students in 2016 and was lowest at 3,898 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 25,917 to 3,955 students, a net loss of 21,962 (84.7%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Baker College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	25,917	25,345	8,440	16,905	572	196	376
2016-17	21,210 -4,707	20,705 -4,640	6,853 -1,587	13,852 -3,053	505 -67	166 -30	339 -37
2017-18	12,018 -9,192	11,603 -9,102	3,484 -3,369	8,119 -5,733	415 -90	133 -33	282 -57
2018-19	9,332 -2,686	8,974 -2,629	2,715 -769	6,259 -1,860	358 -57	122 -11	236 -46
2019-20	7,606 -1,726	7,240 -1,734	2,126 -589	5,114 -1,145	366 8	111 -11	255 19
2020-21	6,028 -1,578	5,680 -1,560	1,608 -518	4,072 -1,042	348 -18	108 -3	240 -15
2021-22	4,969 -1,059	4,662 -1,018	1,246 -362	3,416 -656	307 -41	77 -31	230 -10
2022-23	4,106 -863	3,778 -884	988 -258	2,790 -626	328 21	87 10	241 11
2023-24	3,898 -208	3,572 -206	901 -87	2,671 -119	326 -2	89 2	237 -4
2024-25	3,955 57	3,595 23	850 -51	2,745 74	360 34	101 12	259 22
Average	9,904	9,515	2,921	6,594	389	119	270

Baker College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,515 where 3,595 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Baker College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	25,345	9,961	3,429	6,532	15,384	5,011	10,373
2016-17	20,705	8,458	2,856	5,602	12,247	3,997	8,250
2017-18	11,603	4,372	1,414	2,958	7,231	2,070	5,161
2018-19	8,974	3,779	1,149	2,630	5,195	1,566	3,629
2019-20	7,240	2,801	784	2,017	4,439	1,342	3,097
2020-21	5,680	2,170	585	1,585	3,510	1,023	2,487
2021-22	4,662	1,677	446	1,231	2,985	800	2,185
2022-23	3,778	1,423	368	1,055	2,355	620	1,735
2023-24	3,572	1,430	358	1,072	2,142	543	1,599
2024-25	3,595	1,467	340	1,127	2,128	510	1,618
Average	9,515	9,515	1,173	2,581	9,515	1,748	4,013

Baker College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 389 where 360 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Baker College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	572	276	94	182	296	102	194
2016-17	505	300	98	202	205	68	137
2017-18	415	75	15	60	340	118	222
2018-19	358	73	18	55	285	104	181
2019-20	366	107	27	80	259	84	175
2020-21	348	110	29	81	238	79	159
2021-22	307	101	19	82	206	58	148
2022-23	328	86	17	69	242	70	172
2023-24	326	83	20	63	243	69	174
2024-25	360	114	22	92	246	79	167
Average	389	389	36	97	389	83	173

Baker College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 72.06%. The percentage was 76.58% 10 years ago and Baker still has a high percentage of white students. 2.25% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.07% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.09% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 76.58% to 72.06%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.15% to 2.25%. Black student enrollment decreased from 13.96% to 11.07%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.21% to 6.09%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4632 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3916 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Baker College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	118	298	3,617	831	77	19,848	919
2016-17	98	262	2,712	754	41	15,918	1,117
2017-18	61	242	1,394	482	25	9,558	181
2018-19	45	164	962	372	12	7,286	391
2019-20	33	119	698	333	10	5,866	480
2020-21	18	85	537	286	5	4,588	470
2021-22	26	82	461	266	2	3,723	327
2022-23	30	92	377	167	3	3,087	265
2023-24	36	79	377	220	5	2,932	177
2024-25	26	89	438	241	5	2,850	126
Average	49	151	1,157	395	19	7,566	445

Baker College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,474 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 63% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -56.57% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Baker College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	25,917	5,696	2,945	17,276
2016-17	21,210	5,678	3,203	12,329
2017-18	12,018	4,488	2,877	4,653
2018-19	9,332	2,958	2,407	3,967
2019-20	7,606	3,117	1,574	2,915
2020-21	6,028	2,967	1,192	1,869
2021-22	4,969	2,929	639	1,401
2022-23	4,106	2,592	544	970
2023-24	3,898	2,381	555	962
2024-25	3,955	2,474	338	1,143
Average	9,904	3,528	1,627	4,749

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Enrollment Trends at Baker

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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