Baker College
Owosso, Michigan · Private · 3,026 undergraduates · baker.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test optional
Sending scores is your choice
Admit rate
83%
of 1,090 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
870 to 1180
of enrolled freshmen
Annual cost (2027-28)
$26,380Est.Estimate
before aid
Your chances and merit aid at Baker College
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
83% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored, and your GPA is in the middle half of freshmen's.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
$26,380
a year in 2027-28, from a $26,380 sticker price
What to do with your 1000
Send your score
Your SAT is at or above the median of freshmen who sent scores (1000).
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test optional
You choose whether to send an SAT or ACT score. If you send one, it's considered.
- Reviews applications as they arrive, so applying early helps.
Source: Admissions | Baker College · Checked October 17, 2026
Who gets in
83%
of applicants were admitted: 902 of 1,090 for fall 2025.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2025)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above. 5.5% of them sent SAT scores.
SAT total 870 to 1180
Reading and Writing 440 to 620
Math 430 to 560
How enrolled freshmen scored on the SAT
- 1400 to 16000%
- 1200 to 139923%
- 1000 to 119932%
- 800 to 99932%
- 600 to 79914%
- 400 to 5990%
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
High school GPA of enrolled freshmen
Average GPA: 3.24
- 4.06%
- 3.75 to 3.9916%
- 3.50 to 3.7418%
- 3.25 to 3.4913%
- 3.00 to 3.2414%
- 2.50 to 2.9925%
- Below 2.508.8%
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
$26,380
a year
- Tuition$14,510
- Fees$730
- Food and housing$5,620
- Books and supplies$1,040
- Transportation and other$4,480
Baker College published $25,350 for 2026-27. Its 2027-28 prices aren't out yet.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24, by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$9,274
- $30,001 to $48,000$8,670
- $48,001 to $75,000$9,142
- $75,001 to $110,000$10,312
- Over $110,000$15,147
Financial aid
75%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$14,600
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
16%
of freshmen got merit aid without financial need, $5,954 on average
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Not required. Only the FAFSA is needed.
- Aid priority date: 5/1
- Send your aid forms by this date to be first in line for the college's grant money.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
After college
Graduate within 6 years
46%
Come back for a second year
66%
Typical earnings
$41,297
a year, 10 years after starting here
- Baker College$66,146
- All colleges$71,390
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 19 majors here have earnings data.
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