Baker University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a town not particularly near any major cities.

Overview

Baker University was established in 1858. It has four schools under it, one of which is the College of Arts and Sciences. The campus of Baker University-College of Arts and Sciences is located in Baldwin City, Kansas. The Baldwin City campus offers programs in liberal arts, as students can choose from courses in over 40 academic disciplines. These lead to bachelor’s degrees in arts, science or music education.

Alpha Chi Omega, Delta Tau Delta, Delta Delta Delta, Kappa Alpha Psi, Phi Mu, Kappa Sigma, Zeta Tau Alpha, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Zeta Phi Beta and Zeta Chi are some of the fraternity and sorority chapters available to the students at Baker University. The athletics department fields teams in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, tennis, track and field, wrestling, softball, volleyball and bowling. The teams are known as the Wildcats.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• United Methodist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in business and management and education and teaching.
• High female/male ratio.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Large number of students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Other academic year.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 4,112 in 2009-2010 (3,975 full-time equivalent).

About 53% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 47% of the class.

Undergrads are 32% of enrolled students and graduate students are 68%.

Students under 25 years old represent 34% of the student body. About 17% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Baker University provides on-campus housing for 585 of its 3,975 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Heart of America Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 192 male students received the aid (men were 59% of those receiving aid) and 131 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 41% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Baker University offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (653 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Management Information Systems

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (4 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Information Science/Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (2 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (461 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Music Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Special Education and Teaching

FINE ARTS (1 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (95 awarded)

• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• History
• International/Global Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (5 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (13 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Mass Communication/Media Studies

MUSIC (0 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (78 awarded)

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (16 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (2 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (16 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Molecular Biology
• Physics
• Wildlife Biology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (10 awarded)

• Psychology