FLINT, Mich. - Baker Online continued its double-digit enrollment growth trend, as Baker College system officials today announced a 32 percent increase in student enrollment for winter quarter 2004 compared to the same period in 2003.
A total of 15,183 students throughout the Baker College system took Baker Online classes this winter quarter. This total includes:
- 3,468 online exclusive students, including 2,448 undergraduate and 1,020 MBA students who took 100 percent of their classes online (compared to 2,672 students during the same period in 2003). These students represent 50 states, a number of foreign countries and several undisclosed military locations.
- 4,006 students who took a combination of online classes and campus-based classes.
- 7,707 students who took campus-based classes including some online coursework.
"Baker Online has experienced tremendous growth in the segment of students who take 100 percent of their classes online," said Dr. Julia Teahen, president, Baker College Online. "In just two years, Baker Online has grown from 1,870 students to 3,468 online-exclusive students. The flexibility of online education continues to provide opportunities for busy adults to achieve their higher education goals."
Also today, Baker College Center for Graduate Studies announced a 10 percent increase in enrollment, with 1,091 students enrolled winter quarter 2004, increasing from 986 students winter quarter 2003. A total of 1,020 Baker MBA students are currently attending 100 percent of their classes online through Baker Online.
"The growth of our Baker Online MBA program can largely be attributed to our students who tell their friends and associates about Baker," said Mike Heberling, Ph.D., Baker College Center for Graduate Studies president. "When we follow through on our mission of delivering an accredited, high quality distance degree at tuition below the national average, students talk about it and it's a very powerful message to other potential students."
The Baker Center for Graduate Studies and Baker Online are part of Baker College, the largest private college in Michigan. Both are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The Center for Graduate Studies also accredited by the International Assembly of Collegiate Business Education (IACBE). The Baker Online MBA program is nationally recognized by U.S. News & World Report's usnews.com "E-Learning Online Graduate Programs: Business - Regionally Accredited Programs," and has been ranked as one of the first established, largest and best value online MBA programs in the nation. Baker College is a non-profit higher education institution, serving more than 29,000 students on 12 campuses and in four satellite locations. As a career college, the Baker College system is proud to have achieved a graduate employment rate of 99 percent. Baker grants certificates, associate's, bachelor's, and master's degrees in business, health science, education and human services, and various technical fields. For more information about Baker College, please visit our Web site at www.baker.edu.
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