Baker College vs University of Arkansas Grantham

Owosso, MI · LIttle Rock, AR · largest Scorecard gap: retention rate

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Pair MI:AR

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-OUTCOME

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE MI × AR
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-OUTCOME Largest gap · Retention Rate

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

One campus shows net-price relief; the peer does not

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, only one school has a directional decline in average net price; the other stays a measured range. Cost gaps on this board are moving targets, not fixed snapshot deltas.

  • Baker College: net price ranged $11,710–$15,171 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +29.6% is not a trend (r² 0.38).
  • University of Arkansas Grantham: average net price fell -13.2% from $10,744 (2013) to $9,325 (2023), r² 0.49.
  • Baker College: enrollment ranged 3,026–24,023 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • University of Arkansas Grantham: enrollment shrank -66.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -732 students/yr fitted, r² 0.95.

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Baker College vs University of Arkansas Grantham

  1. RETENTION-RATE Baker College leads on retention rate (66.1% vs 30.3% at University of Arkansas Grantham)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 University of Arkansas Grantham leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($63,496 vs $35,833 at Baker College)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE University of Arkansas Grantham leads on avg net price ($8,370 vs $13,157 at Baker College)

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Retention Rate and other Scorecard questions

On retention rate, who leads between Baker College and University of Arkansas Grantham?
Baker College leads on retention rate at 66.1% versus 30.3% at University of Arkansas Grantham. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Baker College and University of Arkansas Grantham?
University of Arkansas Grantham leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $63,496 versus $35,833 at Baker College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Baker College and University of Arkansas Grantham?
University of Arkansas Grantham leads on avg net price at $8,370 versus $13,157 at Baker College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); retention rate focus for this pair · 2025