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