Baker College Reviews

I have been enrolled on and off over the course of several years. I took classes on campus before they closed down and am now finishing my last few online.

During that time, I saw a NOTABLE decline in quality - to the point I don't understand how they can even remain an accredited school, and I'm embarrassed to tell people I am a student.

The instructors truly do not care and my experience is they are all using outdated materials that in many cases are not even relevant in today's markets to teach with.

I've been given assignments that were created from resources that are 15 years old.

What's more, I suspect they are attempting to deliberately inflate their satisfaction ratings by sending out the course surveys only a week or so into class. I refused to participate because I don't want my instructor who is still grading my work to see the feedback before I have a grade so I am expressing my feelings on this forum instead.

Baker College is the biggest confidence trick of ALL TIME; No surprise that they are under Federal investigation.

Caveat emptor.

I went to the online campus, but all of the (remaining) Baker Campuses are being investigated.

My story: I went back to school for an Accounting degree. Degree 1= Chemistry.

One had to finish 80% of the coursework before they could/would set up an internship for you.

A few years back, I contacted the person who did the internships and she would answer the emails once every 3 days.

I sought internships myself, and one place that I found was called "Ladlas Prince."

I went into the building wearing a suit and tie, and it was this crummy little office with a couple of people wearing jeans/working off of laptops on tables likely found at Salvation Army.

And they were not offering internships!

When I FINALLY did get an appointment with Career Services (her name was "Tammy" or something), I went to the office and sat down face to face with this worn out, frightened little woman.

I suspect that she got cussed out 3~4 times a week by disgruntled students.

I mentioned to her that I had talked to a company called Ladlas Prince, and she lied: "Oh, that's a great company to work for."

And it was at That. Exact. Moment. that my *** detector exploded:

1. The requirements to finish 80% of your course work is because they need to get that money out of you before you find out that the internship is iffy--and NOT "practical knowledge."

2. Career Services is just telling you everything that you want to hear because they need to get you out of that office. If I had said "I looked up Gooni Googoo Accounting," she would have said the exact same thing - - unaware whether the company existed, or even had internships.

3. It's not like they have a list of places 1-100 to which they can send you. They just help you with your CV and hope that you might be able to wiggle into an accounting internship somewhere.

4. They only answer emails every 3 or 4 days is because more emails =more opportunities to get cussed out by people who find out they have been lied to.

As I did my day job and went to different factories and talked to their accountants, they told me that the going price for accountants at that time was about $12 an hour. (About 5 years ago.) Even temp agencies needed a CPA with 10 years of experience.

My Teaching Rabbi at my synagogue told me that at his accounting firm, when they wanted to hire people with a CPA, they would interview the top three candidates and offer them $35,000 per year--After all of the CPA exams and getting cornholed paying for Baker books and tuition. (That is $17.50 per hour. An 8-hour shift= $140. Meanwhile, you A local trucker easily makes $200-$300 per shift. 5 trips dry van from Detroit to Chicago is $97,500 per year.)

There was some lady who was a dean and her name was Jill-something-or-the-other.

She was (is?) a rip-roaring *** with the personality of a cattle prod.

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It really is a good scam, when you think about it.

For the online division, you buy overpriced books that are actually a bunch of out of print textbooks merged together and then repackaged under the Baker label. (You can only buy the baker edition, but if you bought each of these textbooks separately they would probably cost $10-$15. But, because of the packaging they were more like $125 for selected bits and pieces of very old textbooks.)

Then, you go to classes and it is all done online with no lecture content.

You read the book, and solve the problems as best you can and submit assignments and take the online test.

The instructors are all part-time, and they would have some EXTREMELY limited office hours in between teaching and the work that they were doing out in the real world.

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If somebody is looking for people to dupe... Their easiest marks are always and everywhere black people. When I actually went up to the Flint campus to purchase a book in an emergency, because the entire student body was black.

This school is not for the light weight that wants to be granted a degree without working for it! You have to work to earn a good grade and the faculty are great at helping students succeed.

For those that believe they have been tricked by this school, it's probably because you were looking for a free ride to get a degree from a diploma mill.

Baker College is a reputable school that provides a sound education at a reasonable cost. If you don't want to work for yourself, then do not both to enroll in this school and instead go visit a school that allows late work, cheating, and the garbage that comes out of other schools that offer scams for degree programs.

Dont go to this place. They are scammers.

when i first started in 2013. I was told for the program i chose that they were teach the most up to date info for the class however they were teaching me stuff that was dared from 2003 which was not current with what i was being taught. Im also $12,991 in debt not including interest which jumps it to a little over $17,000. They encourage people to take out loans because youll be able to pay them off quickly once you graduate and get a job that they can help find.

Totally not true at all. i feel this place lied to me multiple times and didnt even care. why are you encouraging students to take out loans. tell them you can help with jobs and teach way outdated information not even relevant for the times.

its sickening how this place takes advantage of student. please do not go here.

Graduated from Baker College of Jackson in 2009. Took me 5 years to complete my Bachelor of Human Services Degree.

Was told it was more advanced than a BSW and is the "new" upcoming career for socialwork. $76,000 later, the most I have made is $35,000 a year and that was only recent (2019). I tried to look into Masters degrees and was told my credits would not transfer and would need to take classes over again. In 2015, I made a decision to return to Baker to add to my degree in Forensics.

After one term, life took a turn and I withdrew from classes before grants and loan money were dispersed. Baker charged me for the whole term and never sent me a bill for the balance. I have since turned away from Child Welfare work due to burn out. I applied to get a Teaching Certificate and Baker declined to release my transcripts until I pay the balance ($2200) in full.

Didn't even know I owed it. The bill never went to collections. Everything related to Baker College has been disheartening to me. The Jackson Campus is all but closed, only offering a few classes.

I agree with most posts. I wish I had gone elsewhere for college.

Thank God they're finally closing the college from *** Baker Flint destroyed my life...I was 10 weeks away from graduating their nursing program, with a GPA of 3.94 and Sandy Cook (psych clinical/lecture instructor) failed me in my psych clinical by 1% (I passed the lecture portion with a 4.0 by the way)...for basically the same BS reasons as that student who sued them recently (link to article below). It's good to know that I'm not the only one who agrees that asking relevant questions is NOT disruptive or aggressive behavior - it's SCHOOL - isn't that the whole point?!

But it also makes me sad that other people had to go through the same horrible experience that I did.

I REALLY hope that Sandy Cook isn't teaching anymore...God help us if she is. style="

I'm going to contact that lawyer...I think we need to have a chat lol.

https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2017/09/college_ordered_to_refund_tui

I was in the game software program. I already had an associate degree but i wanted to go further and baker was local.

I have a family and dont make a lot of money so relocating wasnt an option. Before signing on to go there the recruiter told me they find internships for you because it was a requirement of graduation. The english teachers, art teachers etc all seemed knowledgeable and cared about their jobs. Thats all the classes you could really take the first couple years.

Its the people teaching the computer science classes that were terrible. For most of them it seemed to be a second job that they didnt really care about. Back to the internship i was always told you had to complete 70 percent of all courses before they would get you one,so i just dealt with it and kept on going. Once i got more into the computer science classes i noticed most material was extremely outdated.

Books were so far behind with programs and code that they were useless and you had to try and figure out everthing yourself. After 3 years they switched to a semester curriculum, and in the process changed my program to be solely taught online. This is where it really got bad. It seemed like no material was helpful for any assignments from being so outdated, and the online instructers were no help.

Again i kept going. Then i completed enough courses to be approved for my internship. When i inquired where i might be placed i was told the internship was a self placement. The oppisite i was told when i signed up.

I also dont understand why i would have to pay them for an internship course that they qouldnt be helping me find. Well i finished all my classes and still cant find an internship to accept me. This means i cant even graduate. Guess thats what helps them say that 97 percent of graduates have jobs in their field.

So now that all courses i can take are done ive dropped below full time and have to start paying loans back. With no degree to show for it. After 3 years and around 20000 dollars i have no more to show than my associate from another college i had before i started baker. I could have not gone to baker, and not found a job and be better off because id have no loans to pay back.

I still work in the same restaurant ive been working at for 8 years but now owe money.

Id be better off if i had never gone there. Don't do it.

After following the professional track for Diagnostic Medical Sonography, they changed the classes needed the semester before I was to apply to the program. So it turns out I needed to take an extra 3 courses and 4 courses I took on the old track were currently not needed.

When you add those 4 courses into dollars, you will understand my frustration. Then I find out I did not get into my first choice program which of course was DMS. But guess what ladies and gentlemen, I got into the BACHELORS program for RADIATION THERAPIST. So let me get this right.

I was not chosen for sonography program, but grades test scores were good enough for a tougher program. Could it be that it will add on two years versus the 12 months I would have had left in the sonography program. The kicker, the program is 1 hour and 30 minutes from my home! So what are my options now?

That is precisely what I am trying to figure out. But to any incoming/potential students, stay far away from any BAKER COLLEGE campus.

I attended Baker College Flint campus and online for Approx. two years.

I changed my degree during that time . Focused on the Associates in Mechanical Technology. I had to take some time off due to medical conditions. I was looking to return now and was told that the program I was enrolled in is no longer available.

Since some things in life have changed, I was interested in applying my 40-50 credits towards an associates in business admin, just to walk away with something for all that money spent. They only offer Associates in Culinary arts and criminal justice . But they informed me I could go for a bachelors ... So spend double the money ...

I feel trapped and not sure what to do..

I told them it felt like Baker was purposely trying to screw students over that were enrolled in programs that no longer exist. They replied with how to obtain my transcripts and basically take it elsewhere .

Flint nursing program really is a nightmare. If sabrina is still there she should be fired.

Actually the entire nursing program needs an overhaul. The only way to get through the program is to kiss as much *** as possible and become a teachers pet to get through. It's sickening. There are many better and cheaper colleges to attend, don't give them your money, because your money is all they want.

Loved hearing they're closing their flint and Clinton township campuses - the word is out that Baker sucks! A successful business does not close locations - a failing business does and calls it "consolidating." Just giving any people out there warning- odds are you will not graduate from baker - look up their graduation rate - and you will be stuck with tons of debt and classes that are hard to transfer, if at all.

Do yourself a favor and steer clear of baker! I wish I would have!