Baker College Online:

College History and Commitment—nearly 100 years old; Technology—21st century

Baker College, located in Michigan, has been around since 1911 and serves 32,000 students a year.  The college is and always has been a career college where you are turned into a professional, not into a “professional student.” The goal is to help you launch your career as quickly as possible without sacrificing the quality of your education or your degree. Today with the internet technology, getting your career rolling quickly is easier than it has ever been. Furthermore, Baker College claims to have very low tuition; the tuition for the internet programs, they say, is often less than half that of other online universities.

Baker College Online has 36 different degree and certificate programs. The programs allow you to attend the class any time of the day or night, and if you need to change some aspect of your program, that can be done too. Furthermore, even though you may be taking the classes in the comfort of your own home—in your pajamas or bathing suit—you will still be interacting with peers who are in the same program. Thus you share ideas and experiences and work together to conduct research or solve problems, just as you would in a traditional classroom.

Business and MBA
Baker College Online offers both bachelor and associate degrees in Business. These include Accounting, Accounting Management, General Business, Marketing, Project Management, Finance, and Emergency Services Management. If you really want to get to the top in business, you can also get a masters  or even a doctoral degree. In fact Baker College offers 9 different specializations under the MBA umbrella.


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Computers and IT
It should be no surprise that one of Baker Colleges specialty areas is Computers and Information Technology. Associate degrees include Computer Information Systems, Computer Programming and Web Design while the bachelor degree programs also include Database Technology, Code Administration and Web Development. Since many of the faculty members are professionals in the “real world” themselves, they are prepared to help you acquire knowledge and skills that you will be able to use and market immediately. Your assignments will be real world scenarios and actual business place problem solving, not idealized projects behind closed doors that don’t work when you actually get into the business world.

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Health and Medicine/Nursing
Baker College offers either a Bachelor or Masters degree in Health Care Management. Health care as we have known it for the last century is changing dramatically and quickly in order to meet the changing needs of today’s population. In the immediate future we can expect to see changes in everything from insurance coverage to the was people cope with their own health needs. Due to the high costs of medicine and health care, more people are taking charge of their own health and seeking ways to prevent disease rather than merely treat it after it occurs. The growing interest in managing health from a different perspective is bound to change the way providers relate to their patients and will impact the way the health care industry is managed. A degree in Health Care Management will provide you with the knowledge needed for today and will put you in a position to grow and adapt with the industry itself.

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Tuition Assistance Available
While Baker College Online considers their programs very reasonably priced, they also participate in the usual TAP and PELL tuition assistance programs. Additionally, many employers are willing to reimburse you for part or all of the cost of your education. Finally, the college can provide you with numerous grants and scholarships for which you can apply.

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