FLINT ? The greatest enrollment growth during the spring quarter for Baker College, a member of GLIMAEast, was in the number of students who took campus-based classes, including some Web-enhanced coursework.
Baker College reported a 24.3 percent increase in online student enrollment for spring quarter 2005, with a 6.4 percent increase in spring quarter enrollment for the Baker Center for Graduate Studies. Some 97 percent of the 1,037 students enrolled at Baker Center for Graduate Studies earned their Master of Business Administration?s degree completely online.
?While many MBA programs are experiencing flat or declining enrollment, accredited online graduate programs, like Baker?s, continue to attract students,? said Mike Heberling, president of the Baker College Center for Graduate Studies. ?Students are attracted to the flexibility offered by Baker?s MBA program, but they also come to us with high expectations for an efficient and rewarding educational experience, culminating in an MBA degree from a quality, accredited institution.?
A total of 17,758 students throughout the Baker College system took Baker Online classes this spring quarter. This total includes:
4,042 online exclusive students, including 3,036 undergraduate and 1,006 MBA students, who took 100 percent of their classes online (compared to 3,368 students spring 2004).
4,863 students who took a combination of online classes and campus-based classes (compared to 3,839 students spring 2004).
8,853 students who took campus-based classes including some Web-enhanced coursework (compared to 5,633 students spring 2004).
?This spring we continued to record our largest online growth in the area of Web-enhanced coursework,? said Dr. Julia Teahen, president, Baker College Online. ?The number of students who took campus-based classes, including some online coursework, increased by 57 percent over the previous spring quarter.?
