Ian Baker

As Associate Director of Graduate Enrollment Strategy and Analytics, Ian provides strategic leadership for Graduate Enrollment’s analytics function, partnering with schools and colleges and university colleagues to inform enrollment strategy, academic planning, and institutional decision-making. His work focuses on graduate enrollment trends, market and program analysis, enrollment forecasting, student outcomes, and the relationship between academic offerings and market demand.

Immediately prior to joining Boston University, Ian served as Director of Institutional Research and Effectiveness at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Albany, New York, where he was responsible for institutional data analysis and reporting to state, federal, and accrediting agencies while partnering across the college on strategic analytical initiatives. He previously held data and analytics roles at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Michigan spanning alumni relations, academic affairs, and student affairs. Ian has a BA in History and an MA in Higher Education from the University of Michigan, a Ph.D. in Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education from Michigan State University, and a graduate certificate in Data Management from Suffolk University.