Gov.-elect Charlie Baker said he “certainly” will look into the rapid growth of staffing at community colleges, which has risen about twice as fast as enrollment.

“We’ll certainly take a look at all the issues associated with personnel head count and all the rest as we move forward because, let’s face it, that’s a big piece of performance,” Baker said yesterday. “Everybody says this problem has been fixed. It has not been fixed.”

A Herald analysis found staffing at community colleges has risen 30 percent since 2007, despite an increase in enrollment of only 16 percent over the same time. Meanwhile, the number of six-figure salaries has also risen by 70 percent since 2010, the Herald reported yesterday in a story on the state payroll under Gov. Deval Patrick.

The state community college system has been the target of reforms by Patrick, but the graduation rate for first-year students is only 16 percent, according to federal data. Patrick has proposed tying parts of the schools’ budgets to graduation rates in an effort to improve performance.

Baker has also proposed his own reforms to the community college system, including realigning schools with employers’ needs.

“The governor-elect wants to encourage school districts and colleges to deepen their connections to local employers and provide more students with the work experiences and skills that will secure their future and strengthen our economy,” said Baker spokesman Tim Buckley.

In his education platform released over the summer during the gubernatorial campaign, Baker said the cost of a four-year education in Massachusetts is getting prohibitively expensive for many, underscoring the importance of a strong community college system.

In his policy, Baker says community colleges should be an important part of the higher education landscape for Massachusetts students.

“We’ve talked a lot over the course of this campaign, both Karen (Polito, lieutenant governor-elect) and I, about how important it is that we come up with more affordable solutions for people (that) leverage the Internet and all the online tools and capabilities that are available to create online programing for people,” Baker said.

He said it is also crucial that community college credits be transferred to other schools.