by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Ball State University was awarded 100 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general special education.
Explore the best ranked schools for the programs you are most interested in.
College Factual ranked Ball State as #181 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Ball State held the #205 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 41 colleges in Indiana, Ball State is ranked at #5.
Ball State University has an acceptance rate of 69%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Ball State.
About 30% of students accepted to Ball State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 640. Math scores were between 540 and 620.
The student to faculty ratio at Ball State University is about average at 15 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Ball State University is 80%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 73% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Ball State University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Ball State for first-time, full-time students is 54%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Ball State University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 15,780 undergraduates at Ball State with 14,334 being full-time and 1,446 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,568 | $9,972 | $14,524 | $19,610 | $21,410 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Ball State, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Ball State, approximately 91% of students took out student loans averaging $6,906 a year. That adds up to $27,624 over four years for those students.
See which majors at Ball State University make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Ball State University.
Contact details for Ball State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2000 W. University Ave, Muncie, IN 47306 |
| Phone: | 765-289-1241 |
| Website: | https://www.bsu.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Special Education | 1,841 | $47,499 |
| General Business/Commerce | 287 | $46,550 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 261 | $41,821 |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 231 | $32,118 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 223 | $35,269 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 220 | $46,347 |
| Nursing | 220 | $73,719 |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 190 | NA |
| General Biology | 157 | $34,248 |
| General Psychology | 144 | $31,305 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 11,756 students took at least one online class at Ball State University. This is a decrease from the 12,168 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 11,756 | 5,040 |
| 2021-2022 | 12,168 | 5,068 |
| 2020-2021 | 19,352 | 6,520 |
| 2018-2019 | 9,923 | 5,054 |
If you’re considering Ball State University, here are some more schools you may be interested in knowing more about.
Curious on how these schools stack up against Ball State? Pit them head to head with College Combat, our free interactive tool that lets you compare college on the features that matter most to you!
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
References
More about our data sources and methodologies.