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This overview covers the essential stats on Ball State University, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more. If you’re interested in learning more about a particular stat, just click on its tile to go to a new page that covers the topic more in-depth. Also, you can jump to any section of this page by clicking one of the links below.

How Well Is Ball State University Ranked?

2023 Rankings

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 1,176 badges in the 2023 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is education/teaching of individuals with multiple disabilities.

Overall Quality

Ball State landed the #234 spot in College Factual's 2023 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,241 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Ball State held the #539 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Out of the 42 colleges in Indiana, Ball State is ranked at #6.

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How Much Money Do Ball State Graduates Make?

Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Ball State with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $45,934 in their early years. This is good news for future Ball State graduates since it is 8% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.