Ball State University Business Programs

Located in Muncie, Indiana, Ball State University is a public institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

Ball State University Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Ball State.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Most Popular Online General Sales & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Most Popular Online Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Most Popular Online Economics Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#6	Most Popular Economics Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#27	Most Popular Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#32	Best Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#48	Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#97	Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Ball State has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#16	Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Schools	College Factual
#49	Best General Business/Commerce Schools	College Factual
#49	Best General Business/Commerce Schools	College Factual
#58	Best General Business/Commerce Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#58	Best General Business/Commerce Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#64	Best Graduate Certificate Schools	Course Advisor

Where Is Ball State University?

Contact details for Ball State are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2000 University Ave, Muncie, IN 47306
Phone:	765-289-1241
Website:	www.bsu.edu
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/BallState

How Do I Get Into Ball State?

You can apply to Ball State online at: cms.bsu.edu/admissions/undergraduateadmissions/applynow

Admission Requirements for Ball State

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	considered but not required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	recommended
TOEFL	recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Ball State?

Since Ball State has an acceptance rate of 87%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 33% of accepted students are men and 67% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 83%, and the acceptance rate for women is 89%.

Can I Afford Ball State University?

The overall average net price of Ball State is $28,871. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

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 62% of students took out student loans averaging $7,772 a year. That adds up to $31,088 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Ball State is 4.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Ball State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 15,780 undergraduate students at Ball State, with 14,334 being full-time and 1,446 being part-time.

There are also 5,817 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 14,334 full-time undergraduates at Ball State, 39% are male and 61% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Ball State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	246
Black or African American	1,368
Hispanic or Latino	938
White	10,906
International Students	93
Other Races/Ethnicities	783

Geographic Diversity

Indiana students aren't the only ones who study at Ball State University. At this time, 33 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 69 countries are represented at Ball State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Saudi Arabia, and India.

Online Learning at Ball State University

In 2019-2020, 19,352 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Ball State has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 2nd most popular in Indiana for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Ball State

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Ball State University was $10,144 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $27,132. The following table shows how Ball State is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Real Estate	#4	#7
Real Estate	#4	#7
Professional Sales	#4	#4
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	#6	#6
Advertising	#7	#9
General Sales & Marketing	#7	#15
Entrepreneurship	#10	#22
Public Relations & Advertising	#13	#19
Entrepreneurial Studies	#13	#27
Operations Management	#25	#46
General Business/Commerce	#28	#45
General Business/Commerce	#28	#45
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#37	#91
Management Information Systems	#40	#64
General Management Information Systems	#40	#58
Human Resource Management	#58	#140

Online Growth Rankings of Ball State

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Ball State University was 12.8%. This is the #1,135 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Ball State regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Ball State ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Ball State.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Applied Economics	#4
Professional Sales	#6
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	#19
Operations Management	#32
General Sales & Marketing	#37
Economics	#48
Public Relations & Advertising	#70
Entrepreneurship	#95
Entrepreneurial Studies	#119
General Business/Commerce	#231
General Business/Commerce	#231

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Ball State University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	202	21	66	289
Accounting	78	0	21	99
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	99	0	0	99
Finance	78	0	0	78
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	60	0	18	78
Construction Management	51	0	0	51
Professional Sales	34	5	0	39
General Economics	39	0	0	39
Insurance	34	0	0	34
General Management Information Systems	34	0	0	34
Operations Management	33	0	0	33
Actuarial Science	19	0	14	33
Advertising	32	1	0	33
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	30	0	0	30
General Hospitality Administration/Management	29	0	0	29
Fashion Merchandising	28	0	0	28
Management Science	15	0	0	15
Real Estate	12	0	0	12
Entrepreneurship	9	0	0	9
International Business/Trade/Commerce	8	0	0	8
Applied Economics	0	4	0	4
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	924	31	119	1,074

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Travisleehardin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.