Finance at Ball State University

If you plan to study finance, take a look at what Ball State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Ball State is located in Muncie, Indiana and has a total student population of 21,597. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 78 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from Ball State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Finance section at the bottom of this page.

Ball State Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Ball State Finance Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks finance programs across the country. The following shows how Ball State performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at Ball State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	164
	178
	262
	265
	330
	391
	485
	518

Finance Student Demographics at Ball State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the finance majors at Ball State University.

Ball State Finance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 78 finance students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Ball State, about 77% were men and 23% were women.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at Ball State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ball State University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	66
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Ball State also has a doctoral program available in finance. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in finance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Ball State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
General and Operations Managers	54,610	$103,370
Financial Managers	7,520	$119,820
Loan Officers	4,850	$67,450
Chief Executives	4,220	$148,730
Personal Financial Advisors	3,740	$111,330

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Travisleehardin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.