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Ball State University

Ball State University
2000 West University Avenue
Muncie, IN 47306

Official telephone: (800) 382-8540
Fax number: (765) 285-1632
Website: https://www.bsu.edu/
Screen last updated on: December 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 14,874
Full-time undergraduates: 12,906
Part-time undergraduates: 1,968
Total graduate students: 5,361
Full-time graduate students: 1,175
Part-time graduate students: 4,186
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
2.3% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
10.1% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
7.6% Hispanic/Latino
0.0% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
73.0% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.7% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
0.5% Nonresident Alien
1.7% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 1,140 acres
Nearest major city: Indianapolis

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 91%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 43%
Percent of students who live off campus: 57%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 391
Other computer facilities/services: room reservations, testing and test results, manage and pay tuition, order/buy textbooks, request room repairs, order transcripts, manage meal plan, manage and prepay long distance service, undergraduate degree progress report
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Student Government Association; Black Student Association; Student Voluntary Services; Dance Marathon; The Navigators

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's badminton  
Men's baseballyes 
Men's baseball  
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball  
Men's cross-country running  
Men's equestrian sports  
Men's fencing  
Men's field hockey  
Men's footballyes 
Men's football  
Men's golf  
Men's golfyes 
Men's gymnastics  
Men's indoor track  
Men's rock climbing  
Men's soccer  
Men's softball  
Men's swimming and diving  
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's tennisyes 
Men's tennis  
Men's track and field  
Men's ultimate Frisbee  
Men's volleyball  
Men's volleyballyes 
Men's water polo  
Men's wrestling  
Women's badminton  
Women's baseball  
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball  
Women's bowling  
Women's cheerleading NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's cross-country running  
Women's equestrian sports  
Women's fencing  
Women's field hockeyyes 
Women's field hockey  
Women's football  
Women's golf  
Women's golfyes 
Women's gymnasticsyes 
Women's gymnastics  
Women's indoor track  
Women's lacrosse  
Women's rock climbing  
Women's rugby  
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer  
Women's softball  
Women's softballyes 
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's swimming and diving  
Women's tennisyes 
Women's tennis  
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's track and field  
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's volleyball  
Women's water polo  
Women's wrestling  


GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Indianapolis International

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 69% within six months of graduation

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