	Ball State University 2016 University Academic Rankings
Ball State University, commonly referred to as Ball State or BSU, is a public coeducational research university in Muncie, Indiana, United States, with two satellite facilities in Fishers and Indianapolis. On July 25, 1917, the Ball brothers, industrialists and founders of the Ball Corporation, acquired the foreclosed Indiana Normal Institute for $35,100 and gifted the school and surrounding land to the State of Indiana. The Indiana General Assembly accepted the donation in the spring of 1918, with an initial 235 students enrolling at the Indiana State Normal School - Eastern Division on June 17, 1918. Ball State is classified by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education as a high research activity university and a member of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. The university is composed of seven academic colleges, including the College of Architecture and Planning, the College of Communication, Information, and Media, the Miller College of Business, and Teachers College. Other institutions include Burris Laboratory School, the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities, and the Center for Business and Economic Research. As of 2013, total enrollment was 21,053 students, including 16,652 undergraduate and 4,401 postgraduate. Ball State students hail from 48 states, two U.S. territories, 43 countries, and every one of Indiana's 92 counties. The university offers about 180 undergraduate majors and 130 minor areas of study, 175 bachelor's, 103 master's, and 17 doctoral degrees. There are 381 active student organizations and clubs on campus, including 34 fraternities and sororities. Ball State athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are known as the Ball State Cardinals. The university is a member of the Mid-American Conference and the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association. History The location of today's Ball State University had its start in 1876 as a private university called the Eastern Indiana Normal School. The entire school, including classrooms, library, and president's residence were housed in what is today's Frank A. Bracken Administration Building. The one-building school had a peak enrollment of 256 and charged $10 for a year's tuition. It operated until the spring of 1901, when it was closed by its president, F.A.Z. Kumler, due to lack of funding. A year later, in the autumn of 1902, the school reopened as Palmer University for the next three years when Francis Palmer, a retired Indiana banker, gave the school a $100,000 endowment. Between 1905 and 1917, the school dropped the Palmer name and operated as the Indiana Normal College. It had two divisions, the Normal School for educating teachers and the College of Applied Sciences. The school had an average enrollment of about 200 students. Due to diminishing enrollment and lack of funding, school president Francis Ingler closed Indiana Normal College at the end of the 1906-1907 school year. Between 1907 and 1912, the campus sat unused. In 1912, a group of local investors led by Michael Kelly reopened the school as the Indiana Normal Institute. To pay for updated materials and refurbishing the once-abandoned Administration Building, the school operated under a mortgage from the Muncie Trust Company. Although the school had its largest student body with a peak enrollment of 806, officials could not maintain mortgage payments, and the school was forced to close once again in June 1917 when the Muncie Trust Company initiated foreclosure proceedings. On July 25, 1917, the Ball brothers, local industrialists and founders of the Ball Corporation, bought the Indiana Normal Institute from foreclosure. The Ball Brothers also founded Ball Memorial Hospital and Minnetrista, and were the benefactors of Keuka College, founded by their uncle, George Harvey Ba ... [more on wikipedia]

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Ball State University Details

Ball State University Details
detail	value
state	Indiana
conference	Mid American Conference
public	Public
scores	1595/1063/24
level	Average
rank	[337
overall ROI rank	[326
size	medium
undergrads	16415
grads	4240
price	38046
drop	43
stem	11
research	17
scores valid	True

Common Questions...

What are the academic rankings for Ball State University?

1. number 337 for Academics.

2. number 326 for ROI (Return on Investment).

What universities are similar to Ball State University?

1. St John's University-New York

2. University of North Carolina at Greensboro

3. University of Mississippi

4. Missouri State University-Springfield

5. Towson University

6. Bowling Green State University

7. Grand Valley State University

National Academic Rankings

(summary of all ranking placements)

Ball State University National Academic Rankings

Ball State University National Academic Rankings
category	rank	scores	difficulty	smartest	brainpower	faculty	research	salary ROI	overall ROI
Div1 Public	97	83	81	85	83	81	89	81	95
Mid - American Conference	7	5	5	7	7	10	9	9	7
Mid West Region	56	82	79	34	33	34	36	82	73
State of Indiana	5	16	11	4	4	5	4	23	11
Top Ten Mid - American Conference	7	5	5	7	7	8	7	7	7
Top Ten State of Indiana	6	9	8	4	4	4	4	8	7

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93.07	St John's University-New York	New York	Big East Conference	Private	Average	309	444
92.89	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	North Carolina	Southern Conference	Public	Average	449	439
92.71	University of Mississippi	Mississippi	Southeastern Conference	Public	Average	232	197
92.58	Missouri State University-Springfield	Missouri	Missouri Valley Conference	Public	Average	301	266
92.49	Towson University	Maryland	Colonial Athletic Association	Public	Average	264	365
92.39	Bowling Green State University	Ohio	Mid American Conference	Public	Average	442	351
91.72	Grand Valley State University	Michigan	Great Lakes Intercollegiate At...	Public	Average	247	239
91.36	Northern Arizona University	Arizona	Big Sky Conference	Public	Average	336	333
86.51	Sam Houston State University	Texas	Southland Conference	Public	Average	472	383
86.48	CUNY Hunter College	New York	City University of New York At...	Public	AboveAverage	193	228
86.45	Montclair State University	New Jersey	New Jersey Athletic Conference	Public	BelowAverage	447	463
86.18	Syracuse University	New York	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	AboveAverage	172	216
86.03	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	New York	City University of New York At...	Public	AboveAverage	135	182
85.32	University of Oregon	Oregon	Pacific 12 Conference	Public	AboveAverage	174	221
85.02	University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras	Puerto Rico	Independent Southeast Region	Public	AboveAverage	176	232
84.75	The University of Montana	Montana	Big Sky Conference	Public	Average	372	232
84.46	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	Wisconsin	Wisconsin Intercollegiate Ath Conf	Public	Average	479	363
83.40	Texas State University	Texas	Sun Belt Conference	Public	Average	364	290
82.43	Duquesne University	Pennsylvania	Northeast Conference / Atlanti...	Private	AboveAverage	346	374
79.94	Appalachian State University	North Carolina	Sun Belt Conference	Public	AboveAverage	230	228
79.89	DePaul University	Illinois	Big East Conference	Private	AboveAverage	193	150
79.80	Oakland University	Michigan	Horizon League	Public	Average	417	270
79.60	Northern Illinois University	Illinois	Mid American Conference	Public	Average	435	289
79.05	James Madison University	Virginia	Colonial Athletic Association	Public	AboveAverage	196	170
78.96	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania State Athletic Co...	Public	AboveAverage	315	361
78.30	University of Nebraska at Omaha	Nebraska	The Summit League	Public	Average	491	364
78.26	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	North Carolina	Division I-AA Independents / C...	Public	Average	292	207
78.25	East Carolina University	North Carolina	American Athletic Conference	Public	Average	312	325
78.02	Kent State University at Kent	Ohio	Mid American Conference	Public	Average	347	358
76.89	The University of Alabama	Alabama	Southeastern Conference	Public	AboveAverage	175	112
76.85	Texas Christian University	Texas	Big Twelve Conference	Private	AboveAverage	214	181
76.14	Hofstra University	New York	Colonial Athletic Association	Private	AboveAverage	231	298
75.99	Quinnipiac University	Connecticut	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Private	Average	353	433
75.90	SUNY College at Cortland	New York	New Jersey Athletic Conference...	Public	Average	479	490
75.84	Loyola Marymount University	California	West Coast Conference	Private	AboveAverage	218	233
75.70	Seton Hall University	New Jersey	Big East Conference	Private	AboveAverage	365	390
75.63	University of Denver	Colorado	The Summit League	Private	AboveAverage	204	186
75.57	Saint Joseph's University	Pennsylvania	Atlantic 10 Conference	Private	AboveAverage	398	372
75.22	Monmouth University	New Jersey	Big South Conference / Metro A...	Private	Average	478	477
75.01	SUNY at Purchase College	New York	Skyline Conference	Public	Average	490	470
74.82	SUNY College of Technology at Alfred	New York	Division III Independents	Public	Average	457	467
74.78	Catholic University of America	Washington DC	Old Dominion Athletic Conferen...	Private	AboveAverage	381	458
74.70	Baldwin Wallace University	Ohio	Ohio Athletic Conference	Private	Average	494	447
74.46	North Central College	Illinois	College Conference of Illinois...	Private	Average	455	382
73.20	University of Toledo	Ohio	Mid American Conference	Public	Average	405	285
73.17	University of Nevada-Reno	Nevada	Mountain West Conference	Public	Average	289	340
73.15	University of Louisville	Kentucky	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	Average	258	224
73.08	University of Memphis	Tennessee	American Athletic Conference	Public	Average	359	314
73.07	CUNY Queens College	New York	East Coast Conference	Public	Average	307	400
72.63	Eastern Michigan University	Michigan	Mid American Conference	Public	Average	445	385

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match	university	state	conference	public	level	rank	overall ROI
98.07	Tennessee Technological University	Tennessee	Ohio Valley Conference	Public	Average	374	212
97.69	Citadel Military College of South Carolina	South Carolina	Southern Conference	Public	Average	-1	-1
97.37	University of North Dakota	North Dakota	Big Sky Conference	Public	Average	363	266
97.08	Big Sky Conference (Low)	-	Big Sky Conference	-Conf-	Average	-	245
96.43	Northern Arizona University	Arizona	Big Sky Conference	Public	Average	336	333
95.76	Arizona State University-Downtown Phoenix	Arizona	Pacific 12 Conference	Public	Average	357	234
95.37	University of Idaho	Idaho	Sun Belt Conference / Big Sky ...	Public	Average	379	216
93.09	Middle Tennessee State University	Tennessee	Conference USA	Public	Average	384	372
91.10	Georgia College and State University	Georgia	Peach Belt Conference	Public	AboveAverage	334	352
90.94	State University of New York at New Paltz	New York	State University of New York A...	Public	AboveAverage	341	457
90.40	University of the Sciences	Pennsylvania	Central Atlantic Collegiate Conf	Private	AboveAverage	338	272
89.40	Cornell College	Iowa	Midwest Conference	Private	AboveAverage	339	327
88.67	Wofford College	South Carolina	Southern Conference	Private	AboveAverage	340	211
88.37	Maryland Institute College of Art	Maryland	No Conference Affiliation	Private	AboveAverage	335	440
87.75	Southern Athletic Association (Average)	-	Southern Athletic Association	-Conf-	AboveAverage	-	408

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