Ball State University

Ball State University is a public four year institution of higher learning located in Muncie, Indiana with over 21,000 students enrolled each year. The University was founded in 1918, and its mission is to offer an immersive learning experience, where students regularly participate in out-of-class experiences.http://cms.bsu.edu/About/StrategicPlan/StrategicPlan20072012/VisionMission.aspx Ball State University offers over 180 undergraduate programs, and over 100 master's and doctoral level degree programs.http://cms.bsu.edu/About.aspx

Ball State University offers programs in a wide variety of areas. Examples of program areas include accounting, architecture, chemistry, fine arts, English, journalism, music, urban planning and technology.http://cms.bsu.edu/Academics/CollegesandDepartments/AZListing.aspx The University awards approximately 4,500 degrees each year, and also offers some of its programs on-line.http://cms.bsu.edu/About/FactBook/Programs.aspx

Ball State University was established as Indiana State Normal School Eastern Division in 1918. The school was renamed Ball Teachers College in 1922, to honor Frank C. Ball and his family. The Ball family were the original benefactors that purchased, then donated, the land and buildings to the state of Indiana. In 1965, the institution was renamed Ball State University.Ball State University: Ball State University

In 2006, Ball State was named as one of the Best Midwestern Colleges by The Princeton Review,BSU.edu: Best in the Midwest honor from Princeton Review

Ball State has a 660-acre campus, where approximately 100 buildings reside. In order to house the approximately 8,000 students who live on campus, there are also eleven residence buildings and two apartment complexes. In order to accommodate its research initiatives, the University also has approximately 375 acres of additional land. http://cms.bsu.edu/About/FactBook/Campus.aspx