Ball State

Ball State University

Ball State University is a public research university in Muncie, Indiana, United States. The university has three off-campus centers in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, and Fishers, Indiana. The university is composed of ten academic colleges. As of 2023, the university enrolled about 20,400 students with 14,900 undergraduates and 5,500 graduate and doctoral students. The university offers about 120 undergraduate majors and 130 minor areas of study and more than 100 masters, doctoral, certificate, and specialist degrees. In 1917, the Ball brothers, industrialists and founders of the Ball Corporation, acquired the foreclosed Indiana Normal Institute and gave 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 among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".

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• Entity:  Location

• Former names:  Indiana State Normal School – Eastern Division (1918–1922), Ball Teachers College (1922–1929), Ball State Teachers College (1929–1961), Ball State College (1961–1965)
• Motto:  "We Fly"
• Type:  Public Research University
• Established:  1918
• Founders:  Lucius L. Ball, William C. Ball, Edmund B. Ball, Frank C. Ball, George A. Ball
• Academic affiliations:  Space-Grant
• Endowment:  $411 Million (2024)
• President:  Geoffrey Mearns
• Provost:  Anand Marri
• Academic staff:  1,245
• Students:  20,440 (Fall 2023)
• Undergraduates:  14,874 (Fall 2023)
• Postgraduates:  5,566 (Fall 2023)
• Campus:  Small City, 1,140 Acres
• Other campuses:  Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Fishers
• Colors:  Cardinal And White
• Mascot:  Charlie Cardinal
• Sporting affiliations:  Ncaa Division I Fbs – Mac, Miva
• Website:  Www.bsu.edu
• Wikidata description:  University In Indiana, United States
• Wikidata label:  Ball State University
• Wikidata aliases:  Ball State University, Digital Media Repository, Bsu, Ball U, B.s.u., Cms.bsu.edu, Bsu.edu, The Cardinals

• Related Topics:  Ball State University Category, Education In Delaware County, Indiana, Buildings And Structures In Muncie, Indiana