Rankings

• National Universities: #213
• Top Public Schools: #118
• Best Value Schools: #187
• Nursing: #160
• Best Colleges for Veterans: #156
• Top Performers on Social Mobility: #144 Source

Mission And History

• Mission
• History
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Accreditations

• University: Ball State University
• Accrediting Organization: Higher Learning Commission
• Accreditation Granted Date: 1925-01-01
• Most Recent Reaffirmation Date: 2024-01-08
• Next Reaffirmation Due: 2033-01-01

Strategic Goals

• Undergraduate Excellence and Innovation: Our University provides a premier on-campus undergraduate experience.
• Graduate Education and Lifetime Learning: Our University expands its reach and impact along the continuum of human development by serving graduate students and other adults throughout their lifetime educational journeys and by anticipating and responding to workforce needs.
• Community Engagement and Impact: As a community-engaged institution, our University mobilizes and leads partnerships that revitalize and sustain our city and our region.
• Scholarship and Societal Impact: As a public research institution, our University recruits, retains, and supports outstanding faculty and staff who engage in scholarship—of discovery, integration, application, and teaching—that enhances pedagogy and curriculum, that attracts external resources, or that enhances the lives of other people.
• Inclusiveness and Institutional Effectiveness: Our University is distinguished for inclusiveness and for institutional effectiveness across all dimensions of our work and for having a vibrant culture of wellbeing that enables all of our faculty and staff to find fulfillment in their work and meaning in their lives.
• Full Plan

Resources And Documents

• Strategic Plan Goals
• Campus Plan
• Campus Map
• Virtual Tour
• Annual Security And Safety
• Peer Institution

Updated on 03/01/2026