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Ball State University

Ball State University
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Former names
Indiana State Normal School – Eastern Division
Ball Teachers College
Ball State Teachers College
Ball State College
Type Public
Research
Established 1918
Endowment $192,694,012
President Terry King (interim)
Academic staff
1,245
Students 21,998
Undergraduates 17,011
Postgraduates 4,987
Location Muncie, Indiana, U.S.
Campus Midsize city: 1140 acres
Colors Cardinal and White
         
Athletics NCAA Division I (FBS)
Mid-American Conference
Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association
Nickname Cardinals
Mascot Charlie Cardinal
Website www.bsu.edu
Ball State University Official Horizontal Logo.svg
University rankings
National
ARWU NR
Forbes 558
U.S. News & World Report 168
Washington Monthly 233
Ball State competes in the following NCAA sports
Men's sports Women's sports
Sport Conference Sport Conference
Basketball I MAC Basketball I MAC
Golf I MAC Golf I MAC
Swimming I MAC Swimming I MAC
Tennis I MAC Tennis I MAC
Volleyball I MIVA Volleyball I MAC
Baseball I MAC Softball I MAC
Football I MAC Soccer I MAC
Field hockey I MAC
Gymnastics I MAC
Indoor Track & Field I MAC
Outdoor Track & Field I MAC
Cross country I MAC

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 doctoral university: higher research activity and a member of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. The university is composed of eight academic colleges: the College of Applied Sciences and Technology. College of Architecture and Planning, the College of Communication, Information, and Media, the Miller College of Business, College of Fine Arts, College of Health, College of Sciences and Humanities, 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.


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