It operated until the spring of 1901, when it was closed by its president, F.A.Z. The one-building school had a peak enrollment of 256 and charged $10 for a year's tuition. The entire school, including classrooms, library, and president's residence were housed in what is today's Frank A. The location of today's Ball State University had its start in 1876 as a private university called the Eastern Indiana Normal School. Main article: History of Ball State University The university is a member of the Mid-American Conference and the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association. Ball State athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are known as the Ball State Cardinals. There are 381 active student organizations and clubs on campus, including 34 fraternities and sororities. The university offers about 180 undergraduate majors and 130 minor areas of study, 175 bachelor's, 103 master's, and 17 doctoral degrees. territories, 43 countries, and every one of Indiana's 92 counties. Ball State students hail from 48 states, two U.S.
Īs of 2013, total enrollment was 21,053 students, including 16,652 undergraduate and 4,401 postgraduate.
Other institutions include Burris Laboratory School, the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities, and the Center for Business and Economic Research. 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. 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.īall 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. 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.
Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Associationīall 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.
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