Educational InstitutionsEducational Organization

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.

Identifiers

OPEID6 Six-digit base OPE ID (without the two-digit branch suffix)
1786
OPEID Office of Postsecondary Education Identifier, used for federal financial aid program participation
178600
IPEDS UNITID Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System identifier assigned by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
150136
DAPIP ID Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs identifier from the U.S. Department of Education
114558

Location

Muncie, IN, 47306

40.203431, -85.409043

Accreditation

Higher Learning Commission

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