unitid 150136 · Muncie, IN · public 4-year · city (small)
Ball State University
- enrollment 2023
- 22,784
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
86%
53rd pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
13,988
80th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
35%
undergrads on Pell grants
59th pctl among public 4-years
completion
62%
finish within 150% time
80th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$26,146
70th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$14,940
after aid, aided students
65th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$51,833
after entry, Title IV students
54th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$23,250
81st pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $7,834 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k21%
- 30-48k15%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $61,975
- First-generation students
- 28%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $11,082
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.2× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Special Education and Teaching. | 1,094 | $68,020 | — |
| Special Education and Teaching. | 734 | $67,861 | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 199 | $46,722 | $26,965 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 189 | $45,064 | $24,655 |
| Psychology, General. | 189 | $47,499 | $24,612 |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication. | 178 | $43,808 | $23,443 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 164 | $61,775 | $25,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 151 | $70,375 | $26,000 |
| Biology, General. | 141 | $47,824 | $24,333 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 129 | $53,195 | $24,998 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 128 | $108,529 | — |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 126 | $54,190 | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.