Student Population by Gender

Ball State University has a total of 19,777 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 14,416 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 5,361 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 6,882 male and 12,895 female students (the male-female ratio is 35:65) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.
Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total19,77714,4165,361
Men6,8825,6221,260
Women12,8958,7944,101
Ball State University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartBall State University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartBall State University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 14,557 White, 1,785 Black, and 439 Asian students out of a total of 19,777 are attending at Ball State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).
Ball State University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartBall State University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartBall State University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart
All Students Undergraduate Graduate
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American24717
Asian439162277
Black1,7855881,197
Hispanic1,510518992
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1486
White14,5575,0579,500
Two or more races770279491
Race Unknown341118223
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American21615
Asian319123196
Black1,336501835
Hispanic1,050425625
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1165
White10,7234,1876,536
Two or more races618241377
Race Unknown254100154
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American000
Asian725
Black521933
Hispanic461432
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders000
White372152220
Two or more races261313
Race Unknown541

Student Age Distribution

By age, BSU has 976 students under 18 years old and 16 students over 65 years old. There are 15,252 students under 25 years old, and 4,525 students over 25 years old out of 19,777 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 976 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. BSU has 13,673 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 743 students aged 25 and over.
It has 1,579 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,782 students aged 25 and over.
Ball State University 2023 Student Population by Age chartBall State University 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartBall State University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartBall State University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartBall State University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartBall State University 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart
All Students Undergraduate Graduate
Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18976588388
18-195,7223,5892,133
20-215,4373,3372,100
22-243,1172,0591,058
25-292,0091,486523
30-34933663270
35-39612422190
40-49684534150
50-6427120665
Over 6516115
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18976588388
18-195,7223,5892,133
20-215,3373,2562,081
22-241,638881757
25-29332193139
30-3417211260
35-391037528
40-49876225
50-6447389
Over 65202
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Ball State University, 5,040 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,716 students are enrolled in some online courses.
2,591 students lived in Indiana or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,449 students live in other State or outside of the United States.
Ball State University 2023 Online Student Population chart
Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students19,7775,0406,716
Undergraduate14,4169536,226
Graduate5,3614,087490
Online Student Population by Locality
Indiana ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students2,5912,42425
Undergraduate8071442
Graduate1,7842,28023

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 14,416 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 522 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.62%.459 students have transferred in as full-time status and 63 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time12,163
Transfer-in Full-time459
Regular Part-time1,731
Transfer-in Part-time63
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