EXPERIENCE + SUCCESS

At Ball State, student success exceeds expectations.

Student Academy Award Winners
For the second year in a row, Ball State students received a gold Student Academy Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Students beat out competitors from top film schools around the country. MORE...

International Honors
A paper about their experience in an immersive learning project earned Ball State students recognition at an international conference. MORE...

Prestigious Scholarships
Ball State’s high-caliber students are competing for and winning top national scholarships. MORE...

In Good Company
For the second consecutive year, the Department of Educational Leadership has been ranked by Leadership Excellence magazine as one of the nation's top leadership development programs. Ball State's program ranks 11th, just behind elite business schools and other outstanding education programs at Duke University, Harvard University, and MIT. MORE...

"In college, my professors were always right there at the bench with me. Now I'm always right there at the bench with my students. I think that's huge. And that's what I love about teaching at Ball State."

—Susan McDowell,
assistant professor of biology