Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning Rankings

Ball State’s ECAP was named the 2023 Build Challenge Overall Winner during the Solar Decathlon Competition Event in Golden, Colo., April 20-23, 2023.
Six multidisciplinary teams advanced to the finals with designs of energy-efficient residential or office buildings. One of the six teams will be building their designed home in the Near Eastside neighborhood of Englewood in Indianapolis, IN for the Solar Decathlon Build competition in 2023.
- Two teams participating in the international Solar Decathlon Design competition earned second place for their design in the Education Building Division, and third place in the Office Building Division.

In 2019, DesignIntelligence gave high marks to landscape architecture, interior design, and architecture:

Most Admired Landscape Architecture Schools — eighth among undergraduate programs; 12th among graduate programs
Top-Ranked Landscape Architecture Schools by Focus Areas — top 10 in all 12 areas among undergraduate programs; top 10 in 10 areas (12 total) among graduate programs
Most Hired From Interior Design Schools — 10th among schools of similar size
Most Hired From Architecture Schools — 15th among schools of similar size

The Bachelor of Urban Planning and Master of Urban and Regional Planning are the only accredited planning programs in Indiana.
All of the Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning's professional degree programs are nationally accredited.
Ball State's architecture, construction management & interior design, landscape architecture, and urban planning programs are uniquely blended in a studio-oriented design college, where all freshman students follow a common first-year curriculum introducing them to all three disciplines.
Our Department of Architecture was Indiana's first state-supported architecture program.
The Community Based Projects program helped address planning and development issues around the memorial site where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed during the 9/11 attacks.
The graduate program in historic preservation is one of the first of its kind in the Midwest and is uniquely housed in the Department of Architecture.
Our interior design program is accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation, attained by less than one-third of such programs, and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).

R. Wayne Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning