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In order to be designated as a Low Cost Semester, the program must have a cost of attendance that is no more than 130% of the cost of the equivalent semester (fall/spring) at BSU main campus. Transportation cost (airfare) is excluded from this metric. Summer programs are not included in this calculation.

Low Cost Semester Programs

Course equivalencies are not guaranteed and must be arranged with the corresponding academic unit at BSU prior to departure. The programs identified on these lists have indicated that they offer coursework in these academic subjects in at least one semester. 

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National Student Exchange (NSE)

The National Student Exchange is a consortium of over 175 member campuses (including Ball State) across the USA & Canada. Ball State students can spend a semester or year away with NSE. Participants stay enrolled at Ball State, but live and study at one of the member campuses—it's like a foreign exchange program, except it’s domestic.  

The 175 campus options are in 49 states, plus Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Canada. Campuses include research institutions, liberal arts colleges, historically black colleges and universities (HBCU), land-grant, sea-grant, sun-grant, space-grant, Hispanic serving institutions (HSI), private schools, Asian American Native American Pacific Islander-serving (AANAPISI). Settings in big cities, small towns, islands, mountains and everything in between. Language of instruction isn't limited to English-- you can take your classes in Spanish in Puerto Rico or in French in Quebec.  

This program is designed to be accessible to all BSU students. Students will continue paying their regular Ball State tuition and fees during their exchange (so in-state students here are still in-state there, even if the exchange is to Alaska). Financial aid is processed at home. Room and board is the only item typically paid at the host school. The fee to participate is just $250.  

To get more information about this opportunity, visit the website for the National Student Exchange (nse.org) or contact Ball State’s NSE coordinator.