If you just want to take classes for personal and professional development and not with the goal of a degree, you may apply for non-degree status.
Financial aid is not available to non-degree students.
Step 1: Meet the Requirements
You must have earned a high school diploma or high school equivalency degree (GED or TASC) and not be currently enrolled in a post-secondary institution. If you are enrolled at another college or university, follow the guest student admission process.
If you have completed post-secondary course work elsewhere, you must be in good standing (a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale) and be eligible to return to the last post-secondary institution attended.
If you have applied for and have been denied Ball State admissions, you must have 24 transferable credit hours and a 2.0 cumulative GPA or better from another institution to be admitted as a non-degree seeking student.
If you are 24 or older and have never taken any college courses, you must have a GPA of 2.5 or better on your high school transcript to be admitted as a non-degree seeking student.
Step 2: Send Official Transcripts and Scores
Official transcripts must be sealed and untampered with and sent by the issuing high school or college institution. Any unsealed transcripts will not be accepted.
Contact the institutions you have attended (high school, college) and arrange for them to send your official high school transcripts, high school equivalency degree (GED or TASC scores), or college transcripts to askus@bsu.edu or mail to:
Office of Admissions
Lucina Hall
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306
Step 3: Submit Your Application
Log in or create your account below, then create a new undergraduate application. On the program selection page, choose "Special applicant" under the application type, then choose "Non-Degree" under the special applicant type.
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