Enrollment Trends at BSU

The student population at Ball State University is 19,777 (14,416 undergraduate and 5,361 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 726 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at BSU is 72.89% which is decreased by 1,884 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,158 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.87 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

5,040 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 65.08% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 21,289 where 19,777 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

72.89% of total students is undergraduate students and 27.11% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,884 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,158 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.87 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in BSU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Ball State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	20,503	16,300	6,877	9,423	4,203	1,333	2,870
2014-15	20,655 152	16,415 115	6,821 -56	9,594 171	4,240 37	1,296 -37	2,944 74
2015-16	21,196 541	16,602 187	6,784 -37	9,818 224	4,594 354	1,312 16	3,282 338
2016-17	21,998 802	17,011 409	6,885 101	10,126 308	4,987 393	1,371 59	3,616 334
2017-18	22,513 515	17,004 -7	6,881 -4	10,123 -3	5,509 522	1,341 -30	4,168 552
2018-19	21,884 -629	16,160 -844	6,528 -353	9,632 -491	5,724 215	1,237 -104	4,487 319
2019-20	22,443 559	16,702 542	6,646 118	10,056 424	5,741 17	1,237 0	4,504 17
2020-21	21,597 -846	15,780 -922	6,186 -460	9,594 -462	5,817 76	1,250 13	4,567 63
2021-22	20,319 -1,278	14,898 -882	5,766 -420	9,132 -462	5,421 -396	1,245 -5	4,176 -391
2022-23	19,777 -542	14,416 -482	5,622 -144	8,794 -338	5,361 -60	1,260 15	4,101 -75
Average	21,289	16,129	6,500	9,629	5,160	1,288	3,872

Ball State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 16,129 where 14,416 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Ball State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16,300	15,128	6,347	8,781	1,172	530	642
2014-15	16,415	15,018	6,262	8,756	1,397	559	838
2015-16	16,602	14,716	6,026	8,690	1,886	758	1,128
2016-17	17,011	15,110	6,170	8,940	1,901	715	1,186
2017-18	17,004	15,203	6,211	8,992	1,801	670	1,131
2018-19	16,160	14,731	5,990	8,741	1,429	538	891
2019-20	16,702	14,693	5,876	8,817	2,009	770	1,239
2020-21	15,780	14,334	5,601	8,733	1,446	585	861
2021-22	14,898	13,041	5,052	7,989	1,857	714	1,143
2022-23	14,416	12,622	4,910	7,712	1,794	712	1,082
Average	16,129	16,129	5,845	8,615	16,129	655	1,014

Ball State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 5,160 where 5,361 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Ball State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,203	1,460	582	878	2,743	751	1,992
2014-15	4,240	1,437	581	856	2,803	715	2,088
2015-16	4,594	1,395	508	887	3,199	804	2,395
2016-17	4,987	1,279	464	815	3,708	907	2,801
2017-18	5,509	1,237	437	800	4,272	904	3,368
2018-19	5,724	1,195	388	807	4,529	849	3,680
2019-20	5,741	1,158	352	806	4,583	885	3,698
2020-21	5,817	1,246	380	866	4,571	870	3,701
2021-22	5,421	1,218	338	880	4,203	907	3,296
2022-23	5,361	1,175	363	812	4,186	897	3,289
Average	5,160	5,160	439	841	5,160	849	3,031

Ball State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.61%. The percentage was 79.61% 10 years ago and BSU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.22% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.03% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ball State University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	27	181	1,259	638	20	16,323	336
2014-15	26	215	1,378	692	24	16,267	411
2015-16	17	281	1,464	843	27	16,670	488
2016-17	9	312	1,567	980	23	17,240	560
2017-18	5	344	1,739	1,161	21	17,546	656
2018-19	2	371	1,681	1,237	28	16,995	684
2019-20	8	401	1,731	1,406	26	17,141	781
2020-21	28	426	1,876	1,479	28	16,323	730
2021-22	27	433	1,780	1,453	19	15,287	728
2022-23	24	439	1,785	1,510	14	14,557	770
Average	17	340	1,626	1,140	23	16,435	614

Ball State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

5,040 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 26% of total students. The number of online students has increased 65.08% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Ball State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	20,655	3,053	4,977	12,625
2015-16	21,196	3,499	5,323	12,374
2016-17	21,998	4,097	5,298	12,603
2017-18	22,513	4,670	5,559	12,284
2018-19	21,884	5,037	4,802	12,045
2019-20	22,443	5,079	4,730	12,634
2020-21	21,597	6,520	12,832	2,245
2021-22	20,319	5,068	7,100	8,151
2022-23	19,777	5,040	6,716	8,021
Average	21,376	4,674	6,371	10,331

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