Ball State U.
Rankings
| Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | Research space | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |||||
| 2024 | 289 | 37.8 | 459 | |||||||||||||
| 2023 | 247 | 46.8 | 459 | 274 | 60.1 | 679 | 345 | 62.7 | 914 | 336 | 44.8 | 602 | ||||
| 2022 | 287 | 37.9 | 457 | 274 | 60.2 | 680 | 351 | 61.5 | 900 | |||||||
| 2021 | 261 | 42.3 | 447 | 254 | 63.7 | 691 | 353 | 61.6 | 908 | 266 | 54.9 | 583 | ||||
| 2020 | 258 | 43.3 | 450 | 252 | 64.4 | 698 | 349 | 62.4 | 916 | |||||||
| 2019 | 247 | 45.4 | 447 | 254 | 64 | 697 | 324 | 65 | 914 | 330 | 44.6 | 589 | ||||
| 2018 | 257 | 40.6 | 428 | 252 | 64.4 | 700 | 328 | 64.4 | 911 | |||||||
| 2017 | 236 | 45.1 | 425 | 238 | 65.6 | 684 | 338 | 62.8 | 898 | 273 | 53.1 | 575 | ||||
| 2016 | 265 | 39.1 | 430 | 229 | 67.6 | 697 | 314 | 65.4 | 896 | |||||||
| 2015 | 236 | 45.3 | 426 | 221 | 68.5 | 693 | 314 | 65.4 | 898 | 285 | 50.6 | 570 | ||||
| 2014 | 219 | 68.6 | 688 | 322 | 64.2 | 889 | ||||||||||
  NOTES:
  
- 1. This table only show data for past 10 years from each survey.
 - 2. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
 - 3. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
 - 4. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
 
Selected data for this institution are provided in the profile tables listed below.
| Data Tables | 
|---|
| Earned doctorates: 2024–15 | 
| by trend major field of study | 
| Graduate students in science, engineering, and health: 2023–14 | 
| by characteristic | 
| full-time students | 
| part-time students | 
| full-time students with financial support | 
| from federal sources, by field | 
| by type and source of support | 
| Postdoctorates in science, engineering, and health: 2023–14 | 
| by characteristic | 
| federally supported | 
| R&D expenditures | 
| total | 
| by field: 2023–14 | 
| by source of funds and R&D field: 2023 | 
| federally funded, by agency: 2023–14 | 
| head count of R&D personnel: 2023–17 [temporarily discontinued] | 
| Research space and costs for repair and renovation of research space | 
| science and engineering research space by field: 2023–14 | 
| new construction of science and engineering research space, by field and time of construction | 
| costs for repair and renovation of science and engineering research space by field and time of repair and renovation | 
