List of Rankings and Recognitions Highlights

2009—Top 10 America’s Best Colleges for Undergraduate Entrepreneurship in U.S. News & World Report
2008—Top 50 MBA Entrepreneurship Programs by Women 3.0
2008—Finalist for the Model Undergraduate Program Award by the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
2008—Top 10 America’s Best Colleges for Undergraduate Entrepreneurship in U.S. News & World Report
2007—Ranked 20th of America’s Top 25 Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Programs by Entrepreneur/ Princeton Review
2007—Top 25 America’s Best Colleges for Entrepreneurship in Fortune Small Business
2007—Recipient of the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Center’s Excellence in Entrepreneurship Teaching and Pedagogical Innovation Award
2007—Top 10 America’s Best Colleges for Undergraduate Entrepreneurship in U.S. News & World Report
2006—Top 5 America’s Best Colleges for Undergraduate Entrepreneurship in U.S. News & World Report
2005—Top 20 America’s Best Colleges for Graduate Entrepreneurship in U.S. News & World Report
2005—Top 5 America’s Best Colleges for Undergraduate Entrepreneurship in U.S. News & World Report
2004—Entrepreneurship Dynamics Laboratory established at Ball State University
2004—Top 20 America’s Best Colleges for Graduate Entrepreneurship in U.S. News & World Report
2004—No. 1 Ranked Public University for Entrepreneurship in U.S. News & World Report
2004—Top 5 America’s Best Colleges for Undergraduate Entrepreneurship in U.S. News & World Report
2003—Awarded $1 Million Grant from U.S. Department of Education
2003—No.1 Entrepreneurship Programs for Regional Universities in Entrepreneur
2003—Top 20 America’s Best Colleges for Graduate Entrepreneurship in U.S. News & World Report
2002—Top 20 America’s Best Colleges for Graduate Entrepreneurship in U.S. News & World Report
2001—Named the National Model Pedagogy Award in Entrepreneurship by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
2001—Selected as the Featured Business School for Entrepreneurship in Success
2001—Top 25 Best Business Schools for Entrepreneurs for MBA in Entrepreneurship in Success
2001—Top 5 America’s Best Colleges for Undergraduate Entrepreneurship in U.S. News & World Report
2000—National Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers established at Ball State University
2000—Recipient of the NASDAQ Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence Award
2000—No. 1 Ranked Public University for Entrepreneurship in U.S. News & World Report
2000—Top 5 America’s Best Colleges for Undergraduate Entrepreneurship in U.S. News & World Report
2000—Recipient of the Indiana Quality Improvement Award
1999—Recipient of the Indiana Quality Improvement Award
1998—Recipient of the Indiana Quality Improvement Award
1998—25 Best Business Schools for Entrepreneurs in Success
1998—Named the National Model MBA Entrepreneurship Program by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
1997—Top 10 Business Schools for Entrepreneurship Research in Journal of Management
1997—Top 20 in a Journal of Business Venturing study
1996—25 Best Business Schools for Entrepreneurs in Success
1995—25 Best Business Schools for Entrepreneurs in Success
1994—Top 3 Entrepreneurship Programs by the Kauffman Foundation, Ernst & Young, and Inc.
1993—Recipient of the National Federation of Independent Business Excellence Award
1993—Top 20 Business Schools with an MBA in Entrepreneurship in Business Week
1990—Named the National Model Entrepreneurship Program by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
1989—Top 20 Business Schools for Entrepreneurship in Entrepreneur
1989—MBA in Entrepreneurship developed for interactive television
1983— Entrepreneurship program founded as an undergraduate major