Graduate Admissions

After the Graduate School has determined you meet minimum requirements, the academic department you’re interested in will review your materials. Each program area, department, or school sets its own admission standards.

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Graduate certificates let you supplement your education through programs that are highly specific in nature and require less time to complete than traditional graduate degrees.

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Ball State must receive your official transcript before the university can process your application. Request transcripts from all colleges and universities you attended. You do not need to submit Ball State transcripts. 

The university or college that issued your degree must send an official copy of your transcript directly to Ball State. You can often request your transcripts through an institution’s website. Also, official transcripts must include a college seal, date, and appropriate signature. All transcripts become Ball State property.

Transcripts may be submitted by:

• Mail – Send official copies to the Graduate School, Ball State University, 2000 W. University Ave., West Quad 100, Muncie, IN 47306.
• Electronic – Official electronic transcripts may be submitted by an institution directly to bsutrans@bsu.edu.

The Graduate School must receive all of your application materials no later than one week before the beginning of the academic term you wish to start.

However, your desired program might have different deadlines. Check with the program director for those dates.

The fulfillment of the minimum Graduate School admission standards listed above does not guarantee admission to a specific degree program.

Students may register for graduate courses leading to the doctoral degree only upon departmental recommendation for admission.

After official admission to a doctoral program, you have two years to begin courses approved by the doctoral program director or your committee. If you have not taken courses in an approved program during this two-year period, you will be dropped from the program. However, you may reapply for admission.

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Ball State offers programs leading to these degrees: doctor of philosophy (PhD), doctor of education (EdD), doctor of arts (DA) in music, doctor of audiology (AuD), and doctor of nursing practice (DNP).

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Ball State must receive your official transcript before the university can process your application. Request transcripts from all colleges and universities you attended (this includes dual credit courses earned while in high school). You do not need to submit Ball State transcripts. 

The university or college that issued your degree must send an official copy of your transcript directly to Ball State. You can often request your transcripts through an institution’s website. Also, official transcripts must include a college seal, date, and appropriate signature. All transcripts become Ball State property.

Transcripts may be submitted by:

• Mail – Send official copies to the Graduate School, Ball State University, 2000 W. University Ave., West Quad 100, Muncie, IN 47306.
• Electronic – Official electronic transcripts may be submitted by an institution directly to bsutrans@bsu.edu.

The Graduate School must receive all of your application materials no later than one week before the beginning of the academic term you wish to start.

However, your desired program might have different deadlines. Check with the program director for those dates.

The fulfillment of the minimum Graduate School admission standards listed above does not guarantee admission to a specific degree program.

Students may register for graduate courses leading to the doctoral degree only upon departmental recommendation for admission.

After official admission to a doctoral program, you have two years to begin courses approved by the doctoral program director or your committee. If you have not taken courses in an approved program during this two-year period, you will be dropped from the program. However, you may reapply for admission.

Learn More about Admission

Ball State offers programs leading to these degrees: doctor of philosophy (PhD), doctor of education (EdD), doctor of arts (DA) in music, doctor of audiology (AuD), and doctor of nursing practice (DNP).

See Our Programs

Ball State must receive your official transcript before the university can process your application. Request transcripts from all colleges and universities you attended (this includes dual credit courses earned while in high school). You do not need to submit Ball State transcripts. 

The university or college that issued your degree must send an official copy of your transcript directly to Ball State. You can often request your transcripts through an institution’s website. Also, official transcripts must include a college seal, date, and appropriate signature. All transcripts become Ball State property.

Transcripts may be submitted by:

• Mail – Send official copies to the Graduate School, Ball State University, 2000 W. University Ave., West Quad 100, Muncie, IN 47306.
• Electronic – Official electronic transcripts may be submitted by an institution directly to bsutrans@bsu.edu.

The Graduate School must receive all of your application materials no later than one week before the beginning of the academic term you wish to start.

However, your desired program might have different deadlines. Check with the program director for those dates.