Students who join a fraternity or sorority are more likely to stay enrolled at Ball State University. The university each year reports on the number of students who enroll at Ball State their freshmen year and remain enrolled until their sophomore year. You can find below how the Greek members who are freshmen and remain enrolled to sophomore year compare to Ball State undergraduate students overall.
Recruitment
Fraternities and sororities each year have a percentage of the Ball State community join their organizations. Below you will find the recruitment statistics for fraternities and sororities.
|
University Enrollment |
Number of Men Joining Fraternities |
Number of Women Joining Sororities |
Total Number of students Joining a Greek Organization |
|
Spring 2009 |
|
59 |
39 |
98 |
|
Fall 2008 |
15,180 |
201 |
248 |
449 |
|
Spring 2008 |
13,729 |
63 |
42 |
105 |
|
Fall 2007 |
14,025 |
185 |
231 |
416 |
|
Spring 2007 |
14,168 |
66 |
73 |
139 |
|
Fall 2006 |
14,515 |
166 |
243 |
409 |
Greek Freshman to Sophomore Retention Rate
In fall of 2007 3,544 students matriculated to Ball State University. 78.3% of those students remained enrolled at Ball State University. Below you will find the retention rate of students who remained at Ball State who were also in a fraternity or sorority.
|
Students who were Initiated |
Students who Returned |
Retention Rate |
| Fraternities |
107 |
93 |
86.92% |
| Sororities |
160 |
149 |
93.12% |
| All Greek |
267 |
242 |
90.64% |
Greek New Member Retention Rate
When joining a fraternity or sorority you can expect to have a enjoyable, valuable, educational and fun experience. Our fraternities and sororities work diligently to ensure that your experience puts academics at the top of your priority list, yet still having a great experience. Below you will find how successful fraternities and sororities are at retaining members who joined into the next semester.
|
All Fraternity |
All Sorority |
All Greek |
| Fall 2008 |
86.17% |
88.28% |
87.35% |
| Spring 2008 |
83.93% |
95.35% |
88.89% |
| Fall 2007 |
80.43% |
90.48% |
86.02% |
Graduation Rate
Fraternity and sorority members are more likely to graduate compared to non-Greeks at Ball State. Below you will find how the Greek graduation rate for 4, 5 or 6 years compares to the Ball State University undergraduate graduation rate.
| Freshman Year |
Graduated within 4 years |
Graduated within 5 years |
Graduated within 6 years |
| 2001 freshman Greek new members |
33.54% |
59.49% |
62.66% |
| 2001 Ball State freshman |
30.3% |
53.1% |
57.8% |
| 2000 freshman Greek new members |
30.96% |
57.59% |
63.47% |
| 2000 Ball State freshman |
29.4% |
53.4% |
57.9% |
| 1999 freshman Greek new members |
34.97% |
61.56% |
65.31% |
| 1999 Ball State freshman |
27.4% |
49.9% |
58.4% |