Ball State University

Ball State University (BSU) is a public university in Muncie, Indiana with nearly 16,000 students accepted in the fall 2016 school year. The university was founded in 1918 after local industrialists, the Ball brothers, purchased Indiana Normal Institute. Over the years, the campus has expanded and now spans over 731 acres in Muncie. The campus has 109 buildings including the David Owsley Museum of Art. In 2005, the university was recognized by the Intel Corporation as the most unwired campus in the country due to the wireless internet access provided by 625 Wi-Fi access points across the campus.

The nursing programs available at Ball State University School of Nursing include undergrad and graduate degree programs that are accredited by the appropriate accrediting bodies. These programs include traditional BSN, accelerated BSN, LPN to BSN, and RN to BSN programs. The graduate-level programs include MSN, RN to MSN, and DNP programs. Most of the BSN programs are offered on campus. However, the RN to BSN program is offered online, giving registered nurses a convenient way to earn their BSN degrees. The MSN and DNP programs are also online-only. With the MSN program, students may choose from nurse educator and family nurse practitioner certificate programs.