Ball State's master's program in student affairs was ranked 14thout of 186 programs in a national study by the Student AffairsAdministration in Higher Education.
The study to determine the rankings was a random sample ofvoting delegates, students, faculty members and professionals,Randy Hyman, director of Ball State's SAAHE Program, said.
The study and ranking was presented recently to the NationalAssociation of Student Personnel Administration.
"The ranking is determined by several factors includingreputation, curriculum, perceived quality of graduates andperceived quality of overall education experience," Hyman said.
In the past year, Ball State has changed the admissionscriteria, created a new series of one credit hour seminars,Web-based programs and tours of historically black institutions forindependent study, Hyman said.
For the future, he said the university hopes to diversify thetour options for independent study credit by offering opportunitiesto visit other post-secondary institutions.
"We hope to have an opportunity to provide students with thechance to go to a city such as Atlanta for one and a half to twoweeks to visit many different school settings," Hyman said. "Thereare five historically black schools; Georgia Tech, an engineeringschool; Georgia State, a large school; Emory, a small school; andcommunity colleges."
Ball State also plans to add more course electives to thestudent affairs administration program over the next years.
Currently, Ball State offers a visit day in February forpotential students in the student affairs administration program,over the past three years, the participation in the visitation dayhas increased from 18 to more than 40 this year, Hyman said.
Hyman credits the graduates and balanced program for the highranking.�
"I think that this ranking is a tribute to our outstandinggraduates from recent years who have distinguished themselves asmentors and role-models," Hyman said. "Many current applicantsexpress interest specifically in the student affairs administrationprogram at Ball State master's program because of the positiveinteractions they had with graduate students while they wereundergraduate students at Ball State."
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