Adult & Continuing Education at Ball State University

If you plan to study adult and continuing education, take a look at what Ball State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Ball State is located in Muncie, Indiana and has a total student population of 21,597.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Adult & Continuing Education section at the bottom of this page.

Ball State Adult & Continuing Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Adult and Continuing Ed
• Doctorate Degree in Adult and Continuing Ed

Online Classes Are Available at Ball State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Ball State offers distance education options for adult and continuing ed at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Ball State Adult & Continuing Education Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in adult and continuing ed from Ball State. This makes it the #23 most popular school for adult and continuing ed master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in adult and continuing ed, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Adult and Continuing Ed Student Demographics at Ball State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the adult and continuing ed majors at Ball State University.

Ball State Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Program

Of the 12 adult and continuing ed students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Ball State, about 25% were men and 75% were women.

Of the students who received a adult and continuing ed master's degree from Ball State, 83% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ball State University with a master's in adult and continuing ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Ball State also has a doctoral program available in adult and continuing ed. In 2021, 7 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• Teacher Development & Methodology
• Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching
• Secondary Education
• Early Childhood Education

Careers That Adult and Continuing Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in adult and continuing ed can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Ball State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers	2,510	$36,470

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Travisleehardin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.