Is there a way to know with confidence that you’ll get into Ball State after completing your associate degree? Our Guaranteed Admission Agreement ensures you will be admitted to Ball State when you finish one of the Transfer Single Articulation Pathway (TSAP) degrees at Ivy Tech Community College with at least a 2.5 GPA and apply for our corresponding bachelor’s degree program. 

TSAP (transfer as a junior) programs included in this agreement:

Eligible Degrees
Ivy Tech Associate Degree Ball State Bachelor’s Degree(s)
Biology Biology: General
Business Administration Accounting
Business Administration
Business Analytics
Computer Information Systems
Economics: Business
Finance
Human Resources Management
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Marketing
Professional Selling
Risk Management and Insurance
Chemistry Chemistry: General
Computer Science Computer Science
Criminal Justice Criminal Justice
Early Childhood Development Family and Child: Child Development
Early Childhood Education (Non-Licensure)
Elementary Education Elementary Education
Psychology Psychology
Special Education Exceptional Needs: Mild Interventions (All-Grade)

Admission Requirements

Guaranteed admission to Ball State requires the following:

  • Completion of an associate of science (AS) degree at Ivy Tech and submission of a final transcript showing degree completion.
  • Cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher in the specified associate degree at Ivy Tech. We will consider a cumulative GPA of 2.0–2.5, but admission is not guaranteed. Students must also meet each academic program’s course grade requirements.
  • Adherence to all Ball State academic policies once enrolled here. This agreement guarantees admission to the University and to most academic programs except social work and nursing. For these majors, students should apply for program admission at the same time they apply to Ball State.

NOTE: Students with prior academic or criminal misconduct are exempt from any guaranteed admission to Ball State and will be reviewed on an individual basis.

Transfer Credits

Students admitted under this agreement will receive at least 60 semester hours of transfer credit toward their bachelor’s degree. This provision does not apply if students change their major at the bachelor’s level to something other than the designated TSAP transfer program.

Transfer courses do not count in a student's GPA at Ball State.