Ball State University

Date: Oct 19 2009
Major: Journalism (This Major's Salary over time)
This is a great size school for someone going to college without a bunch of people from high school—it's small enough that you get individual attention but big enough that there's plenty to get involved with and plenty of people to meet. I'm a shy person but had no problem making friends in the dorms and through Greek life. I agree with those who say it's much more fun after you're 21, but the university tries to provide fun things (free movies, Late Nite every Saturday, etc.) to keep those under 21 on campus during the weekends.

Some of the buildings need work, but Ball State's put a lot of money into making the campus nicer in the past few weeks.