Arkansas State University
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Arkansas State University, public, coeducational institution of higher education in Jonesboro, Arkansas, U.S. The university offers bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in agriculture, business, communications, nursing and health professions, engineering, education, and the arts and sciences. Doctoral programs are available in educational leadership and environmental sciences. Branch campuses in Beebe, Mountain Home, and Newport operate as junior colleges. Degree centres offer undergraduate and graduate courses in Blytheville, Forrest City, Fort Smith, and West Memphis. Total enrollment exceeds 10,000 at Jonesboro and 14,300 at all campuses. Created by an act of the state legislature in 1909, the institution was founded as ...(100 of 188 words)