Arkansas State University System is the second largest college system in the United States. Arkansas State University is the flagship of the system and was established on 1909. It is public university located at an 800 acres land of urban Crowley's Ridge at Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA. It has an estimated population of 500 faculties and 12,000 undergraduates. Its slogan is powering minds.

Arkansas State University is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and carries the name Indians. Their official colors are scarlet and black. Their current president is Les Wyatt and their chancellor is Dr. Robert L. Potts.

History

Arkansas State University or A-State, as it is called nowadays, was established in Jonesboro in 1909 by the Arkansas Legislature as a regional agricultural training school. It started providing a two-year college program in 1918 then developed into First District Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1925. A four-year degree program was begun in 1930, and then A & M College became Arkansas State College in 1933. The Arkansas Legislature elevated the college to university status and altered the name to Arkansas State University in 1967.

Arkansas State University has developed considerably over the past 20 years; the Jonesboro campus enrollment in the fall of 1981 was 7,448; five years soon after it was 8,526, and by 1991 it had increase to 9,717.  Five years ago the fall enrollment at Jonesboro set at 10,309.  At present, because of the close partnerships between the campuses, ASU reports a collective enrollment for its system of campuses. The whole system enrollment in the fall of 2006 was 17,401.

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