About Arkansas State University

Arkansas State University (A-State or ASU) is a public research college circles in Jonesboro, Arkansas. It is the flagship campus of the Arkansas State University System and the second largest university circles in Arkansas. The university circles was founded in 1909 and is located atop 1,376 acres (557 hectares) on Crowley’s Ridge.[citation needed]

Arkansas State University is classified among “R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity”.

Jonesboro is a city located upon Crowley’s Ridge in the northeastern corner of the U.S. State of Arkansas. Jonesboro is one of two county seats of Craighead County. According to the 2010 Census, the city had a population of 67,263 and is the fifth-largest city in Arkansas. In 2010, the Jonesboro metropolitan Place had a population of 121,026 and a population of 163,116 in the Jonesboro-Paragould Combined Statistical Area.

Jonesboro is the house to Arkansas State University and the cultural and economic center of Northeast Arkansas.