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Arkansas State Enrolls 20 Percent More Grad Students

February 11, 2009 RSS Feed Print

Arkansas State-Jonesboro reports it has enrolled 11,056 students in the spring semester, a record number and a 7 percent increase over last year, the Herald writes. The increase was particularly fueled by an increase in graduate students, which grew more than 20 percent from last year. Undergraduate enrollment growth was 4.8 percent.

The campus has also seen a drastic increase in Web or Web-assisted instruction. Right now 3,560 students are enrolled, which is a 33 percent increase over last year.

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