The A-State Advantage

Uniquely Positioned for Success

Arkansas State is uniquely positioned for a successful College of Veterinary Medicine:

• A-State is a Carnegie Classification Research 2 national doctoral-granting university with the largest graduate enrollment of the state’s four-year universities.
• Management and oversight will be guided by an established Graduate School and graduate faculty to assist with the startup process.
• The A-State campus is home to the first school of osteopathic medicine in the state, the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, making our campus potentially the only one in Arkansas to co-locate veterinary and human medical schools.
• The on-site advantages of the College of Agriculture’s 240-acre University Farm, which is a part of the A-State campus in Jonesboro. The CoA’s Agricultural Teaching and Research Center is home to several existing animal facilities, including a sizable Equine Center, and will soon be home to a new poultry production research facility.
• A strong biological sciences background of research is taking place at the Arkansas Biosciences Institute at Arkansas State, which is currently partnering with NYITCOM faculty and anticipates the same opportunities with future A-State CVM faculty. A-State also has academic research programs connected to the USDA Agricultural Research Service, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources Conservation Service.
• Additional biological research labs and facilities are located within the College of Sciences and Mathematics, notably the Ecotoxicology Research Facility. A-State is also the national repository for DNA and other tissue samples for America’s most endangered canid, the American Red Wolf, and is currently working toward establishment of a Red Wolf Conservation Center.
• A-State boasts a decades-long history as one of the largest and leading universities for health care specialties in our College of Nursing and Health Professions.