SAU reclassified to reflect graduate programs
This article was published April 18, 2011 at 10:03 a.m.
Southern Arkansas University was officially recognized for its graduate-level programs by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
The foundation reassigned the Magnolia college as a "Master's M" institution, which generally includes colleges that awarded at least 50 master’s degrees and fewer than 20 doctoral degrees in the most recent year. Since 2005, SAU has awarded 467 master’s degrees.
That number has increased from just 50 awarded in the 2005- 2006 academic year to 157 awarded in the 2009- 2010 academic year.
Previously, SAU was classified as a bachelor’s degree-granting institution.
“This is a tremendous accomplishment, and we are very gratified by this news from the Carnegie Foundation” said SAU President Dr. David Rankin. “Our graduate program offerings have increased dramatically, and we have been noted as having the fastest-growing graduate programs in the state over the past five years. To have this new master’s-level classification will open many new doors for us.”
The university had a fall enrollment of 3,379 undergraduate and graduate students.
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