Arkansas State to open campus in Mexico

Arkansas State University plans a February groundbreaking for a $50 million campus in Mexico.

The new campus will be built in Queretaro in north central Mexico, using private funding, according to an Associated Press report published in Arkansas Business.

Scheduled to open in fall 2015 with about 1,000 students, enrollment is expected to grow to 5,000 in about five years. Classes will be taught in English, and the school will initially offer 15 majors, including electrical engineering, chemistry, world languages, business administration and strategic communications.

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