Southern Arkansas University

Magnolia, AR — Public university, est. 1909; home of the Muleriders; Great American Conference member (NCAA Division II); located in Magnolia, the county seat of Columbia County in southwest Arkansas near the Louisiana border; serves the natural resources economy (timber, oil) of the Ark-La-Tex border region; strong programs in business, agriculture, and nursing; the Muleriders nickname is one of the more distinctive in American college athletics; an important access institution for the rural communities of southwest Arkansas; part of a regional network of Arkansas universities that together ensure that every corner of the state has access to four-year higher education