• Life at Hendrix

    About the College

    Founded in 1876 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884, Hendrix is one of the country's best liberal arts colleges, nationally recognized for academic quality, community, innovation, and value.

  • Nationally Recognized for Quality and Value

  • Ranked among
    " Best National Liberal Arts Colleges "

    U.S. News & World Report
    (The only top 100 nationally ranked
    liberal arts college in Arkansas.)

     

    Continued appearance on
    the "Most Innovative Schools" list

    U.S. News & World Report

     

    Featured in the
    Fiske Guide to Colleges 

     

    Featured in  Loren Pope's Book Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges

     

    Ranked #1 
    Best Colleges in Arkansas
    for 

    College Consensus

     

    Recognized as a 
    " Best Value School "

    U.S. News & World Report

    One of 142 colleges and universities chosen for The Princeton Review's Best Colleges "Best in the Southeast" list.

     

    ALL IN Challenge Bronze Award for excellence in student voter engagement

     

    Best in Arkansas for LGBTQ Students

    BestColleges.com/Campus Pride Index

     

    Most Beautiful College in Every State

    Travel and Leisure

     

    #1 in Best Dining Halls

    BestColleges.com

     

    Repeated appearances on
    Forbes' Grateful Grads Index for the Top 200 Best-Loved Colleges

     

    Featured as one of
    MONEY's Best Colleges


    Named a "Hidden Gem in the US"
    and listed as a "Hidden Gems in the Southeast"

    College Raptor

    A Forbes Best Value College

     

    A Best College Value

    Kiplinger's Personal Finance

     

    Best College Food in America

    Niche.com

     

    Multiple Gold Awards from the National Association for College and University Food Services

    NACUFS

     

    A top producer of Fulbright Students

    The Chronicle of Higher Education

     

     

    Grand Prize in Residential Dining Concepts

    Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards NACUFS

     

    Included on U.S. News & World Report's 
    "High School Counselors Rankings" list

    The list was created by polling guidance counselors
    in all 50 states to ask which institutions they think
    offer the best undergraduate education for students.
    U.S. News & World Report

     

  • Fast Facts

    With close faculty interaction, rigorous academic programs rooted in the liberal arts, and robust residential campus experience, Hendrix develops students to their fullest potential.

    College: Four-year, private, residential, coeducational college of liberal arts founded in 1876 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church; Phi Beta Kappa chapter

    Location: Conway, AR, suburban city of 66,000; 30 minutes from Little Rock (metro. pop.: 724,385)

    Enrollment Fall 2022: 1,144 from 39 states and 17 countries

    Academic profile, class of ’27: 34% in top 10th of high school class, 62% in top quarter; Average scores: 1239 SAT (Natl avg: 1059), 27 ACT (Natl avg: 20.7), 3.85 GPA 

    Faculty: 99 full-time, 89% with Ph.D. or equivalent degree

    Student/faculty ratio: 11:1

    Average class size: 16

    Majors: 32 undergraduate majors, 34 minors; M.A. in accounting

    Most Popular Majors: Psychology, Health Science, Biology, Biology & Molecular Biology, Computer Science, Economics & Business.

    Graduation Rates (Fall 2016 class): 67.3% in 4 years; 68.5% in 6 years; 85% of 2022 grads completed within 4 years

    Post-graduation: About a third of our graduates plan to attend graduate or professional school immediately after graduation. The majority of those students are accepted to a graduate or professional program before they graduate from Hendrix.

    Doctoral Degree Production: 40% in Medical, Law, Ph.D., or Master's program; 50% employed or in public service; 2% unemployed 

    Residence options: More than 90% of students live in college-owned co-ed and single-sex housing, including six traditional residence halls, five residence houses, three theme houses, and five apartment complexes.

    Campus: (campus map) 175 acres encompassing academic, residential and recreational resources, plus arboretum, gazebo, and pecan court; also includes "New Urbanism" community, The Village at Hendrix

    Clubs & organizations: More than 70; Phi Beta Kappa chapter

    Athletics: More than 30% of all students participate in intercollegiate athletics.

    NCAA Division III, Southern Athletic Association: Baseball (M), Basketball (M & W), Beach Volleyball (W), Cross Country (M & W), Football (M), Golf (M & W), Lacrosse (M & W), Soccer (M & W), Softball (W), Swimming and Diving (M & W), Tennis (M & W), Track and Field (M & W), and Volleyball (W). Varsity Esports (M & W).

    Financial aid: 100% of students receive some form of achievement-based and/or need-based state, federal, or institutional assistance.

    Academic consortium: Associated Colleges of the South

    Major accreditations: Higher Learning Commission, University Senate of the United Methodist Church, American Chemical Society, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

    Alumni body: More than 15,000

    Endowment: Approximately $206 million

  • Motto

    "Unto the whole person"

    The Hendrix College seal appeared for the first time on the cover of the 1898 catalog. The seal included the College's motto, selected by a committee headed by the Rev. George W. Hill and taken from a passage in Ephesians: "Till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ …" (Ephesians 4:13, King James Version). Currently translated as "unto the whole person," the motto, in Ancient Greek, reflects Hendrix's dedication to both Christian principles and the traditional liberal arts ideal.