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Hendrix College Data & Information Overview

Great Price Value for Your Money
60% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Hendrix College Ranked?

#1,824 Best Colleges in Nation
#18 Best Colleges in AR
General Biology Highest Ranked Major

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Overall Quality

Hendrix is ranked #1,824 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.

Out of the 36 colleges in Arkansas, Hendrix is ranked at #18.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Hendrix?

60% Acceptance Rate
51% Of Accepted Are Women
15% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

Hendrix College has an acceptance rate of 60%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Hendrix.

Average Test Scores

About 15% of students accepted to Hendrix submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 680. Math scores were between 553 and 648.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Hendrix College  ( 580 to 680 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Hendrix College  ( 553 to 648 )
200
800
Hendrix received ACT scores from 64% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 23 and 30.

ACT Composite Scores for Hendrix College  ( 23 to 30 )
1
36

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Hendrix College Faculty

11 to 1 Student to Faculty
100% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Hendrix it is much better at 11 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Hendrix College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  100 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Hendrix College

79% Freshmen Retention
59% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

Hendrix College has a freshmen retention rate of 79%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  79 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Hendrix the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 59%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  59 out of 100
0
100

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Hendrix College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,061 Full-Time Undergraduates
39.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
51.5% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,067 undergraduates at Hendrix with 1,061 being full-time and 6 being part-time.

How Much Does Hendrix College Cost?

$22,780 Net Price
47% Take Out Loans
$31,992 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Hendrix is $22,780. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Hendrix

$0-30 K$30K-48K$48-75$75-110K$110K +
$14,694$19,080$21,365$25,471$25,807

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Hendrix, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Hendrix, approximately 47% of students took out student loans averaging $7,998 a year. That adds up to $31,992 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do Hendrix Graduates Make?

$60,376 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Hendrix make around $60,376 per year during the early years of their employment. This is good news for future Hendrix graduates since it is 23% more than the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year.

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Location of Hendrix College

Arkansas State
1,061 Full-Time Undergraduates
Small City Campus Setting
Located in Conway, Arkansas, Hendrix College is a private not-for-profit institution. Conway is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

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Contact details for Hendrix are given below.

Contact Details
Address:1600 Washington Ave, Conway, AR 72032-3080
Phone:501-329-6811
Website:https://www.hendrix.edu/

Hendrix College Majors

27 Majors With Completions
516 Undergraduate Degrees
516 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 27 majors graduated from Hendrix College. Of these students, 516 received undergraduate degrees and 516 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular MajorsBachelor’s DegreesAverage Salary of Graduates
General Psychology36$22,984
Accounting26NA
Economics23$40,445
Health Sciences & Services21NA
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology18$28,322
General Biology18NA
General English Literature17$18,668
Political Science & Government12NA
Neurobiology & Neurosciences10NA
Computer Science10NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Hendrix College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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