About
Hendrix College
An Education That Takes You Places
For 150 years, Hendrix College has helped students discover their fullest potential. An education here begins with the wide-ranging knowledge provided by the liberal arts. Then we tailor it to you through personalized advising and a four-year focus on career readiness, resulting in an education known for its rigor, value, innovation, and community.
Hendrix by the Numbers
Accessible professors, meaningful experiences, great results: These are some of the ways our community measures success.
13:1
Student-to-Faculty Ratio
Small classes result in personalized mentorship, deep discussion, and active collaboration between you and your professors.
97%
Career Outcomes
Nearly every Hendrix graduate finds a job or is furthering their education within six months of graduation, according to the results of our most recent alumni survey.
100%
Guaranteed Co-op
Put classroom theory to work through a full-time, semester-long professional experience during your junior year.
70+
Student Organizations
Get involved on campus and in your community while gaining leadership skills, building your professional network, or just having fun.
Nationally Recognized Excellence
Results speak volumes. That is why so many top publications recognize the quality of our education and the value it delivers, as well as our exceptional student experience.
Academics
Hendrix is building a liberal arts tradition that serves 21st-century needs.
- Ranked a Top 100 National Liberal Arts College (#96) by U.S. News & World Report (USNWR), the only college in Arkansas ranked in this list.
- Regularly appears on USNWR’s Most Innovative Schools list.
- Named a top producer of Fulbright students by The Chronicle of Higher Education.
- Ranked as #35 Top Performer on Social Mobility, reflecting our commitment to providing access to a high value education to students from all socioeconomic backgrounds.
- USNWR recognized our faculty’s commitment to student success and transformative, career-launching education as the #59 ranked in Undergraduate Teaching.
- Included on USNWR’s High School Counselors Rankings list, produced by asking guidance counselors which institutions offer the best undergraduate education.
- USNWR ranked us the #55 Best Value School highlighting the quality of a Hendrix education and our extensive financial aid.
Student Life
Our students are the beating heart of the Hendrix campus community. Whoever you are, there is a place for you here.
- ALL IN Challenge Bronze Award for excellence in student voter engagement.
- Ranked Best in Arkansas for LGBTQ Students by the BestColleges.com/Campus Pride Index.
Location
A beautiful campus in a fun college town in a state with so much to explore; quite simply, you need to experience Hendrix.
- Ranked #1 Best Colleges in Arkansas by College Consensus.
- Featured on Travel + Leisure’s Most Beautiful College in Every State list.
- Named a Hidden Gem in the U.S. and listed among the Hidden Gems in the Southeast by College Raptor.
- Included among 109 Best South colleges and universities on The Princeton Review’s Best Colleges: Region by Region list.
Dining
We do not just feed you at Hendrix. We feed you well, with options that meet your taste and individual dietary needs.
- Ranked #1 in Best Dining Halls by BestColleges.com.
- Recipient of several Gold Awards from the National Association for College and University Food Services (NACUFS).
- Winner of the Grand Prize in Residential Dining Concepts by NACUFS’ Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards.
- Ranked Best College Food in America by Niche.com.
Value
Affordability is one thing; results are another. Put them together, and you get value that cannot be beat.
- Featured in the Fiske Guide to Colleges.
- Featured in Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges by Loren Pope.
- Recognized as a Best Value School by U.S. News & World Report.
- Included several times on Forbes’ Grateful Grads Index for the Top 200 Best-Loved Colleges.
- Featured as one of Money’s Best Colleges.
- A Forbes Best Value College.
- Ranked a Best College Value by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance.
The Via Hendrix Curriculum
From your first day at Hendrix, you’ll be encouraged to explore your interests, ask meaningful questions, and begin considering how your education can shape your future. By building skills that span industries and careers, your Hendrix experience creates value long after graduation.
Liberal Arts Foundation
A liberal arts education delivers knowledge in the arts, humanities, and sciences while cultivating curiosity, critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills that serve you throughout your life.
Integrated Advising
As far as you can go on your own, you will get farther with a team. Our integrated advising model delivers just-for-you guidance from dedicated faculty advisors and career counselors.
Co-op
See what happens when theory becomes practice through our co-op program. Every Hendrix student gets full-time experience in the workplace or lab via Hendrix, all while still graduating in four years.
Career Services
Think beyond resumes and interviews. From day one, your dedicated career counselor helps you build experience, leverage alumni connections, and navigate opportunities with confidence.
60+ Rigorous Academic Programs
Whether you are pursuing a career in the arts, medicine, law, or technology, you can get there via Hendrix. All of our degree programs and minors feature hands-on experience and expert faculty who always make time for you.
Life in Conway, Arkansas
Conway hits the sweet spot: Big enough to be interesting and progressive, small enough to be charming and safe. Great restaurants, a real arts scene, and easy access to outdoor adventure are just steps away from campus.
The Hendrix Motto: “Unto the Whole Person”
Our historic motto, Unto the Whole Person, steers the entire Hendrix experience, driving us to educate the mind, body, and spirit in equal measure.
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.
Your Future Arrives Via Hendrix
Everything about a Hendrix education, from our liberal arts tradition to the personal attention you will receive, leads to what is next. Learn more.