Academics

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Via Hendrix

A liberal arts curriculum that shapes the way you think. Career readiness shows you how to apply it. That’s Via Hendrix.

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Integrated Advising

At Hendrix College, the academic advisors and career counselors on your integrated advising team will help you identify your goals, choose appropriate courses, and connect with opportunities that move you forward.

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Co-ops for All

Every Hendrix student completes a co-op – a semester-long, full-time, professional work experience in which you put your skills and knowledge to the test. This provides you invaluable on-the-job training before you graduate.

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After Hendrix

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.

The Four Year Experience

At Hendrix, your academic experiences don’t happen passively. We believe discovery happens through doing.

In and beyond the classroom, you will engage with a curriculum that encourages participation, collaboration, and self-authorship. Our academic environment blends serious scholarship with real-world application, ensuring that every essay written, experiment conducted, and project launched connects you more deeply to the world around you.

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Choose Your Major

With 30 majors and 33 minors, as well as interdisciplinary degrees and 15 pre-professional programs, a Hendrix education gives you the flexibility to explore your interests and the guidance to find your way forward.

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Partners in Your Success

At Hendrix, you can trust that the professors at the front of the classroom are experts in their fields. They are award winners, published authors, and researchers who have made discoveries in the lab. But they are also educators who are deeply committed to the craft of teaching and invested in your success. With a 13:1 student-faculty ratio, you have the opportunity to learn alongside them in the classroom, the lab, and beyond.

Enrich Your Academic Experience

A Hendrix education is not complete until you apply your knowledge to out-of-class experiences. Develop career-ready skills through independent research, study abroad, your co-op, internships, and other opportunities.

Your Next Steps Via Hendrix

At Hendrix, we match your curiosity with the guidance, experience, and opportunities to make your career goals happen. Explore where you can go Via Hendrix.

Your Way Forward Via Hendrix