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Hendrix College was awarded 15 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general biology.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Hendrix is ranked #1,249 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality.
Hendrix also holds the #8 spot on the Best Colleges in Arkansas ranking.
If you're applying to Hendrix College you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 68%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 13% 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 560 and 680. Math scores were between 530 and 660.
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.
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%.
Hendrix College has a freshmen retention rate of 80%. 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.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Hendrix for first-time, full-time students is 66%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,067 undergraduates at Hendrix with 1,061 being full-time and 6 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,822 | $10,861 | $18,120 | $22,802 | $27,119 |
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.
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 43% of students took out student loans averaging $6,368 a year. That adds up to $25,472 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Hendrix is 3.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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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/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/hendrixcollege |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/hendrixcollege |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 29 | NA |
| Health Sciences & Services | 24 | NA |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 19 | NA |
| Economics | 18 | $38,848 |
| General English Literature | 14 | NA |
| History | 14 | NA |
| Romance Languages | 13 | NA |
| Political Science & Government | 13 | $18,582 |
| General Biology | 13 | $19,573 |
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 12 | NA |
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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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