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"I was unexpectedly blown away by Hendrix! There should be at least one college as good as Hendrix in every state."
-Loren Pope
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CHARACTER |
- Four-year, private, residential, coeducational college of liberal arts founded in 1876 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church; Phi Beta Kappa chapter.
- A remarkably open, welcoming, egalitarian learning community that prizes individuality.
- Characterized by rigorous academics within an exceptionally supportive learning environment.
- Located 25 miles north of Little Rock, Arkansas (metro area pop:
580,000), in Conway, Arkansas (pop: 55,000). The college’s location
in The Natural State provides year-round opportunities for hiking,
biking, rock climbing, and other outdoor activities.
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WORTH NOTING |
- Hendrix is nationally known as the home of Your
Hendrix Odyssey: Engaging in Active Learning. The ultimate expression
of our unique approach to education, the Odyssey program guarantees
100 percent of Hendrix students experience interesting, hands-on learning
opportunities and receive official transcript recognition in three
or more of the following areas: Artistic Creativity, Global Awareness,
Professional and Leadership Development, Service to the World, Undergraduate
Research, and Special Projects. Since 2005, more than $1.1 million
in Odyssey grants have been awarded for Odyssey projects that required
special funding.
- Hendrix maintains one of the country's most ambitious undergraduate research programs. No other college or university in the country sends a larger percentage of its students to the annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research.
- Hendrix ranked 28th in the nation among all colleges and universities for the percentage of graduates who earn Ph.D.s within six years of graduation. Hendrix ranked 1st for graduates earning Ph.D.s in psychology, 6th for social science professions, 8th for chemistry, and 9th for education.
- Our graduates' acceptance rate at law schools stands at over 90%
and the acceptance rate to medical schools is nearly twice the national
average.
- Hendrix is one of just 22 colleges and universities in the country invited to become a member of Project Pericles, a national organization devoted to fostering social responsibility and participatory citizenship among college students.
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ENROLLMENT |
- Students are from 41 states and 13 countries
- 12:1 student-to-faculty ratio
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FACULTY & ACADEMICS |
- 103 full-time faculty members; 96 percent hold the most advanced
degree in their field
- Professors teach and perform research alongside their students.
- The faculty encourages student initiative, which is reflected in
the number of self-designed majors.
- Hendrix offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in 31 majors and 33 minors.
The college also offers a Master of Arts degree in Accounting.
- Hendrix’s most popular fields of study based on the number
of degrees awarded in 2008-09 are biology, English, history, philosophy
and religion, and psychology.
- Hendrix participates in cooperative engineering programs with Columbia,
Vanderbilt, and Washington universities, which enable students to
receive a liberal arts degree from Hendrix and an engineering degree
from one of the three schools of engineering.
- Through an exclusive agreement with the University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences (UAMS), Hendrix students can start earning credit
toward a Master of Public Health degree while completing their undergraduate
work at Hendrix.
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TUITION & FEES |
- Comprehensive Fee: $38,934
- 100% of students receive financial assistance.
- Average aid award 2009-2010: $21,604
- The college is one of just 26 private colleges and universities in the country named as a “Best Buy” in the 2008 Fiske Guide to Colleges.
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CAMPUS LIFE |
- More than 80% of students live in college-owned housing. Your Hendrix
residence hall will influence your college experience in a most extraordinary
way; each has its own distinct character, architecture, traditions,
and activities.
- Students are diverse, eclectic, open-minded, politically active, committed to social justice, and concerned about environmental issues.
- No fraternities or sororities; everyone is welcomed at all social activities.
- More than 70 active student organizations
- NCAA Division III, Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference; 19 athletic teams.
- Hendrix is in the midst of a building boom. The college has recently
constructed a 100,000-square-foot Wellness and Athletics Center and
accompanying outdoor facilities in addition to two new student apartment
complexes that feature two- and three-bedroom housing options for
upperclassmen. The new $26 million Student Life and Technology Center
– a high-touch, high-tech campus “living room” where
students and faculty can connect – will open its doors in January
2010.
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ACADEMIC PROFILE OF ENTERING CLASS |
- Middle 50% SAT scores: 1160-1360
- Middle 50% ACT scores: 27-32
- 52% of students were in the top 10th of their high school class,
and 78% were in the top quarter.
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