- The Inkwell
- Arkansas
- Hendrix College
Conway, ARCity: smallZIP 72032Founded 1876
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1876
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.hendrix.edu
ArkansasReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Hendrix College
Hendrix College is a private nonprofit college in Conway, Arkansas, with 1,100 undergraduates. It admits 56% of applicants, graduates 72% within six years and costs $23,177 a year after aid.
72%graduate
Admission rate56%
Retention80%
4-year graduation55%
Pell Grant share28%
Federal loans45%
$23,177net price / year
56%admission rate
1282average SAT
72%graduate in 6 years
$59,310median earnings, 10 yrs
$23,250median debt
#816 of 1,704 for earnings#1,111 of 1,739 for lowest net price#330 of 1,738 for graduation rate#299 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $57,101tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $39,750
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $39,750
- Average net price
- $23,177national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$16,959
$30,001–48,000$18,231
$48,001–75,000$19,122
$75,001–110,000$25,763
$110,001+$28,364
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 56%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1282
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 560–668
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 563–680
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 23–31
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college56%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college80%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college72%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college28%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 72%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 55%
- First-year retention
- 80%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 66%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $42,712
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $59,310middle 50%: $40,327–$85,648
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,250
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$85,648
Median, Hendrix College$59,310
Lower quarter$40,327
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,100
- Part-time
- 0.6%
- Women / men
- 51% / 49%
- Average age at entry
- 19.4
- First-generation students
- 19%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 28%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 11 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 100%
- Average faculty salary
- $8,185 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $15,797
- Endowment, end of year
- $219,105,629
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White69%
Hispanic8.3%
Black7.4%
Asian3.5%
Two or more races5.4%
U.S. nonresident2.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.3%
Unknown2.9%
15 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Psychology18%
Social sciences14%
Health professions14%
Biological & biomedical sciences11%
Computer & information sciences7.1%
English language & literature6.7%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies6.0%
Business & management5.3%
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Same Carnegie class, similar price
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 107080. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1605137.