Our alumni have directed space walks, rescued children from poverty, led multi-national corporations, run organic farms, and performed ground-breaking medical research.
More than 50 percent of Hendrix graduates enroll in graduate or professional school within two years of graduation (many of them are awarded scholarships).
Our graduates include:
- 6 Rhodes Scholars
- 24 Fulbright Scholars
- 32 Watson Fellows
- 29 Goldwater Scholars
- 3 Truman Scholars
- 2 Jack Kent Cooke Scholars
- 1 Marshall Scholar
Nationally, Hendrix ranks among the top 30 colleges and universities for the percentage of graduates who earn Ph.D.s, ahead of schools including Duke, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, and Berkeley; in the physical sciences Hendrix is number 23, in the natural sciences number 35, and in psychology number nine, besting the likes of Harvard, Yale, and Stanford.
Hendrix graduates who jump right into the job market report being employed within six months of graduation.
The law school acceptance rate of Hendrix graduates is 87 percent, and our medical school acceptance rate, 89 percent, is more than double the national average.