CONWAY, Ark. (September 12, 2012) - Hendrix College was ranked 70th in the 2013 list of "Best National Liberal Arts Colleges," published today by U.S. News and World Report.
Last year, Hendrix was ranked 86th. Among the areas of significant improvement this year are actual graduation rate and freshman in the top 10 percent of their graduating class.
For the fifth consecutive year, Hendrix was listed as one of the country's best "Up and Coming" national liberal arts colleges.
Earlier this semester, Hendrix was once again included in the latest edition of Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Feel about Colleges, as well as The Princeton Review's "The Best 377 Colleges" 2013 edition, Forbes magazine's annual list of America's Top 650 Colleges, and the 2013 Fiske Guide to Colleges.
Founded in 1876, Hendrix College is a national leader in engaged liberal arts and sciences education. For the fifth consecutive year, Hendrix was named one of the country's "Up and Coming" liberal arts colleges by U.S. News and World Report. Hendrix is featured in the 2012 edition of the Princeton Review as one of the country's best 377 colleges, the latest edition of Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Feel about Colleges, Forbes magazine's annual list of America's Top 650 Colleges, and the 2013 edition of the Fiske Guide to Colleges. Hendrix has been affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884. For more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.