CONWAY, Ark. (September 9, 2019) – Once again this year, Hendrix
College is featured in multiple categories of the annual rankings issued by U.S. News & World Report. On the
2020 Best Value Schools list among nationally ranked liberal arts colleges, Hendrix
rose four spots to claim the #40 ranking. Each year, the Best Value list takes into
account the ratio of academic quality to price, the percentage of students
receiving need-based financial aid (75% for Hendrix), and the average institutional aid those students receive.
The College continues to appear on the Most Innovative Schools list,
a result of nominations by presidents, provosts and admissions deans of peer
institutions in the Best National Liberal Arts Colleges category. This list
recognizes schools for “making the most innovative improvements in terms of curriculum,
faculty, students, campus life, technology or facilities.”
Hendrix is also one of eight nationally recognized institutions
tied for #92 on the 2020 National Liberal Arts Colleges list.
“These rankings confirm what people who know Hendrix have understood
for many years: This college provides an innovative and valuable educational
experience at a great price,” said Hendrix President William M. Tsutsui. “We
are thrilled to have enhanced the student experience by opening two residence
halls in the new Miller Creative Quad this semester, and we look forward to the
Quad’s first floor becoming home to the new Windgate Museum of Art and other
performing- and visual arts-related academic spaces later this year.”
As in previous years’ rankings from U.S. News & World Report, Hendrix remains the only top 100 nationally
ranked liberal arts college in Arkansas. Other recent accolades for Hendrix
include representing Arkansas on College Raptor’s “Hidden Gems in the U.S.”
list; another appearance on the Forbes
Top Colleges list; the Kiplinger’s
Personal Finance 2019 Best College Values list; a profile in The Fiske Guide to Colleges; and a
listing in The Wall Street Journal / Times
Higher Education College Rankings 2020.
About Hendrix College
A private liberal arts college in Conway, Arkansas, Hendrix
College consistently earns recognition as one of the country’s leading liberal
arts institutions, and is featured in Colleges That Change Lives: 40
Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges. Its academic
quality and rigor, innovation, and value have established Hendrix as a fixture
in numerous college guides, lists, and rankings. Founded in 1876, Hendrix has
been affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884. To learn more,
visit www.hendrix.edu.