Hendrix College acceptance rate and your odds of getting in

Hendrix College, a private college in Arkansas, reports a 56% acceptance rate and sits in the moderately selective band. In practice that means it admits more applicants than it rejects, so a strong application is judged against an applicant pool that is already self-selected.

Use this page to see what Hendrix College weighs, where it ranks among Arkansas schools, and how a profile like yours is likely to land. Admitted students post a 75th-percentile SAT around 1230, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

What are my chances at Hendrix College with a 3.5 GPA and a 1240 SAT?

About 88% (Safety), by CollegeCalcAI's deterministic model, for an applicant with a 3.5 unweighted GPA and a 1240 SAT, the middle of Hendrix College's admitted range, applying Regular Decision without a hook. A 3.8 GPA with a 1350 SAT comes out near 96%. Courses, activities, essays and the application round move the number; the free calculator includes them.

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There is no formula that guarantees a spot at Hendrix College, but the applicants who get in tend to do the same four things. Here is what the numbers say each one looks like.

Hendrix College admitted 1,386 of the 2,616 students who applied for fall 2023, which works out to 53%. 275 enrolled. Only about 20% of admitted students enrolled, so the school admits several students for every seat it expects to fill, which is why its acceptance rate reads higher than its selectivity feels. Hendrix College enrolls about 1,100 undergraduates in total, 51% of them women, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 11 to 1.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS 2023 admissions and enrollment.

Admitted students at Hendrix College post SAT scores of 1123 to 1348 in the middle 50%, with an average of 1282. On the ACT the middle 50% runs from 23 to 31. A score above 1348 puts you in the top quarter of admits and turns the test into an asset; a score below 1123 puts you in the bottom quarter, where the rest of the application has to carry more weight. Hendrix College is test-optional: scores are considered if you submit them but not required. Send a score at or above the middle of the admitted range; otherwise apply without one and let your transcript lead.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10.

The factors that carry the most weight at Hendrix College are rigor of secondary school record, academic GPA, and character / personal qualities. Solid grades in a challenging schedule do most of the work here, with the rest of the application providing context. These ratings come from Hendrix College's reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

The full sticker price at Hendrix College (tuition, fees, housing, food, books) is about $55,013 a year. Tuition and fees alone are $38,200. What families actually pay is different: the average net price after grants and scholarships is $24,149 a year, and it ranges from $15,951 for families earning under $30,000 to $27,453 for families earning over $110,000. 23% of undergraduates receive a federal Pell Grant.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Net price is what students receiving aid paid after grants, by family income.

Median earnings for Hendrix College students ten years after entry are $60,376 ($39,913 at the six-year mark). 72% of first-time, full-time students graduate within six years, and 80% return for a second year. Among graduates who borrowed, median federal debt at graduation is $26,688; 45% of undergraduates take federal loans.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Earnings cover students who received federal aid.

Among the 18 Arkansas schools we track, Hendrix College ranks #3 most selective by acceptance rate. Schools like University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (41%) and Philander Smith University (50%) sit nearby, which makes Arkansas a useful frame for calibrating a balanced list.

Applicants targeting Hendrix College often weigh Ohio Wesleyan University, Olivet Nazarene University, and Lancaster Bible College, which sit at a similar level. Running the same profile against each one in the free calculator is the fastest way to see where you are a reach, a match, or a likely.

Acceptance rate, application counts, admitted test ranges, cost, and outcomes reflect publicly reported federal data (U.S. Department of Education: IPEDS 2023 and the College Scorecard) and each school's Common Data Set; figures are rounded and lag the current cycle by one to two years, so confirm deadlines and policies on the school's own site. The typical-admit GPA and SAT are CollegeCalcAI's modeled estimates. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.