Hendrix College:
Hendrix College is a private, undergraduate institution of the liberal arts related to the United Methodist Church and located in Conway, Faulkner County, Arkansas, about 30 minutes from Little Rock and a principal city of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area. We offer distinguished academic programs in a residential, coeducational setting including more than 30 Bachelor of Arts degree programs including biology, economics, music, philosophy, computer science, early childhood education among many others - as well as Master of Arts in Accounting degree.
Conway, Arkansas is a city of 45,000 people and the second-fastest growing city in Arkansas. With three institutions of higher learning, including Hendrix, and local celebrations, Conway is truly a mix of the progressive and the picturesque. It is the kind of town where you can head downtown for shopping or enjoy watching the sunset at the lake.
Residence Options:
Co-ed and single sex; six traditional residence halls, five residence houses, three theme houses, and five apartment complexes (86 percent of students live in college-owned housing)
Campus:
160 acres encompassing academic, residential and recreational resources, plus arboretum, gazebo, and pecan court
Facilities:
Art complex, life sciences center, physical sciences center, chapel, auditorium, theatre, and wellness and athletics center; new student life and technology center opens January 2010
From Little Rock to Hendrix: The Arkansas Highway Department is beginning construction of two roundabouts and other pedestrian-friendly improvements on the portion of Harkrider Street adjacent to and north of our campus. Below are directions for the easiest way to visit Hendrix during this period of construction.
- Merge onto I-40 West.
- Take Exit 127 – Oak St./US-64 West.
- Left onto Oak Street. – 1.1 miles. (If traveling from I-40 East, turn right onto Oak Street.)
- Remain in the left lane on Oak Street. It becomes one lane once you cross Harkrider Street.
- Right onto Front Street. – 0.5 miles. (Front Street will be the third light, after you cross Harkrider Street.)
- Front Street will lead you right into campus!
- Continue straight on Front Street (do not veer left) to the stop sign at the corner of Front and Spruce Streets. At the stop sign, make a right onto Spruce then take an immediate left following the visitor parking sign. You will find visitor parking in front of Ellis Hall, home of the Admission Office.