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Hillsdale College

Basic Information

Type Private, Liberal Arts
Geographical Reach National
Religious Affiliation Non-denominational Christian
Population 45,000
United States map with state borders, rivers, lakes, and Alaska and Hawaii insets
Hillsdale, MI

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,435 (28%)
Days Without Precipitation 231 (20%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,560
Men / Women 48% / 52%
From State 18%
From Region 24%

Racial/Ethnic

Native American 0%
Asian 0%
Black 0%
Hispanic 0%
White 0%
Mixed 0%
International 0%

Men in the Entering Class

0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2015 Men: 48.9% 48.9% 2016 Men: 48.9% 48.9% 2017 Men: 49.9% 49.9% 2018 Men: 54.3% 54.3% 2019 Men: 51.8% 51.8% 2020 Men: 51.8% 51.8% 2021 Men: 51.6% 51.6% 2022 Men: 47.5% 47.5% 2023 Men: 49.0% 49.0% 2024 Men: 48.9% 48.9% 2025 Men: 49.5% 49.5%

Men as a share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

0% 1% 3% 4% 5% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 International: 0.0% 0.0%

Share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2015 Total: 1,451 1,451 2016 Total: 1,438 1,438 2017 Total: 1,462 1,462 2018 Total: 1,434 1,434 2019 Total: 1,430 1,430 2020 Total: 1,437 1,437 2021 Total: 1,445 1,445 2022 Total: 1,494 1,494 2023 Total: 1,560 1,560 2024 Total: 1,554 1,554 2025 Total: 1,560 1,560 2015 Men: 702 702 2016 Men: 725 725 2017 Men: 744 744 2018 Men: 740 740 2019 Men: 737 737 2020 Men: 740 740 2021 Men: 757 757 2022 Men: 759 759 2023 Men: 783 783 2024 Men: 771 771 2025 Men: 754 754 2015 Women: 749 749 2016 Women: 713 713 2017 Women: 718 718 2018 Women: 694 694 2019 Women: 693 693 2020 Women: 697 697 2021 Women: 688 688 2022 Women: 735 735 2023 Women: 777 777 2024 Women: 783 783 2025 Women: 806 806

Full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

0% 1% 3% 4% 5% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 International: 0.0% 0.0%

Share of full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2011–2019) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025). The dashed line at 2020 marks the change in reporting period. Missing reports leave gaps.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Hillsdale College 392 47% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $74,779 57 +0.18 77
Applied Mathematics 23 +3 61% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $107,991 61 -0.02 97 — — — — —
Chemistry 7 — 29% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $66,011 25 -0.54 62 — — — — —
Mathematics 8 — 75% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $95,249 79 +0.37 92 — — — — —
Physics 3 +2 33% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $89,295 70 +0.41 89 — — — — —
Biochemistry 16 +2 31% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $62,887 14 -0.77 55 — — — — —
Biology 31 +2 39% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $61,810 24 -0.54 53 — — — — —
Exercise Science 21 +1 38% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $61,532 50 -0.03 52 — — — — —
Kinesiology — — — — — — — — $61,789 51 +0.00 52 — — — — —
Sports Studies 2 — 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $61,521 50 -0.03 52 — — — — —
Accounting 14 — 57% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $104,715 86 +1.14 96 — — — — —
Economics 36 +2 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $103,287 68 +0.20 96 — — — — —
Finance 28 +1 89% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $115,409 84 +0.56 98 — — — — —
International Business 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $112,071 86 +1.25 98 — — — — —
Marketing 6 — 33% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $92,137 86 +1.13 91 — — — — —
Political Economy 5 — 60% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $101,478 68 +0.13 95 — — — — —
Sports Management 7 — 57% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $60,688 50 -0.06 50 — — — — —
American Studies 3 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $59,114 55 -0.01 45 — — — — —
Classical Languages 6 — 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $57,974 53 -0.01 42 — — — — —
English 36 +4 31% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $55,841 71 +0.42 37 — — — — —
French 4 +2 25% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $57,879 53 -0.01 42 — — — — —
German 1 +6 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,340 54 +0.03 43 — — — — —
History 42 +3 57% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $59,491 73 +0.25 46 — — — — —
Latin 3 +4 67% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,050 54 +0.00 43 — — — — —
Latin 1 +3 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,306 54 +0.02 43 — — — — —
Philosophy 15 +3 67% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $59,047 50 -0.18 45 — — — — —
Philosophy and Religious Studies — — — — — — — — $59,262 50 -0.16 46 — — — — —
Religious Studies 8 — 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $57,743 85 +0.85 42 — — — — —
Spanish 7 +2 14% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,115 54 +0.01 43 — — — — —
Communication 7 +2 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $62,880 56 +0.09 55 — — — — —
Political Science 21 +2 48% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $77,514 71 +0.39 80 — — — — —
Psychology 8 +2 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,768 74 +0.56 45 — — — — —
Sociology 2 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $59,957 71 +0.28 48 — — — — —
Music 5 +1 60% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $51,842 73 +0.55 26 — — — — —
Studio Art 11 +1 9% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $51,433 75 +0.49 25 — — — — —
Theater 4 +4 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $48,354 84 +0.71 18 — — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $35,512
ROI Percentile 77th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 97%
4-Year Graduation Rate 76%
6-Year Graduation Rate 90%
Transfer-Out Rate 4%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2015 Graduated: 77.4% 77.4% 2016 Graduated: 82.9% 82.9% 2017 Graduated: 84.8% 84.8% 2018 Graduated: 86.9% 86.9% 2019 Graduated: 85.5% 85.5% 2020 Graduated: 87.8% 87.8% 2021 Graduated: 87.6% 87.6% 2022 Graduated: 86.8% 86.8% 2023 Graduated: 84.8% 84.8% 2024 Graduated: 89.7% 89.7%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2015 Men: 77.8% 2016 Men: 78.4% 2017 Men: 84.3% 2018 Men: 81.6% 2019 Men: 85.7% 2020 Men: 86.4% 2021 Men: 88.7% 2022 Men: 85.4% 2023 Men: 81.0% 2024 Men: 89.1% 2015 Women: 77.1% 2016 Women: 86.9% 2017 Women: 85.2% 2018 Women: 90.9% 2019 Women: 85.3% 2020 Women: 89.3% 2021 Women: 86.5% 2022 Women: 88.2% 2023 Women: 88.6% 2024 Women: 90.4%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Humanities 32.1% 126 46% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,023 67 +0.24 43 — —
Business & Economics 24.7% 97 62% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $103,226 88 +0.49 96 — —
Life & Natural Sciences 12.0% 47 36% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $62,177 25 -0.62 53 — —
Physical Sciences & Math 10.5% 41 56% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $96,969 83 -0.00 93 — —
Social Sciences 9.7% 38 26% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $69,948 87 +0.37 69 — —
Health Sciences 5.9% 23 39% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $61,531 5 -0.03 52 — —
Arts 5.1% 20 30% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $50,919 49 +0.55 24 — —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — 7 #260 — —
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Business & Economics — — — — — — — —
Computer Science — — — — — — — —
Education — — — — — — — —
Engineering — — — — — — — —
Health Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math — — — — — — — —
Total — — — — 7 #502 — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 21%
Yield (non-ED) 54%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 21% 21% 21%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Acceptance & Yield

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2015 Acceptance: 50.0% 50.0% 2016 Acceptance: 45.2% 45.2% 2017 Acceptance: 41.5% 41.5% 2018 Acceptance: 36.0% 36.0% 2019 Acceptance: 48.3% 48.3% 2020 Acceptance: 36.5% 36.5% 2021 Acceptance: 23.7% 23.7% 2022 Acceptance: 20.6% 20.6% 2023 Acceptance: 20.6% 20.6% 2024 Acceptance: 20.7% 20.7% 2015 Yield: 39.8% 39.8% 2016 Yield: 43.1% 43.1% 2017 Yield: 43.1% 43.1% 2018 Yield: 42.9% 42.9% 2019 Yield: 44.6% 44.6% 2020 Yield: 46.9% 46.9% 2021 Yield: 56.0% 56.0% 2022 Yield: 62.3% 62.3% 2023 Yield: 61.8% 61.8% 2024 Yield: 55.5% 55.5%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2015 Applicants: 1,859 1,859 2016 Applicants: 1,934 1,934 2017 Applicants: 2,080 2,080 2018 Applicants: 2,209 2,209 2019 Applicants: 1,593 1,593 2020 Applicants: 1,993 1,993 2021 Applicants: 2,994 2,994 2022 Applicants: 3,017 3,017 2023 Applicants: 2,773 2,773 2024 Applicants: 3,181 3,181 2015 Admitted: 930 930 2016 Admitted: 874 874 2017 Admitted: 863 863 2018 Admitted: 795 795 2019 Admitted: 769 769 2020 Admitted: 727 727 2021 Admitted: 709 709 2022 Admitted: 621 621 2023 Admitted: 571 571 2024 Admitted: 659 659 2015 Enrolled: 370 370 2016 Enrolled: 377 377 2017 Enrolled: 372 372 2018 Enrolled: 341 341 2019 Enrolled: 343 343 2020 Enrolled: 341 341 2021 Enrolled: 397 397 2022 Enrolled: 387 387 2023 Enrolled: 353 353 2024 Enrolled: 366 366

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 66%
SAT Range 1320 – 1490
SAT Math Range 640 – 740
SAT RW Range 680 – 750

SAT Composite

800 1000 1200 1400 1600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2015 25th: 1200 1200 2016 25th: 1190 1190 2017 25th: 1280 1280 2018 25th: 1270 1270 2019 25th: 1300 1300 2020 25th: 1290 1290 2021 25th: 1340 1340 2022 25th: 1360 1360 2023 25th: 1340 1340 2024 25th: 1320 1320 2015 75th: 1410 1410 2016 75th: 1440 1440 2017 75th: 1440 1440 2018 75th: 1460 1460 2019 75th: 1470 1470 2020 75th: 1460 1460 2021 75th: 1510 1510 2022 75th: 1520 1520 2023 75th: 1510 1510 2024 75th: 1490 1490

SAT Math

400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2015 25th: 580 580 2016 25th: 570 570 2017 25th: 620 620 2018 25th: 620 620 2019 25th: 640 640 2020 25th: 640 640 2021 25th: 660 660 2022 25th: 670 670 2023 25th: 670 670 2024 25th: 640 640 2015 75th: 660 660 2016 75th: 690 690 2017 75th: 710 710 2018 75th: 720 720 2019 75th: 730 730 2020 75th: 720 720 2021 75th: 750 750 2022 75th: 760 760 2023 75th: 750 750 2024 75th: 740 740

SAT Reading & Writing

600 650 700 750 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2015 25th: 620 620 2016 25th: 620 620 2017 25th: 660 660 2018 25th: 650 650 2019 25th: 660 660 2020 25th: 650 650 2021 25th: 680 680 2022 25th: 690 690 2023 25th: 670 670 2024 25th: 680 680 2015 75th: 750 750 2016 75th: 750 750 2017 75th: 730 730 2018 75th: 740 740 2019 75th: 740 740 2020 75th: 740 740 2021 75th: 760 760 2022 75th: 760 760 2023 75th: 760 760 2024 75th: 750 750

Submitting a Test Score

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2019 Submitted: 98.0% 98.0% 2020 Submitted: 94.0% 94.0% 2021 Submitted: 60.0% 60.0% 2022 Submitted: 58.0% 58.0% 2023 Submitted: 51.0% 51.0% 2024 Submitted: 66.0% 66.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.