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Hillsdale College was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
With an acceptance rate of 21%, Hillsdale College is one of the most selective schools in the country. Good grades and high test scores alone may not be enough to get you into the school, so do your best to submit a stellar application.
About 28% of students accepted to Hillsdale College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 690 and 760. Math scores were between 670 and 760.
At Hillsdale College, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 8 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Hillsdale College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 96% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Hillsdale College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Hillsdale College the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 78%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Hillsdale College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,466 undergraduates at Hillsdale College with 1,423 being full-time and 43 being part-time.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Hillsdale College, approximately 27% of students took out student loans averaging $10,849 a year. That adds up to $43,396 over four years for those students.
Get more details about the location of Hillsdale College.
Contact details for Hillsdale College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 33 E College St, Hillsdale, MI 49242 |
| Phone: | 517-437-7341 |
| Website: | https://www.hillsdale.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Political Science & Government | 55 | NA |
| History | 45 | NA |
| Economics | 45 | NA |
| General English Literature | 33 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 25 | NA |
| General Biology | 20 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 16 | NA |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 15 | NA |
| Applied Mathematics | 15 | NA |
| Mathematics | 14 | NA |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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