Hillsdale College earned 18 ranking badges in the 2026 College Factual rankings: 5 in the top 1%, 8 in the top 5%, 4 in the top 10% and 1 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 115 in Location Diversity (Michigan), a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 18 (2026 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 5 / 8
Highest placement: #1 of 115, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 9
Placements this edition: 35
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2026. Data as of: July 2026.
How Many Ranking Badges Has Hillsdale College Earned?
Hillsdale College holds 18 ranking badges across 9 fields of study, 13 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. It has no placements this edition in College Factual’s athletics or veterans rankings. Our rankings are refreshed through the year as new data arrives. This page reflects the 2026 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. Learn more about our data sources and methodologies. To use these badges in your college’s communications, administrators can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
5
Top 5%
8
Top 10%
4
Top 15%
1
Total
18
What Is Hillsdale College Known For?
Hillsdale College is best known for Social Sciences: 2 of its 17 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include History, Political Science & Government and General English Literature.
How Does Hillsdale College Rank for Online Students?
In College Factual’s 2026 online-program rankings, Hillsdale College earned 1 badge across 1 online program; its highest placement is #2 of 8 in Most Popular Online for Education Philosophy.
Badges on this page come from rankings grounded in U.S. Department of Education data, 2026 edition. Hillsdale College appears in 35 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
by our College Data Analytics Team