Michigan · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's

Hillsdale College

Hillsdale, Michigan. 1,563 undergraduate students. 32 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.

ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS

What the data flags at Hillsdale College

Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+11%

In-state tuition

In-state tuition at Hillsdale College rose 10% between 2021 and 2024 ($30.0k → $33.2k).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+11%

Out-of-state tuition

Out-of-state tuition at Hillsdale College rose 10% between 2021 and 2024 ($30.0k → $33.2k).

SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT

The numbers, vs. Michigan

Each tile compares this institution to the Michigan median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 10Y
Michigan median $38,167
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
84.8%+46% · '97→'24
Michigan median 57.1%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
1,563+35% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
96.1%+1% · '15→'24
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
20.6%-59% · '15→'24
latest cohort
IN-STATE TUITION
$32,092+35% · '15→'24
out-of-state $32,092
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC

Ten-plus year arc

Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.

UNDERGRAD · 199620241,573
1,5731,16319962024
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 1997202489.7%
90%61%19972024
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
COMPLETION · 150% · 19972024+46%

Hillsdale College · completion · 150% rose

61.4% → 89.7%

UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT · 19962024+35%

Hillsdale College · undergrad enrollment rose

1,163 → 1,573

IN-STATE TUITION · 20152024+35%

Hillsdale College · in-state tuition rose

$24,592 → $33,189

OUT-OF-STATE TUITION · 20152024+35%

Hillsdale College · out-of-state tuition rose

$24,592 → $33,189

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome at Hillsdale College

Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

EARNINGS SUPPRESSED

Federal privacy rules suppressed earnings for Political Science and Government · Bachelor's Degree at Hillsdale College(cohort below 30 students). The calculator can’t produce a number we’d stand behind, so we don’t.

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

CAUSAL DISCIPLINE

Hillsdale College graduates earn $X” — not “Hillsdale College makes you earn $X”

Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Hillsdale College caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.

Methodology →