Private nonprofit · COLLEGE PAYOFF
Hillsdale College
Hillsdale, MI · No degree-level outcomes reported
Based onFederal evidence is incompleteEstimateNot enough data
Estimated 10-year payoff
Earnings unavailable
Payoff cannot be estimated
The current federal record does not provide a reportable institution-wide earnings figure, so a payoff estimate would not be reliable.
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Not availableObserved earnings · year 4
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The current federal record does not provide a reportable institution-wide earnings figure, so a payoff estimate would not be reliable.
FEDERAL COST DATA
Four ways to read college price.
Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.
PUBLISHED STUDENT BUDGET · 2024–25
What makes up the annual price?
Sticker-price components reported to IPEDS. Grants and scholarships are not subtracted here.
Living off campus: $13,600 housing and food allowance plus $2,000 in other expenses.
Do not confuse this with net price. Net price subtracts average grants and scholarships. DegreeVerdict continues to use the separately labeled average net price in its standard college ROI scenario.
HOW STUDENTS ATTEND · 2023-24
Most students study without distance-education courses.
IPEDS enrollment counts show course delivery across the whole institution. They do not indicate whether a specific degree can be completed online.
Institution-level attendance context from IPEDS. Program delivery is reported separately on degree pages and in the program directory. These figures do not enter ROI.
College identity and local contextAccreditation, institution type, dual enrollment and state prices
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE
Institution details
Current federal characteristics describing the college, not the outcomes of a specific program.
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Main award level
- Bachelor’s degrees
- Campus setting
- Town
- Admissions
- Selective admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
DUAL-ENROLLMENT CONTEXT · 2024
142 high-school students took college courses.
IPEDS counts students enrolled in college credit while still in high school. A large dual-enrollment population can shape headline enrollment figures, especially at community colleges.
This is participation, not a college completion rate. It does not indicate how many students later enrolled after high school, earned a credential or entered the workforce.
STATE PRICE CONTEXT · 2024
Prices in Michigan run 4% below the U.S. level.
BEA Regional Price Parities compare price levels across states. A value of 100 equals the national average.
What it costs and what graduates earn
Not availableAverage net price / year
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Not availableMedian federal student debt · completer borrowers
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Not availableMedian earnings · year 4 after completion
89.7%Completion rate
20.7%Admission rate
1,415Average SAT score
32ACT midpoint
1,573Student size
Debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. It does not include Parent PLUS or private loans. We show admissions scores only when a valid federal value is available.
What the numbers say about Hillsdale College
What does Hillsdale College cost?
The current federal record does not provide a reliable average net price for Hillsdale College.
What do Hillsdale College graduates earn?
The current federal record does not provide a reportable institution-wide earnings figure for Hillsdale College.
How much federal debt do Hillsdale College graduates have?
Median federal debt for completer borrowers is not reportable in the current record.
Is every degree at Hillsdale College worth the same?
The current release does not contain reportable degree outcomes for Hillsdale College, so this page cannot compare its individual degrees.
Who studied here during the year
1,862Students enrolled at any point
1,687Undergraduate students
175Graduate students
Unduplicated students enrolled at any point from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. This full-year measure is different from a fall headcount and does not enter ROI.
More student and earnings detailPrice by family income, retention, equity and common industries
WHO PAYS, WHO FINISHES, WHO EARNS
Outcomes are not the same for every family.
These federal cohorts add context that a single college average can hide. Missing figures remain unreported rather than estimated.
Completion rate not reported
Pell receipt not reportedMedian Parent PLUS debt
Borrower count not reportedMedian federal student debt
Three-year repayment not reportedUndergraduate student composition
White0%
Black0%
Hispanic0%
Asian0%
Source: College Scorecard, June 2026 release. Parent PLUS debt belongs to parents; student-debt measures exclude Parent PLUS and private loans. Cohort definitions differ by measure.
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
EARNINGS OVER TIME
What graduates earned in later years
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Each year can represent a different federal cohort, so the points do not track the same people over time.
Comparable colleges in MI
Currently operating private nonprofit institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive, not a quality ranking.
Lansing, MI
Great Lakes Christian College
- Annual net price
- $15,524
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $34,660
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -143%
Grace Christian University
- Annual net price
- $12,404
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $38,877
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -127%
Kuyper College
- Annual net price
- $15,644
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $39,224
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -124%
Baker College
- Annual net price
- $13,157
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $47,144
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -91%
No degree-level outcomes are currently reportable.
This college remains in the national directory because it appears in the College Scorecard. Degree outcomes may be unavailable, privacy-suppressed or outside the reported cohorts.
Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.