Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is History, General (11% of graduates). 8 students for every faculty member, fewer than at 89% of colleges. 100% of faculty are full-time. Spends $40,494 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
392 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 44% of graduates; 33 programs in 14 fields awarded at least one.
- History, General 54.010111% 42
- English Language and Literature, General 23.01019.2% 36
- Economics, General 45.06019.2% 36
- Biology/Biological Sciences, General 26.01017.9% 31
- Finance, General 52.08017.1% 28
Fastest-growing field: Parks, recreation, and kinesiology, 2.5% → 7.6% of graduates since 2014–15 (30 graduates in 2024–25).
Source:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2014–15 to 2024–25About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)
Bachelor's degrees awarded July through June, by federal program name (), which can differ from what the college calls a major. A double major counts once, under the ; its other field is a .
The college also reports 9 to 1 in its Common Data Set (1,488 students, 171 faculty).
Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.
Class sizes
79%
of classes have fewer than 20 students; 0% have 50 or more
| Students | sections | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2–9 | 187 | 37% |
| 10–19 | 215 | 42% |
| 20–29 | 86 | 17% |
| 30–39 | 18 | 4% |
| 40–49 | 4 | 1% |
| 50–99 | 2 | 0% |
| 100+ | 0 | 0% |
This counts class sections, not students: a lecture of 300 is one section, so a student is more likely to sit in a large class than the share of sections suggests. Labs and discussion sections are counted separately and left out here.
Programs & curriculum
- Double major
- Dual enrollment
- Honors program
- Independent study
- Internships
- Student-designed major
- Study abroad
Requires coursework in arts, English composition, a foreign language, history, humanities, math, philosophy, a natural science, and social science.
$75,813
9-month equated, all ranks combined. Pay tracks local cost of living as much as a college's generosity.
Spending and endowment
Fiscal 2023–24. Compared only against other private nonprofit colleges: public and private colleges report finances on different accounting forms that aren't comparable.
Sources:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard Field of Study data, most recent release;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Salaries survey (SAL, instructional staff, all ranks), Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;IPEDS Finance survey, derived per-student figures, 2023–24;Hillsdale College Common Data Set 2018–19, Fall 2018;Hillsdale College Common Data Set 2018–19, 2018–19;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)