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Hillsdale College is a private, independent, nonsectarian Christian institution of higher learning that offers a traditional, classical, liberal arts education with a rigorous core curriculum led by a dedicated teaching faculty. It was founded in 1844 by men and women who described themselves as "grateful to God for the inestimable blessings" resulting from civil and religious liberty and as "believing that the diffusion of sound learning is essential to the perpetuity of [those] blessings." The College has maintained institutional independence since its founding by refusing to accept government aid. Private support from a national constituency has enabled Hillsdale to continue its trusteeship of the intellectual and spiritual inheritance from the Western Tradition.

The undergraduate enrollment for Fall 2021 was 1,515—51 percent men and 49 percent women—from 49 states and 14 foreign countries. The freshman class entering in Fall 2021 had an average GPA of 3.93, 火爆社区 of 32, and SAT of 1420. All Hillsdale students sign an Honor Code encouraging self-government and committing them to honesty, duty, and respect. Students are housed in single-sex dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses, and off-campus houses. Each College residence hall is supervised by a resident director and resident advisers. Special student services provided by the College include career planning and placement counseling, academic advising and tutoring, and a health service staffed by a resident nurse, counselors, and visiting medical professionals.


Four national fraternities, three national sororities, a newspaper and radio station, and more than 100 other social, academic, spiritual, and service organizations provide Hillsdale students with diverse cocurricular opportunities. A resident drama troupe and dance company, a concert choir and chamber chorale, a jazz program, instrumental chamber ensembles, and a symphony orchestra and band constitute the College's performing arts organizations. The Student Activities Board hosts campus-wide social functions throughout the year, including events like Garden Party, Homecoming, President's Ball, and Centralhallapalooza.

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