Enrollment Trends at Hillsdale

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,609 where 1,792 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 1,823 students in 2024 and was lowest at 1,521 in 2019. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,526 to 1,792 students, a net gain of 266 (17.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Hillsdale College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,526	1,490	723	767	36	28	8
2016-17	1,526	1,486 -4	748 25	738 -29	40 4	29 1	11 3
2017-18	1,556 30	1,512 26	770 22	742 4	44 4	31 2	13 2
2018-19	1,521 -35	1,468 -44	758 -12	710 -32	53 9	42 11	11 -2
2019-20	1,526 5	1,468	757 -1	711 1	58 5	42	16 5
2020-21	1,543 17	1,466 -2	767 10	699 -12	77 19	52 10	25 9
2021-22	1,602 59	1,515 49	766 -1	749 50	87 10	59 7	28 3
2022-23	1,678 76	1,573 58	789 23	784 35	105 18	76 17	29 1
2023-24	1,823 145	1,688 115	838 49	850 66	135 30	92 16	43 14
2024-25	1,792 -31	1,649 -39	816 -22	833 -17	143 8	100 8	43
Average	1,609	1,532	773	758	78	55	23

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,532 where 1,649 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Hillsdale College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,490	1,451	702	749	39	21	18
2016-17	1,486	1,440	725	715	46	23	23
2017-18	1,512	1,463	745	718	49	25	24
2018-19	1,468	1,434	740	694	34	18	16
2019-20	1,468	1,431	737	694	37	20	17
2020-21	1,466	1,423	743	680	43	24	19
2021-22	1,515	1,473	746	727	42	20	22
2022-23	1,573	1,539	771	768	34	18	16
2023-24	1,688	1,531	759	772	157	79	78
2024-25	1,649	1,542	747	795	107	69	38
Average	1,532	1,532	742	731	1,532	32	27

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 78 where 143 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Hillsdale College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	36	35	27	8	1	1	0
2016-17	40	29	22	7	11	7	4
2017-18	44	31	22	9	13	9	4
2018-19	53	38	31	7	15	11	4
2019-20	58	40	30	10	18	12	6
2020-21	77	45	33	12	32	19	13
2021-22	87	35	28	7	52	31	21
2022-23	105	59	49	10	46	27	19
2023-24	135	80	57	23	55	35	20
2024-25	143	83	60	23	60	40	20
Average	78	78	36	12	78	19	11

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 0.00% and the percentage of black students is 0.00% at Hillsdale College.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has remained relatively stable. The percentage of white students decreased from 0.00% to 0.00%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 1.0000 which indicates that highly diverse. This decreased from 1.0000 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Hillsdale College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023-24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024-25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Average	0	0	0	0	0	0	0