• Independent, co-educational, residential, nonsectarian Christian, four-year liberal arts college founded in 1844.
• Located in south-central Michigan, Hillsdale draws a national student body to its rural campus.
• Hillsdale College offers rigorous academics and a distinctive core curriculum anchored in the Western Tradition, drawing upon the Greco-Roman culture and Judeo-Christian faith.
• All enrolled students sign Hillsdale’s Honor Code, pledging themselves to honor, honesty, duty, and respect, uniting what they learn about virtue in the classroom to its practice in daily life.
• Hillsdale was the first college in America to prohibit in its charter any discrimination based on race, religion or sex. It was the second college in the country to grant four-year degrees to women and an early force for the abolition of slavery.

• Hillsdale operates independently of federal and state funding, yet flourishes financially, thanks to the past and continuing generosity of supporters nationwide.
• Though Hillsdale is religiously unaffiliated, it identifies as Christian. Spiritual life is important to both faculty and students who come from a variety of faith backgrounds. All of the many ways to experience faith on campus reflect the lives and moral journeys of people seeking to understand their own beliefs.
• Unique courses in Hillsdale’s core curriculum include Western and American Heritage, Great Books in the Western Tradition, Great Books in the British and American Traditions, Classical Logic and Rhetoric, Western Philosophical Tradition, Western Theological Tradition, and the U.S. Constitution.
• Hillsdale conducts numerous outreach efforts promoting civil and religious liberty, including free, not-for-credit online courses, public lectures and lecture-series on campus and at the Washington, D.C.-based Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship, and Imprimis, a national speech digest with a circulation of more than 6 million.
• Hillsdale is regularly recognized nationally for quality and value, including recent rankings from U.S. News and World Report, Princeton Review, Forbes, Colleges of Distinction, and Kiplinger’s.

• Student-to-faculty ratio is 8:1, the average class size is 14, and faculty teach all Hillsdale courses themselves — there are no teaching assistants.
• Of 168 full-time faculty, 90% hold the highest degree in their disciplines.
• All students benefit from core and major-level faculty advisors.
• Hillsdale’s faculty are recognized for excellent teaching and scholarship, as well as for having high expectations of their students. Students can meet these expectations by taking advantage of readily available office hours and by developing mentorship relationships with their teachers, which is common here.
• Students have the opportunity to spend a semester or more at Hillsdale’s Washington, D.C. hub, the Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship. Students can opt to take core courses while living in D.C., or participate in for-credit internships at places like the U.S. House and Senate, the White House, national security agencies, policy organizations, news outlets, and private companies.
• Study abroad options are formally available in France, Germany, Spain, Argentina, England, and Scotland. Custom programs can also be arranged.

Majors
Accounting
Applied Mathematics
Art
Biochemistry
Biology
Chemistry
Classics
Economics
English
Exercise Science
Financial Management
French
German
Greek
History
Latin
Marketing
Mathematics
Music
Philosophy
Philosophy and Religion
Physical Education
Physics
Politics
Psychology
Religion
Rhetoric and Media
Spanish
Sport Management
Sport Psychology
Theatre

Interdisciplinary Programs
American Studies
International Studies in Business and Foreign Language
Political Economy
Sociology and Social Thought

Pre-Professional and Special Programs
Allied Health Sciences
Dentistry
Education
Engineering
Herbert H. Dow II Program in American Journalism
Law (Pre-Law) Pre Law
Medicine and Osteopathy (Pre-Med)
Pharmacy
Veterinary Medicine (Pre-Vet) Pre Vet

Minors
Art History
Classical Education
Computer Science
Dance
Early Childhood Education
Entrepreneurship
General Business
Graphic Design
Journalism
Military History and Grand Strategy
Military Leadership

• Most students live on campus in 14 single-sex residence halls and seven Greek houses.
• Hillsdale offers 14 NCAA Division II varsity athletic teams, as well as 13 club sports and 10 intramurals.
• There are scores of clubs, organizations, honoraries, and other activities to join at Hillsdale. Some of the most popular include Spiritual Life, Greek Life, Competitive Speaking, and the Performing Arts.
• All student organizations are led by students and approved by the Student Federation. New clubs and organizations are invariably started annually based upon student interest.
• Volunteerism is an important part of campus culture for Hillsdale students, with thousands of volunteer hours logged each year through student-led G.O.A.L. service and other programs.
• Students take advantage of the many all-campus events sponsored by the Student Activities Board, like Garden Party, Homecoming, President’s Ball, and Centralhallapalooza year-end celebration.

14 NCAA Division II varsity athletic teams, Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference:

• Hillsdale grads are prepared not only to live well, but to pursue their vocations. Within six months of graduation, 98% are employed or attending graduate school.
• Hillsdale graduates recently went on to pursue graduate study at institutions like Boston College, Cornell University, Duke University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Oxford University, Purdue University, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, University of Notre Dame, University of Southern California, Vanderbilt University, and others.
• Hillsdale graduates were recently hired by Amazon Studios, Boy Scouts of America, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, General Motors, Goldman Sachs, Intel, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Lockheed Martin, National Review, PricewaterhouseCoopers, the United States Senate, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and others.

• The average transcript shows a record of advanced coursework with a mid-range GPA of 3.95-4.0.
• Mid-range ACT composite score is 30-33.
• Mid-range SAT composite score is 1352-1490.

• Hope College inspires students to be fully alive in mind, body and spirit through an exceptional liberal arts education and a community grounded in a vibrant Christian faith.
• This “big-small” college features a large variety of programs while ensuring personalized attention.
• Scenic location: on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, about 30 miles from Grand Rapids, 150 miles from Chicago, 175 miles from Detroit and 225 miles from Indianapolis.

• Innovation and Accessibility: Our Hope Forward initiative is a transformative model where students attend Hope tuition-free and commit to paying-it-forward after graduation. This, along with our Anchored Tuition Pledge, aim to make a Hope College education more accessible and affordable for all students.
• Academic rigor: Hope is in the top 100 of the “Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the United States” from the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education US College Rankings.
• Outstanding research: Hope ranked #27 and is one of only 56 colleges and universities recognized for providing exceptional undergraduate research/creative project opportunities, counted among universities like Yale, Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Princeton, Northwestern, Michigan, Amherst, and Wooster.
• Renowned Arts: The first private, four-year, undergraduate liberal arts college in the country to achieve national accreditation in four areas of the arts: music, art, dance, and theatre.
• Strength in engineering: Hope’s engineering program is ranked 69th in the overview of 273 ABET-accredited programs at institutions where the highest degree is a bachelor’s or master’s.
• Success after graduation: 85% of the class of 2023 graduates who are employed full time, are employed in their field of study.

• Hope obtains more funding from sources such as the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and NASA to support its undergraduate research program than any other liberal arts college in Michigan. Hope has one of the most extensive summer undergraduate research programs in the nation, involving approximately 180 participating students each year.
• Such faculty-student research partnerships have been common at Hope since the 1920s. Faculty are consistently awarded funding for their research and scholarship from external agencies and foundations. From July 2022–June 2023, faculty and staff were awarded over $7.9 million to pursue more than 60 projects on topics ranging from the effects of nanoparticle matter in air pollution on sentinel species to applied research on intellectual humility. 
• Hope College is one of the few liberal arts colleges with accreditation in all four areas of the arts: art, dance, music, and theatre. In each case, we meet or exceed national standards from the National Associations of Schools of Art and Design, Dance, Music, and Theatre. Hope also has accredited programs in biochemistry and molecular biology, chemistry, education, engineering, nursing, and social work.
• America’s Top Colleges: Hope is included in Forbes’ 2023 list of “Top Colleges” and ranks #54 in the Midwest.
• Major-related work experience: over 300 study abroad programs in over 60 countries; thousands of internships a year available locally; recent off-campus internships at a Nashville recording studio, a California urban ministry, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, and New York City’s Dateline NBC.
• Thousands of internships are available locally or through programs in Chicago, New York, Washington, D.C, and more. 93% of the Class of 2023 indicated that they participated in experiential learning opportunities, such as internships, off-campus study, and collaborative research. Hope College’s Boerigter Center for Calling and Career supports students through their search for thousands of internship postings. The Boerigter Center for Calling and Career is a college-wide initiative that seeks to inspire students to engage in lifelong practices of career development by emphasizing discernment, preparation, and pursuit.  Programming for the Boerigter Center is designed to enable all Hope students, beginning in their first semester, to understand their strengths, engage in experiences that directly connect to career preparation, discern vocational and life goals, and ascertain clear next steps toward their future.
• Showcasing research and performance: 254 students presented 125 projects during Hope’s Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Performance in 2024.

• ACCOUNTING AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
• AMERICAN ETHNIC STUDIES
• ART
  • Art History
  • Community Art Pedagogy
  • Studio Art
• ASIAN STUDIES
• BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
• BIOLOGY
• BUSINESS
• CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
• CHINESE STUDIES
• CLASSICAL STUDIES
• COMMUNICATION
• COMPUTER SCIENCE
• DANCE
  • Dance Pedagogy
  • Dance Performance/Choreography
  • Dance Production
• ECONOMICS
• EDUCATION
  • Elementary
  • English as a Second Language
  • Secondary
  • Special Education 
• ENGINEERING
  • Biochemical Engineering
  • Biomedical-Bioelectrical Engineering
  • Biomedical-Biomechanical Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
• ENGLISH
  • Writing
• ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
• ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
• EXERCISE SCIENCE
• FRENCH
• GEOLOGY
• GERMAN
• GLOBAL HEALTH
• GLOBAL STUDIES
• HISTORY
• JAPANESE
• KINESIOLOGY
• LATIN
• MATHEMATICS
  • Statistics
• MINISTRY
  • Social Witness
  • Worship Leadership
  • Youth Ministry
• MUSIC
  • Music Performance
  • Jazz Studies
  • Music Education – Vocal
  • Music Education – Instrumental
• NEUROSCIENCE
• NURSING
• ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP PRACTICE
• PEACE AND JUSTICE STUDIES
• PHILOSOPHY
• PHYSICAL EDUCATION
• PHYSICS
• POLITICAL SCIENCE
• PSYCHOLOGY
• RELIGION
  • Biblical Studies
  • Christian History and Theology
  • Ethics, Culture and Social Witness
• SOCIAL WORK
• SOCIOLOGY
  • Criminal Justice
• SPANISH
• SPECIAL EDUCATION
  • Emotionally Impaired 
  • Learning Disabilities
• THEATRE
• WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES
• PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS
  • CHIROPRACTIC
  • DENTISTRY
  • GENETIC COUNSELING
  • LAW
  • LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES
  • MEDICINE
  • OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
  • OPTOMETRY
  • PHARMACY
  • PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
  • PHYSICAL THERAPY
  • PODIATRY
  • PUBLIC HEALTH
  • SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY
  • VETERINARY MEDICINE

• Openly Christian and rigorously intellectual: valuing open-mindedness and respect for all opinions. Historically affiliated with the Reformed Church of America, Hope embraces the historic Christian faith as expressed in the ecumenical creeds of the ancient church, especially the Nicene and Apostles’ creeds, which Protestants, Catholics and Orthodox hold in common. The variety of expressions of the Christian faith held in common contributes to the vitality of Hope College.
• Championship athletics: winning tradition in 20+ sports, emphasizing scholar-athletes and character-building; supportive local community. 
• Hope offers more than 80 clubs and organizations (including a number of service-oriented projects), as well as an extensive intramural program; 90% of students stay on campus during the weekends.

• NCAA Division III, Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association:
  • Baseball (Men)
  • Basketball
  • Cheerleading
  • Cross Country
  • Football (Men)
  • Golf
  • Lacrosse
  • Soccer
  • Softball (Women)
  • Swimming and Diving
  • Tennis
  • Track
  • Volleyball (Women)
• ACHA Division III Club Hockey
• Club Sailing 
• Club Men’s Volleyball

• More than careers – vocations: freshman and senior seminars focus on each student’s educational trajectory and shaping of a life plan before graduation.
• From the 2023 Graduate Survey, approximately 85% of the class of 2023 graduates who are employed full time, are employed in their field of study. 92% of grads who applied were accepted into their first or second choice of grad school, and 93% had participated in experiential learning opportunities, including research, while at Hope. Lastly, 93% of our Class of 2023 shared they felt that their professors cared about them as a person

Class of 2024

• GPA (middle 50%) 3.8-4.0
• ACT (middle 50%) 26-31
• SAT (middle 50%) 1100-1310
• Acceptance rate 75.9%

• Kalamazoo College is a private, independent, liberal arts college. Founded in 1833, K is one of the 100 oldest colleges and universities in the country.
• The Kalamazoo-Portage metropolitan area, with more than 262,000 people, allows students to connect their academic work with real-world experiences through internships, externships, student-led programs and community-based coursework.
• Nestled in a historic Kalamazoo neighborhood, K’s 60-acre campus is a short walk to downtown, with its art shops, restaurants and local shops.

• Kalamazoo College is the home of nationally recognized study abroad and first-year experience programs.
• LandSea, the college’s optional pre-orientation program, offers first-year students an amazing outdoor experience hiking, canoeing and climbing in the Adirondacks or at a local campsite in Kalamazoo—no previous camping experience required. In its 50-year history, more than 2,000 students have used LandSea as a way to build support networks and self-confidence before beginning the fall term.
• The majority of Kalamazoo College students study abroad through more than 50 programs in more than 35 countries on six continents.
• Kalamazoo College is nationally known for the K-Plan, an integrated, personalized approach to the liberal arts and sciences. The K-Plan combines exceptional scholarship, study abroad, career development, civic engagement and a senior project in a flexible curriculum that allows students to explore their own interests across disciplines.
• K students have opportunities to build their careers by connecting with K alumni at global companies such as Nike, Amazon, Stryker and Goldman Sachs through career workshops and networking.
• Kalamazoo College ranks in the top 2 percent of all U.S. colleges and universities surveyed by the National Science Foundation for the proportion of graduates ultimately earning research doctorates.

• 96% of full-time faculty hold a Ph.D. or the most advanced degree in their field.
• All courses are taught by professors, not teaching assistants.
• The K-Plan’s flexible curriculum allows students to shape their majors and explore other fields with guidance from faculty.
• Student-faculty interaction goes beyond the classroom to include research projects, college committees, and community projects. The connections Kalamazoo College students and faculty form last well beyond graduation.

Kalamazoo College offers 32 majors, 22 minors and 13 concentrations, as well as pre-professional advising and additional areas of study. For the most current listings, please check the college website.

Majors
Anthropology and Sociology
Art History
Art – Studio Art
Biochemistry
Biology
Business
Chemistry
Classical Civilization
Classics
Computer Science
Critical Ethnic Studies
East Asian Studies
Economics
Economics Quantitative
English
French
German
Greek
History
Independent Interdisciplinary Major
International and Area Studies
Latin
Mathematics
Music
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Religion
Spanish
Theatre Arts
Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Minors
Anthropology and Sociology
Art – Studio Art
Art History
Chinese
Classical Civilization
Computer Science
English
French
German
Greek
History
Japanese
Latin
Mathematics
Music
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Religion
Spanish
Theatre Arts

Concentrations
African Studies
American Studies
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Biological Physics
Community and Global Health
Critical Theory
Environmental Studies
Film and Media Studies
Indepenent Interdisciplinary
Jewish Studies
Neuroscience
Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Pre-professional advising and other areas of study
Arabic
Engineering (Dual Degree)
Careers in Health/Pre-Med
Physical Education
Pre-Law Advisings

• As a residential college, over 60% of K’s students live on campus and the majority of off-campus students reside within just four blocks. The college provides a variety of living options for students to help them succeed academically and connect socially.
• Kalamazoo College has more than 80 student organizations including interest-based, advocacy/identity-based, social, and political groups.
• Intramural sports provide a safe and fun environment open to students not participating in a varsity sport.
• Student traditions on campus include the annual Monte Carlo Night with casino-style games, a DJ and a photo booth; and Cafsgiving, a version of Thanksgiving where students are served by staff.

Kalamazoo College participates in nine men’s and nine women’s NCAA Division III varsity sports through the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association. They include:

On average, within six months of graduation about 76% of our graduates are working while 23% are continuing their education (based on 10 years of first destination data).

Kalamazoo College has been named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for the U.S. Student Scholar Program since 2020.

Many of our alumni go on to pursue graduate degrees at schools such as the University of Michigan, Western Michigan University, Yale University and the University of Notre Dame.

K grads have forged successful careers around the globe at companies and organizations like AeroTek, Goldman Sachs, Google, Henry Ford Health Systems, Stryker, Major League Baseball headquarters and Environmental Working Group.

• Mean GPA: 3.88
• Total First Year Enrolled: 374
• Kalamazoo College is a test-optional school.