March 9, 2009--Hillsdale College announced today a freeze in tuition and room and board prices for the 2009-10 academic year. Hillsdale’s annual tuition and fees in 2008-09 were the lowest among Michigan’s nine well known private four-year colleges.

Hillsdale College President Larry P. Arnn stated: “During these hard economic times Hillsdale College will continue to provide our students and their families the best available liberal arts education at a competitive cost. To that end, we have made prudent budget adjustments that will allow us to freeze our tuition and room and board charges.”

In her State of the State address last month, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm called on Michigan’s public universities and colleges to hold the line on tuition rates during this economic downturn, and later indicated money from federal stimulus legislation will prevent a cut in state aid to public universities and colleges.

Hillsdale College refuses any federal taxpayer subsidy, even in the form of student grants and loans, and in 2007 voluntarily ended over $700,000 in annual student aid from the State of Michigan.

Arnn explained: “Our college has survived worse economic times, and we will meet the current challenge as well. In fact, it actually benefits us that we do not receive any financial support from either the federal or state governments. We are ever mindful of the generous sacrifice of our friends, who support our work voluntarily. So it is habitual here to focus on teaching, and to operate as efficiently as possible.”