Hillsdale College Ranked In Top 10 Colleges for Merit Scholarships
U.S. News names Hillsdale 9th nationally for high number of scholarship awards.
Hillsdale, Mich. – U.S. News & World Report recently ranked Hillsdale College ninth in the country with regards to undergraduate institutions that award the highest rates of merit scholarships.
“We cultivate a student body that seeks excellence in all pursuits,” said Rich Moeggenberg, financial aid director at Hillsdale College. “This ranking reflects the emphasis we place on that effort and our commitment to helping students pursuing a Hillsdale College education.”
According to U.S. News data, 45.6 percent of Hillsdale College’s full-time student body receive some form of merit-based scholarship. As defined by U.S. News, merit scholarships are “aid packages based upon a student’s unique abilities, academic or extracurricular, rather than financial need.” The 10 institutions ranked as top merit scholarship providers offer merit-based aid at significantly higher rates than average among the nation’s 1,111 reporting schools.