Hillsdale College is a leading independent liberal arts college in the United States, founded in 1844 as a four-year institution in Hillsdale, Michigan. It offers a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science degree in business, marketing, history, social sciences, education, English, biology, visual and performing arts, and interdisciplinary studies. The College is ranked 69th in the 2015 rankings of U.S. liberal arts colleges;