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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, Hope is ranked #633 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality.
Hope is also ranked #16 out of 56 schools in Michigan.
When it comes to admittance, Hope College is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 80%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
About 48% of students accepted to Hope submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 670. Math scores were between 540 and 660.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Hope it is much better at 11 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Hope College is 68%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Hope College has a freshmen retention rate of 89%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Hope the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 66%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Hope College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,061 undergraduates at Hope with 2,908 being full-time and 153 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $14,835 | $14,038 | $19,324 | $23,756 | $29,871 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Hope, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Hope, approximately 52% of students took out student loans averaging $7,428 a year. That adds up to $29,712 over four years for those students.
Get more details about the location of Hope College.
Contact details for Hope are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | President’S Office, 141 East 12Th Street, Holland, MI 49423-9000 |
| Phone: | 616-395-7000 |
| Website: | https://www.hope.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 120 | $45,590 |
| General Psychology | 84 | $28,135 |
| General Engineering | 52 | $67,410 |
| Nursing | 49 | $72,146 |
| Health & Physical Education | 44 | $25,862 |
| General Biology | 40 | $35,430 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 40 | $45,137 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 39 | $38,956 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 37 | $45,046 |
| Special Education | 34 | $48,630 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 368 students took at least one online class at Hope College. This is a decrease from the 1,257 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 368 | 0 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,257 | 7 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,251 | 216 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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