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Hope landed the #1,608 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Hope is also ranked #144 out of 161 schools in California.
Hope International University has an acceptance rate of 32%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Hope.
About 4% of students accepted to Hope submitted their SAT scores.Hope received ACT scores from 1% of accepted students.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Hope International University, this ratio is 13 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Hope International University is 29%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Hope International University this rate is 60%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Hope is 21%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Hope International University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 657 undergraduates at Hope with 529 being full-time and 128 being part-time.
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.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Hope, approximately 63% of students took out student loans averaging $5,845 a year. That adds up to $23,380 over four years for those students.
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See which majors at Hope International University make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Hope International University.
Contact details for Hope are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2500 E Nutwood Ave, Fullerton, CA 92831-3199 |
| Phone: | 714-879-3901 |
| Website: | www.hiu.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 70 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 59 | $40,955 |
| Theological & Ministerial Studies | 33 | NA |
| Education Philosophy | 30 | NA |
| General Psychology | 25 | NA |
| Educational Administration | 18 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 15 | NA |
| General Education | 14 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 12 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 8 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 755 students took at least one online class at Hope International University. This is an increase from the 652 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 755 | 514 |
| 2021-2022 | 652 | 551 |
| 2020-2021 | 615 | 615 |
| 2018-2019 | 601 | 601 |
Learn more about online learning at Hope International University.
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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