by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Hope College was awarded 110 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is education.
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Hope is ranked #398 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Hope held the #415 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Hope is also ranked #8 out of 57 schools in Michigan.
The acceptance rate at Hope College is 92%, which is higher than many other schools to which you may be applying. But don't think getting into Hope is a sure thing. The admissions staff is still going to review your application to see if you are a good fit for the school.
About 45% 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 550 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 67%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 87% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Hope College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about 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 72%. 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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $17,553 | $18,994 | $22,669 | $24,947 | $33,816 |
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 48% of students took out student loans averaging $7,676 a year. That adds up to $30,704 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Hope is 2.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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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/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/hopecollege |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/hopecollege |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 123 | $41,084 |
| General Psychology | 101 | $26,918 |
| General Engineering | 53 | $62,322 |
| Nursing | 42 | $56,978 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 38 | $33,013 |
| Health & Physical Education | 36 | $26,092 |
| General Biology | 35 | $25,144 |
| General English Literature | 30 | $26,522 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 30 | NA |
| Special Education | 28 | $39,887 |
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 2020-2021, 1,257 students took at least one online class at Hope College. This is an increase from the 1,251 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,257 | 7 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,251 | 216 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 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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