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Hope College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Holland, Michigan. The location of Hope is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

$36,223 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
92% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Hope College?

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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: www.hope.edu

How Do I Get Into Hope?

You can apply to Hope online at: https://hope.edu/admissions/apply.html

Admission Requirements for Hope

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Required
Recommendations Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Hope?

92% Acceptance Rate
62% Of Accepted Are Women
45% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 92%, Hope is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 91%, and the acceptance rate for women is 93%.

Average Test Scores

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.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Hope College  ( 550 to 670 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Hope College  ( 550 to 660 )
200
800
Hope received ACT scores from 19% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 23 and 31. Math scores were between 23 and 29. Composite scores were between 24 and 31.

ACT English Scores for Hope College  ( 23 to 31 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Hope College  ( 23 to 29 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Hope College  ( 24 to 31 )
1
36

Can I Afford Hope College?

$36,223 Net Price
48% Take Out Loans
1.1% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Hope is $36,223. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

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 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 1.1%. 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.

Hope College Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,966 Full-Time Undergraduates
62% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 3,132 undergraduate students at Hope, with 2,966 being full-time and 166 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 2,966 full-time undergraduates at Hope, 38% are male and 62% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Hope College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 62
Black or African American 90
Hispanic or Latino 228
White 2,370
International Students 71
Other Races/Ethnicities 145

Geographic Diversity

Michigan students aren't the only ones who study at Hope College. At this time, 25 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 36 countries are represented at Hope. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Hope College

7 Took All Classes Online
1,257 Took At Least One Class Online
5,375.0% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 1,257 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Hope has changed over the last few years.

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Online Growth Rankings of Hope

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Hope College was 5,375.0%. This is the #17 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Hope regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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