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"Hope is first rate across the board, attracting students because of the reputation of its programs. Hope raises higher education's moral and intellectual level."
-Loren Pope
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CHARACTER |
- Located two blocks from downtown Holland, 6 miles from Lake Michigan, 25 miles from Michigan's second largest city, Grand Rapids.
- Coeducational, with distinctive Christian heritage
- This "big-small" college features a large variety of programs while assuring personalized attention.
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WORTH NOTING |
- Hope is one of only 10 church-related colleges and universities nationwide highlighted in the book Putting Students First: How Colleges Develop Students Purposefully. The institutions were included specifically for being "individually and collectively distinguished and distinctive in fostering holistic student development."
- Hope ranks in the top 5% among private, 4-year colleges in terms of alumni earning Ph.D. degrees.
- Hope College continues to hold more grants for summer collaborative student-faculty research from the National Science Foundation (NSF) than any other undergraduate college in the country.
- Hope students frequently make presentations concerning their research at prominent professional meetings in all areas of the natural and applied sciences. During 2008-09, examples of conferences included: the American Chemical Society, American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Physics Society, Geological Society of America, and many others. Students also gave presentations at conferences that were geared toward undergraduate research, and that included the annual conference of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, the National Celebration of Undergraduate Research, and the "Posters on the Hill" session in Washington, D.C., organized by the Council on Undergraduate Research.
- The College's Phelps Scholars Program has been recognized by the Association of American Colleges and Universities among only 32 institutions nationwide as an exemplary diversity program in higher education.
- Hope is the only private, 4-year liberal arts college with national accreditation in art, dance, music, and theatre. The College has also received national accreditation in Athletic Training, Chemistry, Education, Engineering, Nursing, and Social Work.
- Hope has opened four new facilities within the last six years: A. Paul Schaap Science Center ($36 million), Martha Miller Center for Global Communication ($12 million), the DeVos Fieldhouse ($22 million), and the Van Andel Soccer Stadium ($5.3 million). Significant renovation has been completed on academic facilities Graves Hall ($5.7 million) and Lubbers Hall ($3.5 million) in that same time frame.
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ENROLLMENT |
- 12:1 student-to-faculty ratio, average class size is 20
- 34 majors and 9 pre-professional programs
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FACULTY & ACADEMICS |
- Hope faculty emphasize collaborative research and creative performance opportunities with their students.
- Hope was recognized for its promotion of faculty learning with an award for integration of teaching and research by the National Science Foundation.
- Hope College faculty are nationally recognized teacher-scholars (averaging 200 refereed publications and over 20 books per year), dedicated to developing each student's potential within the context of an exceptional liberal arts curriculum and the historic Christian faith.
- Hope offers over 1,800 internships through programs in Chicago, Philadelphia, New York City, and Washington, D.C.
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TUITION & FEES |
- Comprehensive Fee: $34,620
- Academic scholarships range from $3,000-$17,000 per year. 70% of
enrolled students receive one of these awards.
- The average financial aid award (includes merit-based scholarship):
$22,419
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CAMPUS LIFE |
- Hope offers more than 70 clubs and organizations (including a number of service-oriented projects), as well as an extensive intramural program; 80% of students stay on campus during the weekends.
- Hope's Dance Marathon has raised over $460,000 for DeVos Children's Hospital (Grand Rapids, Michigan) in the last five years.
- Hope belongs to the oldest intercollegiate athletic association (MIAA) in the country and has won 15 of the last 17 All Sports Awards in its NCAA Division III conference (including one tie).
- The College has a distinctive Christian character supported by a vibrant campus ministries program, which is neither required nor indoctrinating.
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ACADEMIC PROFILE OF ENTERING CLASS |
- Mean ACT composite score: 26
- Middle 50% ACT composite scores: 24-29
- Mean SAT composite score: 1195
- Middle 50% SAT composite scores: 1100-1280
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