Hope College

• Hope College inspires students to be fully alive in mind, body and spirit through an exceptional liberal arts education and a community grounded in a vibrant Christian faith.
• This “big-small” college features a large variety of programs while ensuring personalized attention.
• Scenic location: on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, about 30 miles from Grand Rapids, 150 miles from Chicago, 175 miles from Detroit and 225 miles from Indianapolis.

• Innovation and Accessibility: Our Hope Forward initiative is a transformative model where students attend Hope tuition-free and commit to paying-it-forward after graduation. This, along with our Anchored Tuition Pledge, aim to make a Hope College education more accessible and affordable for all students.
• Academic rigor: Hope is in the top 100 of the “Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the United States” from the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education US College Rankings.
• Outstanding research: Hope ranked #27 and is one of only 56 colleges and universities recognized for providing exceptional undergraduate research/creative project opportunities, counted among universities like Yale, Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Princeton, Northwestern, Michigan, Amherst, and Wooster.
• Renowned Arts: The first private, four-year, undergraduate liberal arts college in the country to achieve national accreditation in four areas of the arts: music, art, dance, and theatre.
• Strength in engineering: Hope’s engineering program is ranked 69th in the overview of 273 ABET-accredited programs at institutions where the highest degree is a bachelor’s or master’s.
• Success after graduation: 85% of the class of 2023 graduates who are employed full time, are employed in their field of study.

• Hope obtains more funding from sources such as the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and NASA to support its undergraduate research program than any other liberal arts college in Michigan. Hope has one of the most extensive summer undergraduate research programs in the nation, involving approximately 180 participating students each year.
• Such faculty-student research partnerships have been common at Hope since the 1920s. Faculty are consistently awarded funding for their research and scholarship from external agencies and foundations. From July 2022–June 2023, faculty and staff were awarded over $7.9 million to pursue more than 60 projects on topics ranging from the effects of nanoparticle matter in air pollution on sentinel species to applied research on intellectual humility. 
• Hope College is one of the few liberal arts colleges with accreditation in all four areas of the arts: art, dance, music, and theatre. In each case, we meet or exceed national standards from the National Associations of Schools of Art and Design, Dance, Music, and Theatre. Hope also has accredited programs in biochemistry and molecular biology, chemistry, education, engineering, nursing, and social work.
• America’s Top Colleges: Hope is included in Forbes’ 2023 list of “Top Colleges” and ranks #54 in the Midwest.
• Major-related work experience: over 300 study abroad programs in over 60 countries; thousands of internships a year available locally; recent off-campus internships at a Nashville recording studio, a California urban ministry, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, and New York City’s Dateline NBC.
• Thousands of internships are available locally or through programs in Chicago, New York, Washington, D.C, and more. 93% of the Class of 2023 indicated that they participated in experiential learning opportunities, such as internships, off-campus study, and collaborative research. Hope College’s Boerigter Center for Calling and Career supports students through their search for thousands of internship postings. The Boerigter Center for Calling and Career is a college-wide initiative that seeks to inspire students to engage in lifelong practices of career development by emphasizing discernment, preparation, and pursuit.  Programming for the Boerigter Center is designed to enable all Hope students, beginning in their first semester, to understand their strengths, engage in experiences that directly connect to career preparation, discern vocational and life goals, and ascertain clear next steps toward their future.
• Showcasing research and performance: 254 students presented 125 projects during Hope’s Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Performance in 2024.

• ACCOUNTING AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
• AMERICAN ETHNIC STUDIES
• ART
  • Art History
  • Community Art Pedagogy
  • Studio Art
• ASIAN STUDIES
• BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
• BIOLOGY
• BUSINESS
• CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
• CHINESE STUDIES
• CLASSICAL STUDIES
• COMMUNICATION
• COMPUTER SCIENCE
• DANCE
  • Dance Pedagogy
  • Dance Performance/Choreography
  • Dance Production
• ECONOMICS
• EDUCATION
  • Elementary
  • English as a Second Language
  • Secondary
  • Special Education 
• ENGINEERING
  • Biochemical Engineering
  • Biomedical-Bioelectrical Engineering
  • Biomedical-Biomechanical Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
• ENGLISH
  • Writing
• ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
• ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
• EXERCISE SCIENCE
• FRENCH
• GEOLOGY
• GERMAN
• GLOBAL HEALTH
• GLOBAL STUDIES
• HISTORY
• JAPANESE
• KINESIOLOGY
• LATIN
• MATHEMATICS
  • Statistics
• MINISTRY
  • Social Witness
  • Worship Leadership
  • Youth Ministry
• MUSIC
  • Music Performance
  • Jazz Studies
  • Music Education – Vocal
  • Music Education – Instrumental
• NEUROSCIENCE
• NURSING
• ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP PRACTICE
• PEACE AND JUSTICE STUDIES
• PHILOSOPHY
• PHYSICAL EDUCATION
• PHYSICS
• POLITICAL SCIENCE
• PSYCHOLOGY
• RELIGION
  • Biblical Studies
  • Christian History and Theology
  • Ethics, Culture and Social Witness
• SOCIAL WORK
• SOCIOLOGY
  • Criminal Justice
• SPANISH
• SPECIAL EDUCATION
  • Emotionally Impaired 
  • Learning Disabilities
• THEATRE
• WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES
• PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS
  • CHIROPRACTIC
  • DENTISTRY
  • GENETIC COUNSELING
  • LAW
  • LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES
  • MEDICINE
  • OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
  • OPTOMETRY
  • PHARMACY
  • PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
  • PHYSICAL THERAPY
  • PODIATRY
  • PUBLIC HEALTH
  • SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY
  • VETERINARY MEDICINE

• Openly Christian and rigorously intellectual: valuing open-mindedness and respect for all opinions. Historically affiliated with the Reformed Church of America, Hope embraces the historic Christian faith as expressed in the ecumenical creeds of the ancient church, especially the Nicene and Apostles’ creeds, which Protestants, Catholics and Orthodox hold in common. The variety of expressions of the Christian faith held in common contributes to the vitality of Hope College.
• Championship athletics: winning tradition in 20+ sports, emphasizing scholar-athletes and character-building; supportive local community. 
• Hope offers more than 80 clubs and organizations (including a number of service-oriented projects), as well as an extensive intramural program; 90% of students stay on campus during the weekends.

• NCAA Division III, Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association:
  • Baseball (Men)
  • Basketball
  • Cheerleading
  • Cross Country
  • Football (Men)
  • Golf
  • Lacrosse
  • Soccer
  • Softball (Women)
  • Swimming and Diving
  • Tennis
  • Track
  • Volleyball (Women)
• ACHA Division III Club Hockey
• Club Sailing 
• Club Men’s Volleyball

• More than careers – vocations: freshman and senior seminars focus on each student’s educational trajectory and shaping of a life plan before graduation.
• From the 2023 Graduate Survey, approximately 85% of the class of 2023 graduates who are employed full time, are employed in their field of study. 92% of grads who applied were accepted into their first or second choice of grad school, and 93% had participated in experiential learning opportunities, including research, while at Hope. Lastly, 93% of our Class of 2023 shared they felt that their professors cared about them as a person

Class of 2024

• GPA (middle 50%) 3.8-4.0
• ACT (middle 50%) 26-31
• SAT (middle 50%) 1100-1310
• Acceptance rate 75.9%