Hope College
Holland, MI · Private nonprofit79.2%
Acceptance rate
1,237
SAT Average
$25,749
Avg net price
3,274
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 744 |
| Bachelor’s 161 |
| Bachelor’s 77 |
| Bachelor’s 66 |
| Bachelor’s 64 |
| Bachelor’s 50 |
| Bachelor’s 48 |
| Bachelor’s 46 |
| Bachelor’s 43 |
| Bachelor’s 42 |
| Bachelor’s 23 |
| Bachelor’s 21 |
| Bachelor’s 21 |
| Bachelor’s 13 |
| Bachelor’s 13 |
| Bachelor’s 13 |
| Bachelor’s 11 |
| Bachelor’s 10 |
| Bachelor’s 8 |
| Bachelor’s 8 |
| Bachelor’s 3 |
| Bachelor’s 3 |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division III
- Primary conference
- Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Projected sponsored sports22
Athletic participation
629 unique student-athletes · 18 varsity teams
Early Action I
Early Action II
Rolling admission
FAFSA due Oct 1 · FAFSA due Mar 1 · FAFSA due May 1
· Apply with the college's application, Common App, or Coalition
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $41,500
- Required fees
- $470
- Food and housing
- $12,950
- Books and supplies
- $1,190
- Other expenses
- $2,100
- Total
- $58,210
- $48,6802019–2019–20
- $50,3602020–2120–21
- $50,8202021–2221–22
- $53,2102022–2322–23
- $55,7902023–2423–24
- $58,2102024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $25,749 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 55%
- Average share of need met
- 89%
- Average need-based grant
- $35,676
- Required forms
- FAFSA
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Hope College’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Hope College admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Hope College runs a nonbinding Early Action plan.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Hope College admits in-state applicants at 86.7%, out-of-state applicants at 90%, and international applicants at 67.3%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
871 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, down from 46.1% in 2021–22, and an ACT, down from 19%.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
35.3% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
9.1% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Hope College’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 97.5% who submitted one.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.82
The Common Data Set factor grid, as the school reported it.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Important
- Academic GPA
- Important
- Class rank
- Considered
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
- Application essay
- Considered
- Recommendation(s)
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Considered
- Talent / ability
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- Interview
- Not considered
- Character / personal qualities
- Not considered
- First generation
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Volunteer work
- Not considered
- Work experience
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
Hope College leaves 1 Common Data Set answer blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the rank spread of enrolled students, there’s no top-of-class signal to place a transcript against.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
Hope College’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $62,630 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $25,749 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 451 of 816 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $62,630
Averages among the 451 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Hope College offers merit aid only: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Hope College admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
90.3% of Hope College’s first-years return for a second year and 82.3% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03