Hope College

MI · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
79.2%
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SAT · 50th
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6-yr grad
80.0%
Retention 88.4%
Undergrads
3,288
9:1 S-F
Admissions
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79.2%
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from — apps
Overall admit rate79.2%
Test scores
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SAT composite · 50th %ile
Cost & aid
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tuition not reported
Room & board$12,950
Books$1,190
Avg debt at graduation$34,630
Academics
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9 : 1
student-faculty ratio
88.4% retention
Student-faculty9 : 1
Retention88.4%
4-year graduation76.6%
6-year graduation80.0%
Enrollment
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3,288
undergraduates
Total undergraduates3,288
Rankings
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#84
U.S. News & World Report
Best National Liberal Arts Colleges
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#8426
NicheBest Colleges in America#17826
NicheBest Value Colleges in America#69726
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Niche, U.S. News & World Report). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingMichigan colleges9
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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no application-fee data
Admissions emailadmissions@hope.edu
Admissions phone616.395.7850
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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Bradley University
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Bradley University IL · Private (nonprofit)76.8%—3K
University of Mary Washington VA · Public74.1%12693K
Seattle University WA · Private (nonprofit)76.9%—4K
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology IN · Private (nonprofit)80.9%13802K
University of North Carolina Asheville NC · Public86.0%11752K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Hope College

15 years of Hope College's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.