Hope College of Arts and Sciences
About
Hope College is a private Christian liberal arts college in Holland, Michigan, United States. Dutch immigrants originally opened it in 1851 as the Pioneer School, four years after the community was first settled. The first freshman college class matriculated in 1862, and Hope received its state charter in 1866. Hope College is affiliated with the Reformed Church in America and retains a Christian atmosphere. Its 120-acre (49 ha) campus is adjacent to the downtown commercial district and has been shared with Western Theological Seminary since 1884. The Hope College campus is near the eastern shores of Lake Michigan and is 2.5 hours away from two major cities, Chicago and Detroit.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates — a notably small equity gap.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 1 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 1 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data1 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, Accreditation Commission
Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, Accreditation Commission
Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
Programmatic accreditations · 2
Action history · 9
- Oct 2025Grant Substantive Change: DegreeTransnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, Accreditation Commission
- Dec 2024Voluntary Withdrawal ReceivedNational League for Nursing, Commission for Nurse Education Accreditation · Nursing - Associate degree
- Oct 2023Initial AccreditationTransnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, Accreditation Commission
- Dec 2019Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: WarningAccrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
- Apr 2019Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 20 students received $123K in Pell grants, alongside $232K in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 72 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at HCAS
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- Public property16
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
HCAS vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions HCAS selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectHope College of Arts and Sciences | 19% | — | 54 | $13,949 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Advance Science International College | — | — | — | $31,336 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Chattanooga College Medical Dental and & Technical Careers | — | — | 252 | $28,726 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Chester Career College | — | — | 79 | $23,878 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
City College-Altamonte Springs | — | 100.0% | 362 | $32,105 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology | — | 100.0% | 23 | $24,273 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
East Ohio College | — | — | 118 | $17,180 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Eastern Virginia Career College | — | 96.0% | 177 | $39,005 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Gwinnett College-Marietta Campus | — | — | 205 | $32,181 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Houston International College Cardiotech Ultrasound School | — | 40.0% | — | $19,158 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Meridian College | — | — | 163 | $32,089 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Midwest Institute | — | 87.2% | 177 | $17,111 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Myotherapy Institute | — | — | 12 | $32,278 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
National Polytechnic College | — | — | 516 | $31,626 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Pima Medical Institute-Dillon | — | — | — | $25,676 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Ross College-Davenport | — | — | 42 | $22,619 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Ross College-Hopkinsville | — | — | 90 | $21,724 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Saint Michael College of Allied Health | — | 75.2% | 136 | $39,699 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Sovah School of Health Professions | — | — | 30 | — | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Texas County Technical College | — | 100.0% | 96 | $20,984 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Ultrasound Medical Institute | — | 90.5% | 121 | — | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Universal College of Healing Arts | — | — | 26 | $20,862 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Valley College of Medical Careers | — | — | — | $21,967 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
WellSpring School of Allied Health-Lawrence | — | — | 37 | $16,971 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
WellSpring School of Allied Health-Wichita | — | — | 58 | $9,355 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
West Virginia Junior College-Bridgeport | — | — | 146 | $13,240 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
YTI Career Institute-Altoona | — | — | 32 | $18,131 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
| Peer group median | 19% | 93.2% | 96 | $22,619 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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