Hope College

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Baccalaureate Colleges — Arts & Sciences

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Bachelor's degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Hope College Academics

The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. Moreover, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Minority Student Services, Personal Counseling, Placement Service and Women’s Services can help. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Reduced Course Load, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. For one thing, the university has a Double Major, ESL, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, New York Semester, ROTC, Army, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification, Urban Semester and Washington Semester. Hope College is unique in its study options.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Hope College.

Foreign Language and Literature:

Ancient Near Eastern/Biblical Languages, Classics, French, German, Latin, Spanish

Public Administration and Service:

Social Work

Multiple or Interdisciplinary:

Biological/Physical Sciences

Popular majors:

eighteen percent education, fourteen percent business per marketing, nine percent psychology, seven percent social sciences, six percent foreign languages and literature, five percent communications per journalism, five percent english, five percent health professions, five percent physical sciences

Communications & Journalism:

Communications/Rhetoric

Philosphy and Religion:

Philosophy, Religion/Religious Studies

Education:

Education of Emotionally Handicapped, Education of Learning Disabled, Elementary Education, Latin Teacher Education, Music Teacher Education, Physical Education, Secondary Education

Parks, Recreation, and Fitness:

Exercise Sciences

English Language and Literature:

English

Social Sciences:

Economics, Political Science/Government, Social Sciences – General, Sociology

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Art History/Criticism/Conservation, Dance, Drama/Theater Arts, Fine/Studio Arts, Jazz Studies, Music – General, Music – General Performance, Music – Piano/Organ, Music – Voice/Opera, Stringed Instruments

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biochemistry, Biology

Physical Sciences:

Chemistry, Geochemistry, Geology, GeophysicsSeismology, Physics

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Athletic Training/Sports Medicine, Nursing (RN)

History:

History – General

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Business Administration/Management

Computer Science:

Computer/Information Sciences – General

Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 1st of June. In addition, for international students, the application fee is 35.

Hope College Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 77% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 90%. Remember that this can change at any time. Transfer student are not ignored. For instance, there were one hundred and sixty-nine total number of transfer students who applied and one hundred and ten total number of transfer students who were admitted. This school requires an application fee consisting of thirty-five dollars regular application fee, thirty-five dollars out-of-state application fee, thirty-five dollars online application fee and point zero .

Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 1st of June. the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. The regular application due date was not reported. For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 1st of March. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 15th of June and In the same way, if you wish to apply with priority status make sure you application is in by the 1st of March.

Hope College Financial Aid

If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Art, Leadership, Minority Status, Music/Drama and Religious Affiliation. Financial aid forms are FAFSA and Institution’s own financial aid form. In the same way, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Minority Status, Religious Affiliation and State/District Residency. Financial aid distribution is at sixty-five percent scholarships per grants and thirty-five percent loans per jobs. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school.

Hope College Students

The university is a Private, Liberal Arts College, Four-year, Reformed Church In America, Coed, where 77 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member. Moreover, it is part of an Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Residential campus. Hope College offers Bachelor’s degrees. Again, the student body consists of sixty-seven percent in-state students, thirty-three percent out-of-state students, sixty percent women, forty percent men, one percent american indian per alaskan native, one percent asian per pacific islander, two percent black per non-hispanic, two percent hispanic, ninety-two percent white per non-hispanic, one percent non-resident alien, one percent race per ethnicity unreported, thirty-four percent in top 10th of graduating class, sixty-one percent in top quarter of graduating class and ninety-five percent in top half of graduating class. The school’s size is approximately three thousand and seventy degree-seeking undergrads and seven hundred and seventy-five first-time degree-seeking freshmen.

This school features the Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Residential campus. Besides, the university has many unique facilites such as museum, Pelletron particle accelerator, biological field station, electron microscopes, laser research, cadaver lab. Incidentally, the school is located 30 miles from Grand Rapids, 160 miles from Chicago.Students should note the housing policies: Guaranteed On-Campus Housing For All Undergraduates, ninety-eight percent of first-year students live in college housing, seventy-nine percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Men’s Housing, Women’s Housing, Apartments For Married Students, Apartments For Single Students, Fraternity/Sorority Housing, Wellness housing (alcohol/drug/smoke-free), one-MAY deadline for housing deposit, three hundred dollars amount of housing deposit, point zero , and First-time first-year students allowed to have car.

Hope College Athletics

The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s NCAA Division III and Men’s Intercollegiate Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Basketball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division III and Men’s Intercollegiate Football
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Golf
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Racquetball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Soccer
• Women’s NCAA Division III, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Softball
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Table_tennis
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Track_and_field
• Men’s NCAA Division III and Women’s NCAA Division III Track_outdoor
• Women’s NCAA Division III, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Volleyball