Preparing Students for Lives of Leadership and Service Since 1866
Academic Excellence Grounded in Christian Tradition Makes the Liberal Arts Come Alive
Over 90 Areas of Study, 80+ Student Organizations and 300 Off-Campus Study Programs
One of the Best in Undergraduate Research by US. News & World Report
Continuously Named Among the Best in Liberal Arts Nationwide by Forbes
Ranked Among the Best In Innovation and Creative Activities by US. News & World Report
Rooted in the Historic Christian Faith to Welcome All
Worship with 1,000+ of Your Closest Friends Four Times a Week
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Faithful. Welcoming. Transformational.
Hope College is a four-year liberal arts college where academic excellence and vibrant Christian faith join together in a supportive and welcoming community in downtown Holland, Michigan. This rare combination of deep roots and rigorous preparation equips our students to live faithfully into their vocations and make a difference in the world.
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Best in the Nation
U.S News & World Report ranks Hope College among the top 100 best liberal arts colleges in the nation (as opposed to region) in 2025.
2024 HEED Award
Hope has received its third consecutive HEED Award, a national honor recognizing U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Anchored Tuition Pledge
Hope College has announced the “Anchored Tuition Pledge,” committing to hold tuition at the starting rate for each incoming class beginning with the fall 2022 semester — and to keep it at the present level for all current students.
Hope Forward
Hope Forward is an entirely new funding model that will provide fully-funded tuition for every student at Hope College.
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Our picturesque, historic campus is just blocks from award-winning downtown Holland and just minutes from Lake Michigan beaches. We invite you to take a look around campus.
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Academic Programs
Liberal arts curriculum. Graduate-level research. Hands-on opportunities. The highest standards. These are the elements that help Hope students from every discipline succeed — in school and in life.
Hope's Christian Aspirations
Hope College is a Christian community that invites all its members into a holistic and robust engagement with the historic Christian faith and a personal encounter with the living Christ through the Holy Spirit.
Campus Life
The Hope College campus is a place to come alive. We have hundreds of student organizations, groups and events you can plug into, serve with, play in, root for and grow with.
Athletics
#BeStrongBeTrue. As a member of the MIAA and NCAA Division III associations, Hope College sponsors 22 varsity sports for men and women.
Arts
At Hope College, award-winning student performances share the stage with nationally known writers, musicians, performers and artists.
Cost and Financial Aid
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Student Research Shapes Anniversary Exhibition
Original research by Hope students is at the heart of the exhibition “Saints and Syncretism in Global Christian Art,” celebrating the 10th anniversary year of the college’s Kruizenga Art Museum.
Read StoryGrowing in Generosity
“Embodying generosity is about much more than financial donations, it is a posture born out of the understanding that God gave us all much too big a heart to keep to ourselves.”
Read StorySport Beyond the Court
Dr. Chad Carlson ’03 probably never envisioned that he could parlay his passion for sports into a completely new minor at Hope that will challenge students to examine the role of sport in society in an entirely different way: through a liberal arts perspective.
Read StoryBeing More of Who We Already Are
Hope will enhance its emphasis on character development with a grant received through the Educating Character Initiative of Wake Forest University’s Program for Leadership and Character. The college will focus on the virtues of gratitude and generosity, using the grant to help scale up a foundational programmatic component of Hope Forward.
Read StoryAt Home in the Lions’ Den
Emily Griffin ’08 never dreamed that her pigskin-powered upbringing was preparing her for a job as senior vice president, marketing and brand for her hometown football team, the Detroit Lions.
Read StoryHope College Honored for Diversity Excellence Third Year in a Row
Hope College has received the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award for the third year in a row from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.
Read StoryHope Earns Honors for Innovation, Research, and Top-100
Acclaim for Hope College in recent college guides includes recognition as one of the nation’s most innovative schools in the newly released U.S. News & World Report 2025 Best Colleges rankings, which also list Hope among the top 100 liberal arts colleges in the country and in the top 1% out of all schools for undergraduate research experiences.
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academics Hope College Recognized Nationally for Extensive Research Activity
Hope College is among the nation’s foremost colleges and universities for extensive research activity, including being among the top 30 undergraduate-only institutions, according to a new report by the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
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academics Author Tim Alberta to Discuss American Evangelical Movement and Politics
Author Tim Alberta will deliver an address based on his book “The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism” on Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m. at Hope College in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall.
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academics Senior Noel Vanderbilt Awarded National Prize to Conduct Research
Hope College senior Noel Vanderbilt of Saugatuck is one of only three undergraduate students nationwide to receive a Hatfield Prize for 2025 from the Center for Public Justice to conduct an independent research project through the end of the spring semester.
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campus life Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Leadership Summit Photo Gal...
The third annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Leadership Summit was held on Monday, Jan. 20. The summit explored the theme “Mission Possible: Protecting Freedom, Justice and Democracy in the Spirit of Nonviolence365.”
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academics Fall 2024 Dean's List Announced
The Registrar’s Office is pleased to announce Dean’s List recipients for the fall semester. The Dean’s List is awarded to full-time, degree-seeking students who have received grades for all courses in a given semester (no incompletes) and have a semester GPA of 3.50 or above. Hope College Registrar’s Office considers this a significant achievement.
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