
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.

Virtual Campus Tour
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.

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Campus Safety’s Rick Altamira is one of the hundreds of Hope employees whose work
is essential to the campus community — and who seldom see their names in the headlines.
People of Hope, we see you. The Rev. Dr. Nathan Hart says he doesn’t need to trailblaze a new strategy to reach
students. He just needs to remember the charge he was given on the day of his ordination:
preach the word and administer the sacraments. That’s how the love of Jesus has always
reached people. With the members of Hope College’s graduating Class of 2025 about to leave the familiar
routine of the school year on Sunday, May 4, Commencement speaker Dr. Lauren Hearit
offered a new way of structuring their lives — one guided by hope, even as their time
at Hope was drawing to a close. The Hope College Orchestra is one of only three ensembles, and one of only two from
the United States, chosen to perform in the culminating Evening Showcase Concert in
Carnegie Hall during the 19th annual New York International Music Festival running
Saturday–Wednesday, April 5–9. Dr. Melissa Bakhuyzen ’95 Bouws is spearheading an initiative to offer Hope nursing
majors opportunities to study abroad starting in spring 2026, in Oman, India and Bahrain. 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. 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.
People of Hope
Reaching This Generation
2025 Graduates Encouraged to Be “People of Hope”
Hope College Orchestra Performed in Carnegie Hall in April
New Study-Abroad Option on the Horizon for Hope Nursing Students
Hope Recognized for Extensive Research Activity
Hope Earns Honors for Innovation, Research, and Top-100
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