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.
Cost and Financial Aid
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A commemorative installation celebrates Kumaji Kimura and Motoichiro Ohgimi, who arrived
at Hope from Japan in 1871 and became the college’s first international graduates. Hope College celebrated “One Big Weekend: Homecoming and Family Weekend” on Friday-Saturday,
Oct. 25-26. View photos from the weekend! The Princeton Review® has featured Hope College in the new 2025 edition of its online
resource, The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges. Hope honored 10 young alumni with its annual “10 Under 10 Awards” on Friday, Oct.
25, during the college’s “One Big Weekend (Homecoming + Family Weekend)” celebration. 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. Dr. Matthew Kuiper, whose scholarship focuses on classical and modern Islam, inter-religious
relations and religious propagation, has been appointed to the college’s Evert J.
and Hattie E. Blekkink Professorship. 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.
Celebrating a Legacy a World Across
One Big Weekend Photo Gallery
Hope Featured in 2025 Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges
10 Young Alumni Honored with “10 Under 10 Awards”
Hope College Honored for Diversity Excellence Third Year in a Row
Dr. Matthew Kuiper of Religion Faculty Appointed to Blekkink Professorship
Hope Earns Honors for Innovation, Research, and Top-100
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