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Academics

Majors and faculty

The most popular major is Business Administration and Management, General (15% of graduates). 9 students for every faculty member, fewer than at 84% of colleges. 69% of faculty are full-time. Spends $13,039 a year on instruction per student.

Most popular majors

744 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates

The top 5 programs account for 42% of graduates; 53 programs in 21 fields awarded at least one.

  1. Business Administration and Management, General 52.020115% 112
    Graduates in this field earn $65,755 4 years out
  2. Psychology, General 42.01018.6% 64
    Graduates in this field earn $52,980 4 years out
  3. Engineering, General 14.01016.7% 50
    Graduates in this field earn $82,513 4 years out
  4. Speech Communication and Rhetoric 09.01016.2% 46
    Graduates in this field earn $55,166 4 years out
  5. Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.38015.8% 43
    Graduates in this field earn $75,738 4 years out

Fastest-growing field: Business, 12% → 22% of graduates since 2014–15 (161 graduates in 2024–25).

Source:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2014–15 to 2024–25About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)

Bachelor's degrees awarded July through June, by federal program name (), which can differ from what the college calls a major. A double major counts once, under the ; its other field is a . Earnings are College Scorecard's median for graduates of the program's broader field (), 4 years after completion; see Top-earning majors below.

Top-earning majors here

By earnings 4 years after completion

  1. Computer and Information Sciences, General$92,116 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $61,325

    4 years after completion$92,116
    National median: $92,374About typical

    Median federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 29 graduates, two most recent years combined

  2. Accounting and Related Services$86,253 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $61,120

    4 years after completion$86,253
    National median: $76,194Above typical

    4 years out, Pell: Too few graduates to report · Non-Pell: $73,481(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $27,000 · 46 graduates, two most recent years combined

  3. Engineering, General$82,513 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $67,410

    4 years after completion$82,513
    National median: $89,359Below typical

    4 years out, Pell: Too few graduates to report · Non-Pell: $78,985(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $27,000 · 101 graduates, two most recent years combined

  4. Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$75,738 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $72,146

    4 years after completion$75,738
    National median: $88,910Below typical

    4 years out, Pell: $58,485 · Non-Pell: $63,982(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $27,000 · 92 graduates, two most recent years combined

  5. Business Administration, Management and Operations$65,755 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $45,590

    4 years after completion$65,755
    National median: $68,257About typical

    4 years out, Pell: $60,403 · Non-Pell: $59,208(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $25,500 · 241 graduates, two most recent years combined

Bachelor's programs only, among graduates who received federal financial aid and were working (not enrolled in school) in the measurement year.

Students per faculty member vs. every college9 to 1
9 to 1
← Fewer students per facultyfewer students per faculty member than 84% of 1,892More students per faculty →

The college also reports 11 to 1 in its Common Data Set (3,225 students, 297 faculty).

Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.

Full-time faculty69%
National median: 67%About typical
Average faculty salary

$78,384

9-month equated, all ranks combined. Pay tracks local cost of living as much as a college's generosity.

Spending and endowment

Fiscal 2023–24. Compared only against other private nonprofit colleges: public and private colleges report finances on different accounting forms that aren't comparable.

Instruction spending per student$13,039
$13,039
← Lessmore than 64% of 1,199More →
Endowment per student$95,741
$95,741
← Lessmore than 78% of 1,065More →

Sources:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard Field of Study data, most recent release;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Salaries survey (SAL, instructional staff, all ranks), Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;IPEDS Finance survey, derived per-student figures, 2023–24;Hope College Common Data Set 2023–24, Fall 2023;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)