+15%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Hope College rose 15% between 2021 and 2024 ($36.6k → $42.0k).
Michigan · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Hope College
Holland, Michigan. 3,274 undergraduate students. 40 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Hope College
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Hope College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.1% → 0.0%).
+15%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Hope College rose 15% between 2021 and 2024 ($36.6k → $42.0k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Michigan
Each tile compares this institution to the Michigan median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$58,427+17% · 6→10y
Michigan median $38,167$49,727
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry82.3%+17% · '97→'24
Michigan median 57.1%$23,250+89% · '97→'20
At program completion3,274+19% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS90.3%-1% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time75.8%-10% · '01→'24
latest cohort$40,420+152% · '00→'24
out-of-state $40,420SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
5.3%Median federal debt $23,250 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $58,427 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+31%
Hope College · completion · 100% rose
50.2% → 65.6%
+152%
Hope College · in-state tuition rose
$16,644 → $41,970
+152%
Hope College · out-of-state tuition rose
$16,644 → $41,970
+89%
Hope College · median debt rose
$14,195 → $26,800
-80%
Hope College · cohort default rate fell
1.6% → 0.0%
+31%
Hope College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$44,500 → $58,427
+34%
Hope College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$41,500 → $55,768
+31%
Hope College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$38,000 → $49,727
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Computer and Information Sciences, General.$90,232Engineering, General.$87,793Accounting and Related Services.$83,017Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$75,372Business Administration, Management and Operations.$72,190Chemistry.$68,029Communication and Media Studies.$54,579Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$54,295Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.$54,230Social Work.$52,793Biology, General.$52,442Sociology.$51,986Psychology, General.$51,887Special Education and Teaching.$50,640Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$49,887Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$48,606Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.$42,935
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
17 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Hope College
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$616,873
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $20,837
- HS-only baseline · MI
- $36,900
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 52
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Michigan
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Hope College graduates earn $X” — not “Hope College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Hope College caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.