Hope College Historical Acceptance Rate

Historical Acceptance Rates

Hope College's overall acceptance rate for the application year 2023 is 75.9%, with 5,206 applicants and 3,949 accepts. This represents a decline from 80.4% in 2022, when they accepted 4,144 out of 5,150 applicants. The college saw its highest acceptance rate recently in 2021 at 92.4%, indicating a trend of increasing selectivity over the past few application years. In 2020, the acceptance rate was 77.8%, and in 2019 it was 85.7%, showing that while acceptance rates can fluctuate, recent years have indicated a tightening of admission criteria.