Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Hope

At Hope College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 78.87%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 76.01%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Hope College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 23.59%, and the 2024 yield is 21.00%.

The number of Hope applicants decreased by 1.05% (54 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 78.87%, and this year's acceptance rate is 76.01% at Hope College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 75.29% and women students' rate is 81.17%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Hope College than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Hope College over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	72.53%	69.76%	74.35%
2014-15	77.41% 4.88%	75.77% 6.01%	78.52% 4.17%
2015-16	72.04% -5.37%	69.41% -6.36%	73.66% -4.86%
2016-17	84.41% 12.37%	82.69% 13.28%	85.48% 11.82%
2017-18	73.63% -10.77%	68.34% -14.35%	76.96% -8.52%
2018-19	75.61% 1.97%	71.37% 3.02%	78.16% 1.19%
2019-20	85.67% 10.06%	81.83% 10.46%	87.82% 9.66%
2020-21	77.83% -7.84%	73.12% -8.71%	80.74% -7.08%
2021-22	91.99% 14.16%	91.02% 17.90%	93.00% 12.26%
2022-23	80.45% -11.54%	74.88% -16.14%	84.22% -8.78%
2023-24	76.01% -4.45%	69.98% -4.90%	79.99% -4.22%
Average	78.87%	75.29%	81.17%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 23.59% where the current academic year yield is 21.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Hope College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	27.24%	27.02%	27.37%
2014-15	24.40% -2.84%	24.72% -2.30%	24.18% -3.19%
2015-16	25.00% 0.60%	28.13% 3.41%	23.17% -1.01%
2016-17	22.03% -2.97%	22.54% -5.59%	21.72% -1.45%
2017-18	24.17% 2.14%	24.76% 2.22%	23.84% 2.12%
2018-19	24.20% 0.03%	23.87% -0.90%	24.38% 0.54%
2019-20	21.46% -2.74%	23.75% -0.12%	20.27% -4.11%
2020-21	25.91% 4.46%	28.40% 4.65%	24.53% 4.26%
2021-22	21.00% -4.91%	20.00% -8.40%	20.98% -3.54%
2022-23	23.04% 2.04%	22.81% 2.81%	23.18% 2.20%
2023-24	21.00% -2.04%	21.98% -0.84%	21.00% -2.19%
Average	23.59%	24.36%	23.15%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,345, the average number of admitted is 3,419, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 802.

The number of Hope applicants decreased by 1.05% (54 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Hope College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,161	3,018	822
2014-15	4,395 5.62%	3,402 12.72%	830 0.97%
2015-16	4,420 0.57%	3,184 -6.41%	796 -4.10%
2016-17	3,899 -11.79%	3,291 3.36%	725 -8.92%
2017-18	4,377 12.26%	3,223 -2.07%	779 7.45%
2018-19	4,362 -0.34%	3,298 2.33%	798 2.44%
2019-20	3,748 -14.08%	3,211 -2.64%	689 -13.66%
2020-21	3,907 4.24%	3,041 -5.29%	788 14.37%
2021-22	4,172 6.78%	3,838 26.21%	806 2.28%
2022-23	5,152 23.49%	4,145 8.00%	955 18.49%
2023-24	5,206 1.05%	3,957 -4.54%	831 -12.98%
Average	4,345	3,419	802

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Hope College and similar schools.