Graduates of Hope College earn median 4-year earnings of $60,573, placing Hope College in the 45.9 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $10,054 less than similar students at comparable institutions, placing Hope College in the 20.8 percentile for earnings beyond expectations among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth ranks Hope College #922 for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. The earnings pattern reflects Hope College's concentration in business and professional fields. Business Administration is the largest program with 120 graduates earning median 4-year earnings of $65,755, performing at 1.0x the national benchmark for the field. The Psychology, General program graduates 84 students earning $52,980, while Engineering and Nursing round out the top programs with 52 and 49 graduates respectively. Business represents the institutional focus, anchoring Hope College's long-term financial outcomes and supporting graduates into stable career pathways.
Graduates of Hope College earn median 4-year earnings of $60,573, placing Hope College in the 45.9 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $10,054 less than similar students at comparable institutions, placing Hope College in the 20.8 percentile for earnings beyond expectations among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth ranks Hope College #922 for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. The earnings pattern reflects Hope College's concentration in business and professional fields. Business Administration is the largest program with 120 graduates earning median 4-year earnings of $65,755, performing at 1.0x the national benchmark for the field. The Psychology, General program graduates 84 students earning $52,980, while Engineering and Nursing round out the top programs with 52 and 49 graduates respectively. Business represents the institutional focus, anchoring Hope College's long-term financial outcomes and supporting graduates into stable career pathways.
Latest FE earnings field: 10-year
Lower quartile, 10-year field
How graduate earnings grow across the currently available FE horizons.
Financial justification for the investment.
Graduates of Hope College earn median 4-year earnings of $60,573, placing Hope College in the 45.9 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $10,054 less than similar students at comparable institutions, placing Hope College in the 20.8 percentile for earnings beyond expectations among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth ranks Hope College #922 for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. The earnings pattern reflects Hope College's concentration in business and professional fields. Business Administration is the largest program with 120 graduates earning median 4-year earnings of $65,755, performing at 1.0x the national benchmark for the field. The Psychology, General program graduates 84 students earning $52,980, while Engineering and Nursing round out the top programs with 52 and 49 graduates respectively. Business represents the institutional focus, anchoring Hope College's long-term financial outcomes and supporting graduates into stable career pathways.
Program mix and student pathways explain much of the earnings story.
Hope College's program mix centers on business, education, and the liberal arts — a portfolio reflecting the institution's identity as a private liberal arts college in Michigan. Business Administration is the largest program with 120 graduates, followed by Psychology, General, Engineering, Nursing, and Kinesiology. Across 0 ranked programs serving roughly 818 students annually, several deliver strong earnings outcomes that align with the institution's applied-professional and liberal arts strengths. The earnings pattern reflects a balanced portfolio rather than concentration in a single field. Engineering leads with median earnings of $82,513 four years after enrollment among 52 graduates, followed by Nursing at $75,738, Business Administration at $65,755, and Communication and Media Studies at $55,166. This distribution shows that Hope College graduates achieve solid outcomes across multiple fields rather than relying on a single high-earning major, a pattern that reflects the breadth of the liberal arts model. Several of these programs represent high-mobility pathways where graduates enter the workforce directly and earnings reflect national labor-market outcomes. Others, particularly in education and psychology, are fields where four-year earnings may undercount lifetime trajectory because a meaningful share of graduates continue to graduate or professional school. The supply and demand for college graduates provides context for how Hope College's dominant program families align with labor-market demand and wage-growth trends.
Upper quartile, 10-year field
Graduates of Hope College earn median 4-year earnings of $60,573, placing Hope College in the 45.9 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $10,054 less than similar students at comparable institutions, placing Hope College in the 20.8 percentile for earnings beyond expectations among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth ranks Hope College #922 for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. The earnings pattern reflects Hope College's concentration in business and professional fields. Business Administration is the largest program with 120 graduates earning median 4-year earnings of $65,755, performing at 1.0x the national benchmark for the field. The Psychology, General program graduates 84 students earning $52,980, while Engineering and Nursing round out the top programs with 52 and 49 graduates respectively. Business represents the institutional focus, anchoring Hope College's long-term financial outcomes and supporting graduates into stable career pathways.
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