Hope International University
Private College in Fullerton, CA. Six-year graduation rate 49%. Median 10-year earnings $49,697.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $49,697 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 49%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $23,000, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Hope International University admits 33% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly two in three applicants are turned away. Only 940 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. About 38% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. 11% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 420–570 | 13 (11%) |
| SAT Math | 420–650 | |
| ACT Composite | — | 3 (3%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 49% finish inside six years. Just 52% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. A 13:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. At 549 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 549 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $29,896 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Income makes less difference than usual: $27,991 at $0–30k, $34,049 at $110k+. 91% of students get grant aid averaging $22,551, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 57% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 82 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $27,991 |
| $30–48k | $31,016 |
| $48–75k | $34,451 |
| $75–110k | $33,634 |
| $110k+ | $34,049 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 312 of these 549 students, totalling $1,955,163 — an average of $6,267 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Orange County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)