Hope College
Hope College is situated in a residential near the central business district of Holland, Michigan, a community of 40,000 people. Holland has been acclaimed an All-American college town. The campus is located on 120 acres and consists of 119 buildings of which 98 are student housing units. Hope College��塜 curriculum offers a variety of courses in 87 majors and the college has long been known for outstanding pre-professional training.
Hope is the only private, four-year liberal arts college in the United States with national accreditation in art, dance, music and theatre. Hope is also the only college or university in Michigan where business students can participate in the George F. Baker Scholars Program, which provides a wide range of real-world experiences beyond the classroom.
It has one of the largest summer undergraduate research programs in the nation, and each year approximately 160 students participate in summer research at the college. Hope holds more grants through the NSF��塜 ��焵esearch Experiences for Undergraduates��� (NSF-REU) program (five in 2011) than any other primarily-undergraduate institution nationwide.