Hope International University Business Programs

Hope International University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fullerton, California. Hope is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

Where Is Hope International University?

Contact details for Hope are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2500 E Nutwood Ave, Fullerton, CA 92831-3199
Phone:	714-879-3901
Website:	www.hiu.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/HIUnow
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/HIUnow

How Do I Get Into Hope?

You can apply to Hope online at: www.hiu.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Hope

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	considered but not required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Hope?

Hope has a fairly low acceptance rate of 38%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 38%, and the acceptance rate for women is 39%.

Average Test Scores

About 81% of students accepted to Hope submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 560. Math scores were between 470 and 540.

Hope received ACT scores from 20% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 22. Math scores were between 16 and 23. Composite scores were between 18 and 24.

Can I Afford Hope International University?

The overall average net price of Hope is $37,360. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Hope, approximately 91% of students took out student loans averaging $3,643 a year. That adds up to $14,572 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Hope is 4.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Hope International University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 657 undergraduate students at Hope, with 529 being full-time and 128 being part-time.

There are also 544 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 529 full-time undergraduates at Hope, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Hope International University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	22
Black or African American	39
Hispanic or Latino	142
White	196
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	124

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at Hope International University. At this time, 8 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 16 countries are represented at Hope. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, France, and Brazil.

Online Learning at Hope International University

In 2019-2020, 615 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Hope has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 37th most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Hope

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Hope International University was $34,450 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Hope is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Development Economics & International Development	#1	#1
Economics	#15	#10
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#37	#37

Online Growth Rankings of Hope

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Hope International University was 0.8%. This is the #735 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Hope regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Hope ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Hope.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#78

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Hope International University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	35	21	56
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	0	0	0
Development Economics & International Development	0	0	0
TOTAL	35	21	56

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Slcoats under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.