College · Private nonprofit · Fullerton, CA · Suburb
Hope International University
Fullerton, CA
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
Admit rate33%
6-yr median pay$36k
Net price / yr$29k
Undergrad size564
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $29k/yr for a shot at a $36k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 33% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter. Admitted students average SAT 1020.
If you get in
564 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $52k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $29k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$207k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$117k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$90k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback3.3x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $38.0k
- Room & board
- $12.9k
- Books & supplies
- $1,080
How students pay for it.
Pell grants44%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans57%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$23k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention61%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr49%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$36k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$50k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 564
- Location
- Fullerton, CA
- Region
- Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and University Commission
- Also known as
- Hope · HIU · College of Arts and Sciences · College of Business and Management · College of Education · Pacific Christian of Ministry and Biblical Studies · College of Psychology and Counseling · Fullerton · Orange County · California
Identity
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Hispanic29%
- White29%
- Two or more races15%
- Unknown10%
- Black7%
- Asian4%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander2%
- International2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students39%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time11%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$41k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 17
What you can study.