Germanic Languages at Hope College

What traits are you looking for in a German school? To help you decide if Hope College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's German program.

Hope is located in Holland, Michigan and approximately 3,061 students attend the school each year. Of the 831 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Hope College in 2021, 7 of them were Germanic languages majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Germanic Languages section at the bottom of this page.

Hope Germanic Languages Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in German

Hope Germanic Languages Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the German progam at Hope compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The German major at Hope is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Germanic Languages. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Germanic Languages Schools	20
Most Focused Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools	20
Most Popular Germanic Languages Schools	51
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German Student Demographics at Hope

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the German majors at Hope College.

Hope Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students earned a bachelor's degree in German from Hope. About 43% of these graduates were women and the other 57% were men. The typical German bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% men. So male students are more repesented at Hope since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in German at Hope are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Hope College with a bachelor's in German.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Hope also has a doctoral program available in German. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Classical Languages & Literature
• Romance Languages

Careers That German Grads May Go Into

A degree in German can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Hope College.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
High School Teachers	24,130	$62,950
Interpreters and Translators	870	$41,450
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	450	$75,020

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Trenner1945 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.