- The Inkwell
- Massachusetts
- College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MACity: midsizeZIP 01610Founded 1843
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1843
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.holycross.edu
- Member of
- AJCU
MassachusettsReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
College of the Holy Cross
College of the Holy Cross is a private nonprofit college in Worcester, Massachusetts, with 3,106 undergraduates. It admits 18% of applicants, graduates 86% within six years and costs $38,829 a year after aid.
86%graduate
Admission rate18%
Retention95%
4-year graduation79%
Pell Grant share16%
Federal loans38%
$38,829net price / year
18%admission rate
1353average SAT
86%graduate in 6 years
$100,485median earnings, 10 yrs
$21,500median debt
#55 of 1,704 for earnings#1,645 of 1,739 for lowest net price#100 of 1,738 for graduation rate#68 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $84,988tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $68,090
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $68,090
- Average net price
- $38,829national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$9,931
$30,001–48,000$5,164
$48,001–75,000$18,565
$75,001–110,000$24,516
$110,001+$58,649
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 18%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1353
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 630–710
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 610–700
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 27–32
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college18%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college95%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college86%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college16%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 86%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 79%
- First-year retention
- 95%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 90%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $74,703
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $100,485middle 50%: $68,469–$148,092
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$148,092
Median, College of the Holy Cross$100,485
Lower quarter$68,469
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 3,106
- Part-time
- 0%
- Women / men
- 54% / 46%
- Average age at entry
- 19.4
- First-generation students
- 17%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 16%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 89%
- Average faculty salary
- $12,363 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $24,933
- Endowment, end of year
- $1,109,264,540
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White68%
Hispanic13%
Black4.7%
Asian3.2%
Two or more races4.1%
U.S. nonresident3.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown3.5%
14 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Social sciences33%
Biological & biomedical sciences13%
Psychology12%
Physical sciences7.9%
Mathematics & statistics6.3%
English language & literature6.2%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies4.3%
Business & management4.2%
keep comparing
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Same Carnegie class, similar price
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 166124. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q2620177.