by our College Data Analytics Team
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College of the Holy Cross was awarded 197 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general psychology.
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Holy Cross landed the #159 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation.
Holy Cross is also ranked #15 out of 63 schools in Massachusetts.
College of the Holy Cross has an acceptance rate of 43%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Holy Cross.
About 40% of students accepted to Holy Cross submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 630 and 710. Math scores were between 610 and 710.
The student to faculty ratio at Holy Cross is an impressive 10 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at College of the Holy Cross is 89%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 96% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like College of the Holy Cross enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Holy Cross for first-time, full-time students is 87%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,970 undergraduates at Holy Cross with 2,966 being full-time and 4 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $14,544 | $17,357 | $20,142 | $31,109 | $51,523 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Holy Cross, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 Holy Cross, approximately 38% of students took out student loans averaging $5,946 a year. That adds up to $23,784 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Holy Cross is 1.2%. 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.
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Contact details for Holy Cross are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One College Street, Worcester, MA 01610-2395 |
| Phone: | 508-793-2011 |
| Website: | www.holycross.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/collegeoftheholycross |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/holy_cross |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Economics | 140 | $61,612 |
| General Psychology | 115 | $37,609 |
| Political Science & Government | 110 | $44,436 |
| General English Literature | 59 | $31,588 |
| History | 55 | $43,146 |
| Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution | 54 | NA |
| General Biology | 52 | $36,352 |
| Mathematics | 41 | $50,599 |
| International Studies | 29 | NA |
| Chemistry | 29 | $41,359 |
Footnotes
*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.
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