Worcester, MA · Private nonprofit
17.6%
Acceptance rate
1,354
SAT Average
$36,868
Avg net price
3,015
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 747 |
| Bachelor’s 248 |
| Bachelor’s 94 |
| Bachelor’s 92 |
| Bachelor’s 59 |
| Bachelor’s 47 |
| Bachelor’s 46 |
| Bachelor’s 32 |
| Bachelor’s 31 |
| Bachelor’s 31 |
| Bachelor’s 30 |
| Bachelor’s 18 |
| Bachelor’s 10 |
| Bachelor’s 8 |
| Bachelor’s 1 |
| Bachelor’s 0 |
| Bachelor’s 0 |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Patriot League
Projected sponsored sports26
Athletic participation
712 unique student-athletes · 23 varsity teams
Early Decision I
Binding · Decision released by Dec 15 · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Nov 15
Early Decision II
Binding · Decision released by Feb 15 · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Jan 15
Regular Decision
CSS Profile, FAFSA due Jan 15
· Apply with Common App or Coalition
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $63,650
- Required fees
- $850
- Food and housing
- $18,820
- Books and supplies
- $1,000
- Other expenses
- $900
- Total
- $85,220
- $71,7102019–2019–20
- $72,2302020–2120–21
- $74,5202021–2221–22
- $76,8802022–2322–23
- $80,5002023–2423–24
- $85,2202024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $36,868 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2023–24
- First-years with need-based aid
- 40%
- Average share of need met
- 100%
- Average need-based grant
- $48,881
- Required forms
- FAFSA and CSS Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from College of the Holy Cross’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 3 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2023–24).
College of the Holy Cross admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 3 years of Common Data Set filings.
College of the Holy Cross runs two binding Early Decision rounds. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. College of the Holy Cross admits in-state applicants at 22.2%, out-of-state applicants at 22.4%, and international applicants at 10.5%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
823 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are required for some applicants. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Jan 15. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, down from 40% in 2021–22, and an ACT.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
35% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
19% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 22% who submitted class rank.
High-school class rank
Among the 22% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
College of the Holy Cross rates 6 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Recommendation(s)
- Very important
- Class rank
- Considered
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Interview
- Very important
- Character / personal qualities
- Very important
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Important
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- State residency
- Considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Considered
College of the Holy Cross leaves 1 Common Data Set answer blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the GPA spread, a family can’t see where their transcript lands within the class.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Early Decision applicants & admits (C21) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
College of the Holy Cross's net price after grant aid, by family income. of first-years received need-based aid. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $36,868 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 363 of 903 first-years in the 2023–24 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, College of the Holy Cross offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
College of the Holy Cross admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
93% of College of the Holy Cross’s first-years return for a second year and 89.6% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03