College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, Massachusetts
- Private nonprofit
- City
- 3,106 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 18%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $38,829per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 87%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $100,48510 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
College of the Holy Cross meets 100% of demonstrated financial need for all admitted students.
Source: Tuition & Financial Aid - Worcester - College of the Holy Cross
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 18%About 2 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1240–1410Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 27–32Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From College of the Holy Cross's own report
These numbers come from the school's Common Data Set for 2023–24, a standard report colleges publish about their applicants and first-year students. Open the report.
- Admit rate in this report
- 21%1,829 admitted of 8,670 first-year applicants
- Early decision admit rate
- 67%511 admitted of 761. Early decision is binding: you commit to attend if admitted.
- Off the wait list
- 3%42 admitted of 1,572 who stayed on the wait list (3,700 were offered a spot)
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1270–142035% of first-years sent SAT scores
- ACT, middle 50%
- 28–3219% of first-years sent ACT scores
- Top 10% of their class
- 38%69% were in the top quarter.
Early applicants often include recruited athletes and students who knew this was their first choice, so a higher early rate doesn't mean applying early raises any one student's odds by that much.
Where you'd stand
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Sources: College of the Holy Cross Common Data Set 2023–24. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $38,829full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $84,988sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $68,090Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 87%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 95%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $100,48510 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 3,106Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 16%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 17%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Brandeis University Waltham, MA — admits 41%
- Bentley University Waltham, MA — admits 45%
- Endicott College Beverly, MA — admits 71%
- Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA — admits 36%
Also worth a look
- Babson College Wellesley, MA — admits 17%
- Tufts University Medford, MA — admits 11%
- Denison University Granville, OH — admits 17%
- Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY — admits 19%
- Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA — admits 16%
- Bentley University Waltham, MA — admits 45%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for College of the Holy Cross, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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