College of the Holy Cross Profile - SAT Scores, Costs and Admissions Data

• Percent of Applicants Admitted: 34%
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• Test Scores -- 25th / 75th Percentile (the scores below are from 2009; Holy Cross is test-optional and did not report scores to the National Center for Educational Statistics for 2010)
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• Total Enrollment: 2,905 (all undergraduate)
• Gender Breakdown: 47% Male / 53% Female
• 99% Full-time

• Tuition and Fees: $43,400
• Books: $700 (why so much?)
• Room and Board: $11,730
• Other Expenses: $900
• Total Cost: $56,730

• Percentage of New Students Receiving Aid: 73%
• Percentage of New Students Receiving Types of Aid
  • Grants: 53%
  • Loans: 54%
• Average Amount of Aid
  • Grants: $29,654
  • Loans: $6,722

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• First Year Student Retention (full-time students): 95%
• Transfer-out Rate: 5%
• 4-Year Graduation Rate: 89%
• 6-Year Graduation Rate: 91%

"The College of the Holy Cross is, by tradition and choice, a Jesuit liberal arts college serving the Catholic community, American society, and the wider world. To participate in the life of Holy Cross is to accept an invitation to join in dialogue about basic human questions: What is the moral character of learning and teaching? How do we find meaning in life and history? What are our obligations to one another? What is our special responsibility to the world's poor and powerless?

As a liberal arts college, Holy Cross pursues excellence in teaching, learning, and research. All who share its life are challenged to be open to new ideas, to be patient with ambiguity and uncertainty, to combine a passion for truth with respect for the views of others. Informed by the presence of diverse interpretations of the human experience, Holy Cross seeks to build a community marked by freedom, mutual respect, and civility. Because the search for meaning and value is at the heart of the intellectual life, critical examination of fundamental religious and philosophical questions is integral to liberal arts education. Dialogue about these questions among people from diverse academic disciplines and religious traditions requires everyone to acknowledge and respect differences. Dialogue also requires us to remain open to that sense of the whole which calls us to transcend ourselves and challenges us to seek that which might constitute our common humanity.

The faculty and staff of Holy Cross, now primarily lay and religiously and culturally diverse, also affirm the mission of Holy Cross as a Jesuit college. As such, Holy Cross seeks to exemplify the longstanding dedication of the Society of Jesus to the intellectual life and its commitment to the service of faith and promotion of justice. The College is dedicated to forming a community which supports the intellectual growth of all its members while offering them opportunities for spiritual and moral development. In a special way, the College must enable all who choose to do so to encounter the intellectual heritage of Catholicism, to form an active worshipping community, and to become engaged in the life and work of the contemporary church..."