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

• Percent of Applicants Admitted: 34%
• Test Scores -- 25th / 75th Percentile
  • SAT Critical Reading: 580 / 670
  • SAT Math: 600 / 680
  • SAT Writing: - / -
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  • ACT Composite: - / -
  • ACT English: - / -
  • ACT Math: - / -

• Total Enrollment: 2,847 (all undergraduate)
• Gender Breakdown: 44% Male / 56% Female
• 99% Full-time

• Tuition and Fees: $37,242
• Books: $700
• Room and Board: $10,260
• Other Expenses: $900
• Total Cost: $49,102

• Percentage of Students Receiving Aid: 62%
• Percentage of Students Receiving Types of Aid
  • Federal Grants: 13%
  • State / Local Grants: 7%
  • Institutional Grants: 48%
  • Loans: 50%
• Average Amount of Aid
  • Federal Grants: $5,140
  • State / Local Grants: $1,342
  • Institutional Grants: $21,672
  • Loans: $4,090

"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..."