College of The Holy Cross - Rankings

Rankings

The College of the Holy Cross is one of the most academically rigorous and best value colleges in the country, according to the 2011 college rankings of Newsweek. Holy Cross was fifth in the nation for “Return on Investment,” and came in at number 22 on the magazine’s “Most Rigorous” list. In 2011, Forbes ranked Holy Cross 15th among liberal arts colleges in its "America's Best Colleges" list, and 27th among all colleges and universities. According to Forbes, Holy Cross is ranked higher than Dartmouth, Penn, Columbia, Cornell, and Georgetown. The 2012 edition U.S. News & World Report ranked Holy Cross 29th in the U.S. among liberal arts schools. Holy Cross is the only Catholic college among the top 50 liberal arts schools on the U.S. News list. In 2010, Holy Cross had the highest four-year graduation rate in the country. On March 5, 2012, The Chronicle of Higher Education announced that Holy Cross had the nation's third-highest graduation rate at 90.3%, behind only Washington and Lee University and Williams College. The financial publication Kiplinger's ranked Holy Cross the 8th-best value amongst private U.S. liberal arts colleges, behind only Bowdoin, Washington and Lee, Pomona, Wellesley, Amherst, Williams and Swarthmore. Kiplinger's focuses on schools with "...strong academics, generous financial-aid policies, and in some cases, a decent price to begin with." And in PayScale's 2011-12 study, Holy Cross ranked 3rd among liberal arts colleges and 12th in the nation for mid-career salary potential.

In May 2005, Holy Cross announced that it would no longer make standardized test scores an admissions requirement. College officials said this policy would reduce the importance of the tests and place greater weight on the academic experience of a candidate, as demonstrated through the high school transcript and recommendations. As of October 2006, more than 730 four-year colleges and universities of varying rank do not use the SAT I or ACT to admit bachelor degree applicants. Tuition for full-time students for the 2012-13 academic year is $55,130.