Washington Monthly ranked the College of the Holy Cross No. 44 on its 2014 list of “Affordable Elite Colleges.” The list ranked selective schools based on how they help high-achieving, non-wealthy students afford their institution. Holy Cross is one of a select group of colleges and universities that accept students regardless of their ability to pay (“need-blind admissions”) and then meet 100 percent of their demonstrated need.
Nearly two-thirds of Holy Cross students receive some form of aid, typically in a package that combines scholarships and grants, loans, and work-study employment. In this year's enrolling class, approximately half received a Holy Cross grant or scholarship averaging approximately $30,000.
Washington Monthly also included Holy Cross in its 2014 list of the country’s top 277 liberal arts colleges, based on their “contribution to the public good,” which rated schools according to three main criteria: social mobility (recruiting and graduating low-income students), research (producing cutting-edge scholarship), and service (encouraging students to give something back to their country).
- View the Washington Monthly “Affordable Elite Colleges” list
- Read more about what makes Holy Cross unique on our Points of Pride page
This “Holy Cross in the News” item is by Evangelia Stefanakos.
