College · Private nonprofit · Brookline, MA · Suburb
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Brookline, MA
Religious affiliation
Admit rate80%
6-yr median pay$31k
Net price / yr$25k
Undergrad size64
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $25k/yr for a shot at a $31k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 80% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
64 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $41k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $25k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$165k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$101k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$64k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback3.3x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $22.5k
- Room & board
- $16.2k
- Books & supplies
- $600
How students pay for it.
Pell grants24%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans38%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$22k
What the median student owes at graduation.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention77%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr44%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$31k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$52k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out56%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 64
- Location
- Brookline, MA
- Region
- New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White67%
- Unknown27%
- International3%
- Black2%
- Hispanic2%
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$71k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 10
What you can study.