College · Private nonprofit · Notre Dame, IN · Suburb
Holy Cross College
Notre Dame, IN
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
Admit rate75%
6-yr median pay$41k
Net price / yr$27k
Undergrad size639
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $27k/yr for a shot at a $41k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 75% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 31.
If you get in
639 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 $51k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $27k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$204k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$107k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$97k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.6x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $36.6k
- Room & board
- $12.7k
- Books & supplies
- $700
How students pay for it.
Pell grants30%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans71%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$24k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention74%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr73%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$41k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$50k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out15%
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
- 639
- Location
- Notre Dame, IN
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
Identity
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White50%
- Hispanic27%
- Black7%
- Two or more races6%
- International5%
- Unknown2%
- Asian2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students29%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time8%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$64k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 10
What you can study.