Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine has ranked the College of the Holy Cross 13th among liberal arts colleges across the country in “The Kiplinger 100: Best Value in Private Colleges” list, which appears in Kiplinger’s December 2011 issue. Up two spots from last year, this the fourth year in a row the College has been included in the top 15.
According to Kiplinger’s, Holy Cross was ranked highly because of its high four-year graduation rate, low average student debt at graduation, good student-to-faculty ratio, excellent on-campus resources and overall great value.
Each year, Kiplinger’s assesses quality according to the percentage of students who are admitted out of those who applied, the test scores of incoming freshmen, the ratio of students to faculty members, and the four- and five-year graduation rates. This year, Kiplinger adjusted its criteria to better reflect the issues affecting families. The rankings now give more weight to the four-year graduation rate—a measure of the college’s ability to deliver academic support and of the overall cost to families—and to colleges that keep student debt down.
Holy Cross remains committed to meeting full demonstrated financial need of accepted students, and is one of only a handful of colleges in the U.S. that also has need-blind admission policy.
Visit the Financial Aid website to read more about Holy Cross’ financial aid policies.
- View "The Kiplinger 100."
- Read more about the rankings.
- Read more about what makes Holy Cross unique on our “Points of Distinction” page.
This "Holy Cross in the News" item by Kristine Maloney.
