How Holy Cross's Financial Aid Changes

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

The following table and chart show the trends of financial aid for all undergraduate students at College of the Holy Cross since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 1,705, which is 59.11 % of all undergraduate students. 1,449 students which is 50.44% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,791.

Year	Grant or Scholarship^*		Pell Grants		Federal Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,614 (55%)	$30,883	495 (17%)	$4,347	1,503 (52%)	$7,102
2014-15	1,550 (56%)	$32,395	454 (16%)	$4,434	1,438 (52%)	$7,172
2015-16	1,524 (56%)	$33,873	414 (15%)	$4,433	1,383 (51%)	$7,020
2016-17	1,527 (56%)	$35,941	408 (15%)	$4,487	1,306 (48%)	$7,263
2017-18	1,592 (56%)	$37,758	450 (16%)	$4,507	1,459 (51%)	$7,071
2018-19	1,833 (62%)	$37,393	478 (16%)	$4,694	1,605 (55%)	$6,368
2019-20	1,899 (64%)	$38,819	517 (17%)	$4,674	1,584 (53%)	$6,364
2020-21	1,890 (64%)	$35,432	463 (16%)	$4,956	1,373 (46%)	$6,316
2021-22	1,915 (63%)	$39,014	480 (16%)	$5,078	1,387 (46%)	$6,443
Average	1,705 (59.11%)	$35,723	462 (16.00%)	$4,623	1,449 (50.44%)	$6,791

Freshmen (First-time, Full-time Undergraduate) Financial Aid Over Time

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 467 (59.33 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $35,791. It can cover 58.82% of tuition & fees ($60,850).

In addition, 391 (49.78 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,490).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	377 (52%)	$31,581	358 (50%)	$8,085
2014-15	416 (54%)	$34,876	405 (52%)	$6,407
2015-16	429 (58%)	$34,482	389 (53%)	$6,423
2016-17	439 (57%)	$36,963	397 (52%)	$6,338
2017-18	498 (61%)	$37,044	456 (56%)	$6,547
2018-19	565 (65%)	$34,476	464 (53%)	$6,358
2019-20	528 (64%)	$39,417	409 (49%)	$6,407
2020-21	461 (63%)	$33,661	277 (38%)	$5,946
2021-22	490 (60%)	$39,615	365 (45%)	$5,896
Average	467 (59.33%)	$35,791	391 (49.78%)	$6,490

^*Grant or scholarship aid includes aid received, from the federal government, state or local government, the institution, and other sources known by the institution.

^**percentage of number of students receiving aids among all undergraduate students.

Grants/Scholarship

The following table shows the trends of grants or scholarships over time. For the last 10 years, on average, 126 (15.78 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,651.

In addition, 67 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (8.56 % of students).

Year	Federal (Pell) Grants		Other Federal		State/Local government		Institutional
Year	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount
2013-14	115 (16%)	$4,345	71 (10%)	$3,979	77 (11%)	$1,942	371 (52%)	$29,580
2014-15	134 (17%)	$4,389	76 (10%)	$3,974	79 (10%)	$2,158	413 (53%)	$32,561
2015-16	114 (15%)	$4,537	52 (7%)	$3,962	66 (9%)	$2,955	422 (57%)	$32,878
2016-17	133 (17%)	$4,290	82 (11%)	$3,906	80 (10%)	$3,906	435 (57%)	$34,536
2017-18	125 (15%)	$4,664	75 (9%)	$3,973	64 (8%)	$2,279	495 (61%)	$35,194
2018-19	124 (14%)	$4,562	69 (8%)	$3,971	57 (7%)	$3,290	565 (65%)	$32,658
2019-20	159 (19%)	$4,692	88 (11%)	$3,948	69 (8%)	$3,336	528 (64%)	$36,910
2020-21	94 (13%)	$5,151	75 (10%)	$3,994	45 (6%)	$3,013	459 (63%)	$31,805
2021-22	132 (16%)	$5,227	84 (10%)	$3,976	66 (8%)	$3,498	487 (59%)	$37,282
Average	126 (15.78%)	$4,651	75 (9.56%)	$3,965	67 (8.56%)	$2,931	464 (59.00%)	$33,712

^*Grant or scholarship aid includes aid received, from the federal government, state or local government, the institution, and other sources known by the institution.

^**percentage of number of students receiving aids among all undergraduate students..

Student Loans

The following table describes number of students and average amount of loans by loan type. The following table shows the trends of grants or scholarships over time.

For the last 10 years, on average, 391 (49.78 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $391.

Year	Total		Federal student loans		Other student loans
Year	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount
2013-14	358 (50%)	$8,085	357 (50%)	$6,651	23 (3%)	$22,609
2014-15	405 (52%)	$6,407	405 (52%)	$6,407	-	-
2015-16	389 (53%)	$6,423	389 (53%)	$6,423	-	-
2016-17	397 (52%)	$6,338	397 (52%)	$6,338	-	-
2017-18	456 (56%)	$6,547	456 (56%)	$6,547	-	-
2018-19	464 (53%)	$6,358	464 (53%)	$5,213	226 (26%)	$2,351
2019-20	409 (49%)	$6,407	409 (49%)	$5,199	205 (25%)	$2,410
2020-21	277 (38%)	$5,946	277 (38%)	$5,151	94 (13%)	$2,342
2021-22	365 (45%)	$5,896	365 (45%)	$5,093	124 (15%)	$2,364
Average	391 (49.78%)	$6,490	391 (49.78%)	$5,891	134 (16.40%)	$6,415

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Holy Cross

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

Freshmen (First-time, Full-time Undergraduate) Financial Aid Over Time