Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Holy Cross

At Holy Cross College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 83.29%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 74.01%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Holy Cross College than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Holy Cross College have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 29.73%, and the 2024 yield is 19.98%.

The number of Holy Cross applicants increased by 76.91% (726 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 83.29%, and this year's acceptance rate is 74.01% at Holy Cross College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 83.40% and women students' rate is 84.47%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Holy Cross College than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Holy Cross College have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Holy Cross College over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	72.31%	69.78%	75.65%
2014-15	93.16% 20.85%	92.88% 23.10%	93.51% 17.86%
2015-16	90.60% -2.57%	88.95% -3.93%	92.52% -0.99%
2016-17	91.01% 0.42%	92.64% 3.69%	89.28% -3.24%
2017-18	74.05% -16.96%	80.62% -12.02%	81.54% -7.74%
2018-19	88.27% 14.23%	89.87% 9.25%	86.60% 5.06%
2019-20	93.61% 5.33%	93.58% 3.71%	93.64% 7.05%
2020-21	77.02% -16.59%	76.49% -17.09%	77.60% -16.05%
2021-22	85.94% 8.92%	85.03% 8.54%	86.99% 9.39%
2022-23	76.17% -9.78%	76.49% -8.54%	75.82% -11.17%
2023-24	74.01% -2.15%	71.01% -5.48%	76.01% 0.19%
Average	83.29%	83.40%	84.47%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 29.73% where the current academic year yield is 19.98%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Holy Cross College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	30.37%	33.10%	27.04%
2014-15	24.59% -5.78%	27.00% -6.10%	21.63% -5.41%
2015-16	24.05% -0.54%	25.82% -1.18%	22.06% 0.43%
2016-17	32.72% 8.67%	35.00% 9.18%	30.19% 8.14%
2017-18	15.33% -17.39%	18.43% -16.57%	12.64% -17.56%
2018-19	33.78% 18.45%	36.73% 18.30%	30.56% 17.92%
2019-20	37.95% 4.18%	39.71% 2.98%	35.75% 5.19%
2020-21	40.12% 2.17%	41.25% 1.53%	38.91% 3.17%
2021-22	39.96% -0.16%	39.08% -2.16%	40.94% 2.03%
2022-23	28.23% -11.73%	34.23% -4.85%	21.84% -19.11%
2023-24	19.98% -8.25%	27.04% -7.19%	15.00% -6.84%
Average	29.73%	32.49%	26.96%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 862, the average number of admitted is 695, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 189.

The number of Holy Cross applicants increased by 76.91% (726 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Holy Cross College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	715	517	157
2014-15	585 -18.18%	545 5.42%	134 -14.65%
2015-16	638 9.06%	578 6.06%	139 3.73%
2016-17	712 11.60%	648 12.11%	212 52.52%
2017-18	1,815 154.92%	1,344 107.41%	206 -2.83%
2018-19	597 -67.11%	527 -60.79%	178 -13.59%
2019-20	532 -10.89%	498 -5.50%	189 6.18%
2020-21	644 21.05%	496 -0.40%	199 5.29%
2021-22	626 -2.80%	538 8.47%	215 8.04%
2022-23	944 50.80%	719 33.64%	203 -5.58%
2023-24	1,670 76.91%	1,236 71.91%	247 21.67%
Average	862	695	189

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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