Early Decision
College of the Holy Cross Early Decision Acceptance Rate 2023-2024
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What is College of the Holy Cross's early decision acceptance rate?
College of the Holy Cross admitted 67.1% of its Early Decision applicants — 511 of 761 — according to its 2023-2024 Common Data Set. Everyone else in the same applicant pool was admitted at 16.7%, so the Early Decision rate was 4.0x the rest. These are the counts the school itself reported, not an estimate.
Source: College of the Holy Cross's Common Data Set 2023-2024.
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What College of the Holy Cross reported · Common Data Set 2023-2024 · checked Oct 2026
Early Decision · 511 admitted of 761 applied
67.1%
Everyone else in the same pool
16.7%
Early Decision rate ÷ rest-of-pool rate
4.0x
This compares two rates the school published for two groups of applicants. The Early Decision pool is not a random slice of the applicants — recruited athletes, legacy applicants and QuestBridge matches are counted inside it — so this is a difference between the school’s two pools, not a multiplier on your own chances.
Regular Decision acceptance rate at College of the Holy Cross
Outside Early Decision, College of the Holy Cross admitted 1,318 of 7,909 applicants in the 2023-2024 cycle: 16.7%. That counts everyone who did not apply Early Decision.
Calculated from published counts · Common Data Set 2023-2024 · checked Oct 2026
Does applying early decision to College of the Holy Cross help?
On College of the Holy Cross's figures, Early Decision applicants were admitted at 4.0x the rate of everyone else: 67.1% against 16.7%. That does not mean applying early would lift your own odds that much. Recruited athletes, legacy applicants and QuestBridge matches sit inside that pool, so part of the gap is who applies early, not when.
Source: College of the Holy Cross's Common Data Set 2023-2024.
Is early decision at College of the Holy Cross binding?
Yes. Early Decision is binding wherever it is offered, College of the Holy Cross included: you may apply Early Decision to only one school, and if admitted you commit to attend and withdraw your other applications. The usual exception is an aid offer your family cannot afford, so check the costs on this page before you apply.
Source: College of the Holy Cross's Common Data Set 2023-2024.
When is College of the Holy Cross's early decision deadline?
For the 2026-27 application cycle, College of the Holy Cross set its Early Decision deadline at Nov 15, 2026. Its Early Decision II round closes Jan 15, 2027. Regular Decision applications are due Jan 15, 2027. Early Decision is binding, so compare the costs on this page before that date, not after an offer arrives.
Source: the Common App requirements grid, 2026-27 cycle, checked Sep 27, 2026.
Admitted SAT · middle 50% · College Scorecard 2024
1240–1410
Half of admitted students scored inside this range. It is the admitted band, not a minimum and not a cutoff, and it covers the whole entering class rather than the Early Decision round alone.
What families actually pay (AY 2023–24)
Early Decision is binding, so accepting one ends the option of comparing two aid offers. These are the published averages before that choice is made.
Average paid by students receiving federal aid, by family income (College Scorecard).
International students are not eligible for U.S. federal aid, so they are not in this cohort and typically pay closer to the sticker price.
Across the 8 recorded cycles from 2017 to 2024, College of the Holy Cross's overall acceptance rate fell from 39.6% to 17.6%. That is the whole entering class — Early Decision, Early Action and Regular Decision together — not the Early Decision round on its own.
See the year-by-year series →Common Data Set — the school's own annual filing, published by the school itself for the cycle named beside each figure. Source: College of the Holy Cross’s 2023-2024 Common Data Set.