Enrollment Trends at Holy Cross

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 526 where 661 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 661 students in 2025 and was lowest at 434 in 2023. Overall, enrollment rose from 578 to 661 students, a net gain of 83 (14.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Holy Cross College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	578	336	242
2016-17	618 40	361 25	257 15
2017-18	557 -61	342 -19	215 -42
2018-19	499 -58	305 -37	194 -21
2019-20	447 -52	260 -45	187 -7
2020-21	455 8	256 -4	199 12
2021-22	468 13	251 -5	217 18
2022-23	434 -34	246 -5	188 -29
2023-24	547 113	334 88	213 25
2024-25	661 114	429 95	232 19
Average	526	312	214

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.38%. The percentage was 64.88% 10 years ago and Holy Cross still has a high percentage of white students. 1.66% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.81% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 26.63% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 64.88% to 50.38%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.73% to 1.66%. Black student enrollment decreased from 10.73% to 6.81%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.86% to 26.63%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6667 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5562 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Holy Cross College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	4	10	62	57	1	375	21
2016-17	3	14	77	60	3	389	22
2017-18	4	15	60	71	1	337	20
2018-19	5	6	40	76	0	314	16
2019-20	4	5	28	99	0	248	26
2020-21	2	9	27	99	0	247	23
2021-22	2	3	25	100	0	262	28
2022-23	3	7	24	106	0	233	21
2023-24	2	7	31	159	0	275	33
2024-25	5	11	45	176	1	333	40
Average	3	9	42	100	1	301	25

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Holy Cross College does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.