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The College of the Holy Cross

The College of the Holy Cross
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Latin: Collegium Sanctae Crucis
Motto In Hoc Signo Vinces (Latin)
Motto in English
In this sign you shall conquer
Type Private Nonprofit
Coeducational
Liberal arts college
Established 1843
Affiliation Roman Catholic (Jesuit)
Endowment $681.0 million (2016)
President Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J.
Academic staff
Total: 325
(258 full-time / 67 part-time)
Students 2,787 (2015)
Undergraduates 2,787
Location Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Campus Suburban – Total: 174 acres (70.4 ha)
Fighting Song "Chu! Chu! Rah! Rah!"
Colors Royal purple
    
Athletics NCAA Division IPatriot League AHA, ECAC, BSC
Sports 27 varsity teams
(13 men's and 14 women's)
Nickname Crusaders
Mascot Iggy the Crusader
Affiliations AAC&U, NAICU, ACCU, AJCU, AICUM, WRC, COWC, 568 Group
Website www.holycross.edu

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College of the Holy Cross
College of the Holy Cross is located in Massachusetts
College of the Holy Cross
Location Fenwick and O'Kane Halls, surrounding landscaping
Coordinates 42°14′21″N 71°48′30″W / 42.23917°N 71.80833°W / 42.23917; -71.80833Coordinates: 42°14′21″N 71°48′30″W / 42.23917°N 71.80833°W / 42.23917; -71.80833
Area 2.6 acres (1.1 ha)
Built 1843
Architect Lamb,Capt. Edward, et al
Architectural style Classical Revival, Gothic, Second Empire
MPS Worcester MRA
NRHP Reference # 80000491
Added to NRHP March 5, 1980
University rankings
National
Forbes 51
Liberal arts colleges
U.S. News & World Report 32
Washington Monthly 26

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The College of the Holy Cross or Holy Cross is a private, undergraduate, Roman Catholic, Jesuit liberal arts college located in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1843, Holy Cross is the oldest Catholic college in New England and one of the oldest in the United States. U.S. News & World Report ranked Holy Cross 25th in the U.S. among liberal arts colleges in 2014. Holy Cross is the only Catholic college among the top 50 liberal arts schools on the U.S. News list.

Opened as a school for boys under the auspices of the Society of Jesus, it was the first Jesuit college in New England. Today, Holy Cross is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) and is part of the Colleges of Worcester Consortium (COWC). Holy Cross sports teams are called the Crusaders, and their sole color is purple; they compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Patriot League.

Holy Cross was founded by Benedict Joseph Fenwick, S.J., second Bishop of Boston, after his efforts to found a Catholic college in Boston were thwarted by the city's Protestant civic leaders. From the beginning of his tenure as the second Bishop of Boston, Benedict Joseph Fenwick of the Society of Jesus intended to establish a Catholic college within the boundaries of his diocese.


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