Mathematics at College of the Holy Cross

If you plan to study mathematics, take a look at what College of the Holy Cross has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Holy Cross is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and approximately 2,970 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 41 math majors received their bachelor's degree from Holy Cross.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mathematics section at the bottom of this page.

Holy Cross Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Math

Holy Cross Mathematics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the math progam at Holy Cross compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The math major at Holy Cross is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mathematics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Mathematics Schools	33
Best Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52
Best Mathematics Schools	53
	60
	61
Most Popular Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	122

How Much Do Math Graduates from Holy Cross Make?

The median salary of math students who receive their bachelor's degree at Holy Cross is $50,599. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 17% higher than the national average of $43,164 for all math bachelor's degree recipients.

Math Student Demographics at Holy Cross

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the math majors at College of the Holy Cross.

Holy Cross Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 41 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Holy Cross in 2020-2021, 59% were men and 41% were women. The typical math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% women. So female students are more repesented at Holy Cross since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in math at Holy Cross are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from College of the Holy Cross with a bachelor's in math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	30
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Holy Cross also has a doctoral program available in math. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in math can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for College of the Holy Cross.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020
Natural Sciences Managers	4,040	$183,490
Statisticians	3,090	$108,670
Mathematical Science Professors	1,700	$92,200

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By George Rypysc III under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.