About College of the Holy Cross. College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA reports an overall acceptance rate of 17.6%, an early-round acceptance rate of 55.0%, an SAT middle 50% of 1250–1410, a class size of 835, and a yield of 49.0% based on the most recent Common Data Set filings. Oldest Catholic college in New England and the only exclusively undergraduate Jesuit school. Strong alumni network (Justice Clarence Thomas, Dr. Anthony Fauci) and Division I athletics.