U.S. Information & World Report, primarily based on the info roughly 1,100 universities submitted to the media firm.
“We’re grateful and proud,” stated Tracy Barlok, the Faculty’s vp for development, “however not completely stunned. Our alumni are terribly beneficiant. They’re obsessed with Holy Cross and deeply invested in our mission. We’re aware of how blessed we’re and we by no means take this type of help with no consideration. We’ve a thriving relationship with our alumni, who inform us they really feel a necessity to provide again for the expertise they’d as undergraduates at Holy Cross.”
In accordance with the report, Holy Cross is amongst colleges like Princeton College, Williams Faculty, Amherst Faculty and Bowdoin Faculty, with eight of the ten establishments being liberal arts faculties.
Holy Cross has constructed a practice of annual giving, and in 2017, for the eleventh consecutive 12 months, alumni gave at a price of fifty p.c or extra, primarily based on Holy Cross methodology additionally generally used at faculties throughout the nation to price alumni giving participation. U.S. Information & World Report, which makes use of a unique methodology, places Holy Cross at 46.1 p.c. In accordance with the report, the common price for alumni contributions among the many establishments included within the U.S. Information & World Report’s knowledge is 11.1 p.c.
Learn extra concerning the rating at U.S. Information & World Report.
