Educational InstitutionsEducational Organization

College of the Holy Cross

The College of the Holy Cross is a private Jesuit liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded by educators Benedict Joseph Fenwick and Thomas F. Mulledy in 1843 under the auspices of the Society of Jesus. Holy Cross was the first Catholic college in New England and is among the oldest Catholic institutions of higher education in the US.

Identifiers

OPEID6 Six-digit base OPE ID (without the two-digit branch suffix)
2141
OPEID Office of Postsecondary Education Identifier, used for federal financial aid program participation
214100
IPEDS UNITID Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System identifier assigned by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
166124
DAPIP ID Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs identifier from the U.S. Department of Education
121196

Location

Worcester, MA, 01610-2395

42.237520, -71.808214

Accreditation

New England Commission on Higher Education

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