Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Acceptance rate
79.6%
2025
Peer median 69.4%
Tuition per year
$22,490
$38,682 with room and board
Peer median $33,770
Undergraduates
86
Student-faculty ratio 7:1
Peer median 11 : 1
Graduation rate
60.0%
4-year; 6-year rate 60.0%
Peer median 45.1%
“Peers” are all 403 private baccalaureate colleges in the U.S. (by Carnegie Classification).
About
- Type
- Private nonprofit, 4-year
- Location
- Brookline, Massachusetts
- Website
- www.hchc.edu
- Undergraduates
- 86
- Student-faculty ratio
- 7 : 1
This collegeRanked colleges nearby
- Setting
- Suburb of a large city
- Nearest major city
- Boston, about 6 mi
- Nearest international airport
- Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), about 7 mi
- Academic calendar
- Semester
- Religious affiliation
- Greek Orthodox
- President
- Gary Alexander (VP of Administration, Operations and Finance)
- Phone
- 61773135001222
- City
- Brookline, Massachusetts
- Address
- 50 Goddard Ave, Brookline, MA 02445-7415
Rankings & Admission
Peer median 69.4% · all 403 private baccalaureate colleges in the U.S.
Acceptance rate by gender, 2025
In 2020: men 66.7%, women 60.6%.
Test Scores
SAT/ACT not considered, even if submitted IPEDS (US Department of Education) has no recent SAT/ACT data for admitted students here. GPA, course rigor, essays and activities matter more.
How Hard Is It to Get In
about 8 in 10
54 applicants in 2025, 79.6% admitted
43 admitted 11 not admitted Yield 25.6%
Degrees & Majors
Graduates in 2025 (first major)
U.S. studentsInternational
Popular graduate programs
- Divinity/Ministry · Master's11 (9% international)
- Theological and Ministerial Studies, Other · Master's8 (0% international)
- Theology/Theological Studies · Master's5 (0% international)
All majors, graduates and earnings IPEDS · College Scorecard
*Depends on whether majors have graduates in 2025 or not, Yes / No
**Move mouse on can check deitaled graudates number, click for major detailed information
***Due to privacy policy, graduate salaries are not shown for some majors that has few gradautes
| Major | Graduate Salary | Under | Master |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theology/Theological Studies. | - | ||
| Divinity/Ministry. | - | ||
| Theological and Ministerial Studies, Other. | - |
| Major | Graduate Salary | Under | Master |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humanities/Humanistic Studies. | - | ||
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other. | - |
| Major | Graduate Salary | Under | Master |
|---|---|---|---|
| Religion/Religious Studies. | - |
| Major | Graduate Salary | Under | Master |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General. | - |
| Major | Graduate Salary | Under | Master |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature, Other. | - |
Students
274 students in 2025 · Undergraduate men to women 71:29 · Freshman retention 71.4%
- Continuing undergraduates 48
- First-year undergraduates 11
- Graduate students 188
- Transfers and others 27
Undergraduate race and ethnicity (86)
International Students
International share over the last 10 years · gray line: median of all 403 private baccalaureate colleges in the U.S.
2 in 2025 · 6.6% in 2016
2 in 2025 · 1.0% in 2016
Cost
2025 cost per year
$38,682
- Undergraduate tuition
- $22,490
- Room and board
- $16,192
- Graduate tuition
- $22,500
Peer median tuition + room and board $46,780 · all 403 private baccalaureate colleges in the U.S.
Tuition rose 0% from 2016 to 2025; room and board rose 0%.
Finances · fiscal year 2024
Revenue$18.1M
Expenses$16.7M
Average faculty salary · 2025 (9-month equivalent)
Dark gray ticks: median pay for the same rank at all 403 private baccalaureate colleges in the U.S.
Campus Life
Athletics and varsity athletes NCAA · EADA
No athlete data available for 2025.
No athlete data available for 2024.
No athlete data available for 2023.
Nearby & Safety
Ranked colleges nearby
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Boston CollegeChestnut Hill · 2.4 mi
U.S. News #31
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Boston UniversityBoston · 2.6 mi
U.S. News #34
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Northeastern UniversityBoston · 2.6 mi
U.S. News #42
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Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge · 3.5 mi
U.S. News #1
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Harvard UniversityCambridge · 4.0 mi
U.S. News #3
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Tufts UniversityMedford · 6.3 mi
U.S. News #31
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Wellesley CollegeWellesley · 9.2 mi
Liberal Arts #10
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College of the Holy CrossWorcester · 35.1 mi
Liberal Arts #22
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Brown UniversityProvidence · 36.7 mi
U.S. News #16
Peer median 8.9 · all 403 private baccalaureate colleges in the U.S.
Notable Alumni
Notable alumni of Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology include Emmanuel Adamakis (Former Orthodox Metropolitan of France), Methodios (Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Boston) and Nikitas (Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Great Britain).
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Emmanuel Adamakis 1958–
Former Orthodox Metropolitan of France
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Methodios 1946–
Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Boston
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Nikitas 1955–
Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Great Britain
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Emmanuel Lemelson 1976–
Hedge fund manager and Greek Orthodox priest
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Philip Saliba 1931–2014
Antiochian Orthodox Metropolitan of All North America
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Dimitrios Constantelos 1927–2017
Byzantine historian and Greek Orthodox priest
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Evangelos (Kurunis) 1961–
Greek Orthodox metropolitan of Sardis
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Savas (Zembillas) of Pittsburgh 1957–
Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Pittsburgh
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Metropolitan Gerasimos (Michaleas) of San Francisco 1945–
Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of San Francisco
More alumni (2, by field)
Other fields
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Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos 1962–
Greek Orthodox bishop
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Bishop Kyrillos 1974–
First American-born Coptic Orthodox bishop
From Wikidata “educated at” records (including people who attended without graduating), ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions. Degrees and years follow Wikidata and are left out where it has none.
References and Data Sources
Data from IPEDS (U.S. Department of Education), U.S. News, THE, QS, ARWU and Clery Act campus safety reports. Data insights are written by the Forward Pathway data team from public data.