Holy Family University Overview

Holy Family University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Holy Family University Known For?

• The highest award offered at Holy Family is the doctor's degree.
• In 2017-2018, 21% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Holy Family makes roughly $52,700 a year. This is 29% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Holy Family University Rankings

Holy Family landed the #483 spot in our 2022 ranking of best colleges. We analyzed 2,587 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Holy Family has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#217	Best Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Holy Family.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#24	Best Value Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#33	Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#34	Best Value Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#41	Best Value Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#45	Best Value Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#71	Best Allied Health Professions Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#83	Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#84	Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#88	Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#157	Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Holy Family has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#46	Best Radiologic Technology Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#63	Best Value Colleges for Special Education	College Factual
#92	Best Allied Health Professions Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#160	Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#166	Best Nursing Schools	Nursing Degree Search
#264	Best Registered Nursing Schools	College Factual

Where Is Holy Family University?

Contact details for Holy Family are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	9801 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19114-2009
Phone:	215-637-7700
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/HolyFamilyUniversity
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/holyfamilyu

How Do I Get Into Holy Family?

You can apply to Holy Family online at: https://www.holyfamily.edu/choosing-holy-family-u/admissions/applying-to-hfu-catholic-college

Admission Requirements for Holy Family

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Holy Family?

With an acceptance rate of 78%, Holy Family may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 30% of accepted students are men and 70% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 78%, and the acceptance rate for women is 78%.

Average Test Scores

About 98% of students accepted to Holy Family submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 430 and 530. Math scores were between 440 and 550.

Holy Family received ACT scores from 6% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 15 and 21. Math scores were between 16 and 19. Composite scores were between 18 and 21.

Can I Afford Holy Family University?

The overall average net price of Holy Family is $34,875. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Holy Family, approximately 80% of students took out student loans averaging $7,602 a year. That adds up to $30,408 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Holy Family is 7.5%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Holy Family University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,138 undergraduate students at Holy Family, with 1,848 being full-time and 290 being part-time.

There are also 949 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,848 full-time undergraduates at Holy Family, 25% are male and 75% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Holy Family University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	136
Black or African American	262
Hispanic or Latino	95
White	1,200
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	148

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Holy Family University. At this time, 9 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 12 countries are represented at Holy Family. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, Jamaica, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Holy Family University

In 2019-2020, 3,075 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Holy Family has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 42nd most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Holy Family

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Holy Family University was 173.2%. This is the #307 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Holy Family regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Holy Family University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Nursing	0	237	36	1	274
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	4	77	0	81
Business Administration & Management	0	35	33	0	68
Educational Administration	0	0	66	2	68
Special Education	0	0	64	0	64
General Psychology	0	37	0	0	37
General Education	0	0	36	0	36
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	29	6	0	35
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	25	9	0	34
Teaching English or French	0	0	32	0	32
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	2	29	0	31
Accounting	0	17	10	0	27
Allied Health Professions	18	4	0	0	22
General Biology	0	13	0	0	13
Health & Physical Education	0	11	0	0	11
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	0	10	0	0	10
Health Sciences & Services	0	10	0	0	10
Public Relations & Advertising	0	7	0	0	7
Student Counseling	0	0	7	0	7
General English Literature	0	6	0	0	6
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	4	0	0	4
Computer Programming	0	4	0	0	4
Mathematics	0	4	0	0	4
Fine & Studio Arts	0	3	0	0	3
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	2	0	0	2
Communication & Media Studies	0	2	0	0	2
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	1	0	0	1
Human Resource Management	0	0	1	0	1
History	0	1	0	0	1
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	1	0	0	1
Other Business, Management & Marketing	0	0	0	0	0
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	0	0	0
International Business	0	0	0	0	0
Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0	0
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	0	0	0
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	0	0	0	0	0
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	0	0	0
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	0	0	0
Religious Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Fire Protection	0	0	0	0	0
Economics	0	0	0	0	0
Political Science & Government	0	0	0	0	0
Sociology	0	0	0	0	0
Social Work	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	18	469	406	3	896

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.