Holy Names University Overview

Holy Names University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Oakland, California. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Holy Names University Known For?

• HNU has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 9 to 1.
• The highest award offered at HNU is the post-master's certificate.
• In 2021-2022, 18% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from HNU with a bachelor's degree make about $67,068 a year. That's 64% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is Holy Names University?

Contact details for HNU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	3500 Mountain Blvd, Oakland, CA 94619-1699
Phone:	510-436-1000
Website:	www.hnu.edu

How Do I Get Into HNU?

You can apply to HNU online at: https://community.hnu.edu/SSLPage.aspx?pid=319

Admission Requirements for HNU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	3
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into HNU?

HNU has the high acceptance rate of 100%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 100%, and the acceptance rate for women is 100%.

Can I Afford Holy Names University?

The overall average net price of HNU is $28,729. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At HNU, approximately 75% of students took out student loans averaging $5,485 a year. That adds up to $21,940 over four years for those students.

Holy Names University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 596 undergraduate students at HNU, with 492 being full-time and 104 being part-time.

There are also 419 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 492 full-time undergraduates at HNU, 34% are male and 66% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	55
Black or African American	78
Hispanic or Latino	167
White	52
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	126

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at Holy Names University. At this time, 2 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 25 countries are represented at HNU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are France, Japan, and Australia.

Online Learning at Holy Names University

In 2022-2023, 782 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Holy Names University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	1	5	44	50
Business Administration & Management	8	0	29	37
General Psychology	27	0	0	27
Nursing	0	1	20	21
Health & Physical Education	19	0	0	19
Criminology	17	0	0	17
Special Education	0	12	4	16
Music	11	0	4	15
Communication & Media Studies	11	0	0	11
Educational Administration	0	0	11	11
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	9	0	9
General Biology	8	0	0	8
Liberal Arts General Studies	7	0	0	7
Marketing	6	0	0	6
General Education	0	0	6	6
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	3	0	0	3
Sociology	3	0	0	3
International Business	2	0	0	2
International Relations & National Security	2	0	0	2
Political Science & Government	2	0	0	2
Finance & Financial Management	1	0	0	1
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	1	0	1
Accounting	0	0	0	0
Business/Corporate Communications	0	0	0	0
Other Business, Management & Marketing	0	0	0	0
Human Resource Management	0	0	0	0
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	0	0	0
Computer Software & Applications	0	0	0	0
Other Computer & Information Sciences	0	0	0	0
Teaching English or French	0	0	0	0
General English Literature	0	0	0	0
Writing Studies	0	0	0	0
Area Studies	0	0	0	0
Human Development & Family Studies	0	0	0	0
Romance Languages	0	0	0	0
Health/Medical Prep Programs	0	0	0	0
Other Health Professions	0	0	0	0
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	0	0	0	0
History	0	0	0	0
Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	0
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution	0	0	0	0
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	0	0	0	0
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies	0	0	0	0
Philosophy	0	0	0	0
Religious Studies	0	0	0	0
Child Development & Psychology	0	0	0	0
Human Services	0	0	0	0
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	128	28	118	274

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
• Image Credit: By HolyNamesWebmaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.