Holy Family University
About
Holy Family University is a private Catholic university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1954 and has four schools: Arts & Sciences, Business & Technology, Education, and Nursing & Health Sciences. Its main campus in Philadelphia is in the northeastern section of the city and it has a satellite location in Newtown, Bucks County. Holy Family enrolls 3,600 students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. It is also a sponsored ministry of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 10.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 58 Title IV programs, 21 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 37 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing21 · 36.2%
- No Data37 · 63.8%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Programmatic accreditations · 5
Action history · 8
- Sep 2024Renewal of AccreditationJoint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
- Apr 2024Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNDNP) - Nursing education programs at the doctorate degree levels
- Jun 2021Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Oct 2020Renewal of AccreditationJoint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
- Mar 2020Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,259 students received $7.6M in Pell grants, alongside $19.2M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 912 borrowers who entered repayment, 17 (1.8%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Holy Family
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 10
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus1
- Public property2
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Holy Family vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Holy Family selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectHoly Family University | 61% | — | 3,225 | $12,251 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Alfred University | 57% | 73.8% | 2,007 | $22,701 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Bay Path University | 44% | 85.2% | 2,605 | $14,590 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Bethel University | 17% | 60.2% | 2,936 | $21,803 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Canisius University | 66% | 72.4% | 2,451 | $18,322 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Capital University | 60% | 70.2% | 2,263 | $23,585 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Concordia University Texas | 45% | 91.3% | 1,396 | $22,240 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Hamline University | 60% | 87.6% | 2,565 | $21,385 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Indiana Institute of Technology | 47% | 70.4% | 2,770 | $21,318 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
John Carroll University | 79% | 80.9% | 2,864 | $28,617 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Lawrence Technological University | 60% | 55.9% | 3,693 | $33,995 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Lenoir-Rhyne University | 48% | 84.6% | 2,256 | $23,393 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
McDaniel College | 63% | 77.9% | 2,868 | $20,923 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Missouri Baptist University | 46% | 68.6% | 5,699 | $25,807 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Mount Saint Mary's University | 48% | 73.1% | 2,312 | $25,009 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Nazareth University | 73% | 74.7% | 2,401 | $30,521 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
North Park University | 58% | 68.5% | 2,557 | $18,191 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Northwest Nazarene University | 71% | 64.7% | 1,635 | $25,537 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Parker University | 50% | — | 2,308 | $25,491 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Rockhurst University | 74% | 69.6% | 3,577 | $23,165 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Saint Francis University | 74% | 76.8% | 2,963 | $19,173 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Southern Nazarene University | 49% | — | 2,198 | $17,838 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Southwest Baptist University | 53% | 68.4% | 2,199 | $21,082 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Spring Arbor University | 63% | 51.5% | 2,441 | $20,899 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
The College of Saint Rose | 51% | 73.4% | — | $23,819 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Tiffin University | 40% | 80.0% | 3,831 | $23,758 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Touro University Worldwide | 29% | 33.8% | 2,358 | $16,599 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
University of Dallas | 73% | 53.4% | 2,078 | $25,470 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Viterbo University | 68% | 72.4% | 2,094 | $22,633 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Wayland Baptist University | 19% | 56.0% | 2,809 | $20,540 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
| Peer group median | 57% | 72.4% | 2,451 | $22,437 |
Holy Family Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Effectiveness serves the information and analytics needs of the University community by facilitating institutional decision making through accessing, utilizing, analyzing, and reporting on data from all major administrative systems at Holy Family University.
Visit IR office page- Mark Green, Ed.D.Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness, Technology and Innovation
Research funding
External research funding from NSF, NIH, HERD, and federal spending sources.
Common Data Set (1)
The institution's official annual Common Data Set publications — the most detailed reference for enrollment, admissions, and outcomes.
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding (5)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
- opportunityPhi Theta Kappa (PTK) GrantHoly Family Universityinstitution_site$2,000
- opportunityFederal Pell GrantsU.S. Department of Educationinstitution_site
- opportunityFederal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (FSEOG)U.S. Department of Educationinstitution_site
- opportunityFostering Independence Through Education ActPennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agencyinstitution_site
- opportunityState GrantsVarying State Agenciesinstitution_site
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