Holy Family University

Holy Family University's program mix is anchored in Health, with secondary strength in business and education — a portfolio consistent with a small private university oriented toward applied professional fields in the Philadelphia region. Nursing is the largest program with 290 graduates, followed by Business Administration (40 graduates), Psychology, General (39 graduates), Biology, General (31 graduates), and Teacher Education (21 graduates).

Across 14 programs serving roughly 511 students annually, 7 meet Azimuth's ranking threshold. The strongest earnings come from health-related fields.

Nursing graduates earn median earnings of $95,869 four years after enrollment, and Azimuth ranks the program #45 among nonprofit four-year institutions for median earnings four years after enrollment. Business Administration follows with median earnings of $81,021, and Azimuth ranks it #115 among nonprofit four-year institutions for median earnings four years after enrollment.

Accounting graduates earn $76,379. Nursing and health programs are high-mobility pathways where graduates enter a labor market with strong regional demand, particularly across Philadelphia's large hospital and health-system network.

Psychology, General and Biology, General are more likely to serve as stepping stones toward graduate study or credentialing, where four-year earnings undercount the longer trajectory.

Holy Family University's published cost of attendance is $40,539, but need-based aid reshapes what families actually pay. Low-income families see a net price of approximately $9,721, while middle-income families pay around $12,056, and higher-income families pay approximately $17,822.

Azimuth ranks Holy Family University #405 for post-graduation affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions. Net prices by income band are medians within those bands; individual aid packages vary, so some families in each band pay more and some less than the figures shown.

Holy Family University participates in federal, state, and institutional aid programs, and families apply for need-based assistance using the FAFSA. The gap between sticker price and net price reflects the university's aid reach, though the spread across income bands indicates how much of that aid is concentrated among lower-income families versus those with higher household incomes.

Families weighing affordability should compare the net price figures carefully against their own income band rather than relying on the published cost of attendance — the [net price illusion](/analysis/is-college-worth-it-part-1-the-net-price-illusion/) is a common source of sticker shock that obscures the real cost for most students. Median federal student loan debt at graduation is $25,125, and families using Parent PLUS borrow a median of $20,500; private or institutional loans may add further borrowing that falls outside these federal-only figures — see the [Parent PLUS risk framework](/analysis/ou-what-happens-when-parents-borrow-too/) for how household context shapes PLUS decisions.

For a graduate at the institution's median four-year earnings of $82,892, median federal debt of $25,125 projects to a monthly payment of about $284 under standard ten-year repayment. For personalized projections across earnings scenarios — including Parent PLUS planning — use [Azimuth's Financial GPS tool](/analysis/financial-gps-framework/).

Graduates of Holy Family University earn median earnings of $82,892 four years after enrollment, placing Holy Family University in the 87.2 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. That figure sits below the $67,139 median at comparable institutions (same control and size band).

Graduates earn about $21,944 more than similar students at comparable institutions, placing Holy Family University in the 96.8 percentile for [earnings beyond expectations](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/) among nonprofit four-year institutions. Those figures still represent lifetime returns relative to PA's no-degree-equivalent earnings baseline of $33,196 (the state median earnings of working adults without a college credential).

The program mix at Holy Family University is anchored in Health, which accounts for 10% of degrees awarded, followed by Education at 8% and Arts at 2%. Nursing combines the largest cohort scale with strong earnings, making it the program with the highest aggregate return.

Azimuth ranks Nursing #45 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions for median earnings four years after enrollment [per the program-ranking methodology](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/), with 290 graduates earning median earnings of $95,869. The Business Administration program graduates 40 students with median earnings of $81,021, and Azimuth ranks Psychology, General #201 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions with 39 graduates earning median earnings of $51,374.