PA
Holy Family University
0.62 incidents / 1,000 students
Philadelphia, PA · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Holy Family University
Across 2022–2024, Holy Family University reported 3 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, with no net change between the first and last filed year; largest filed category is Aggravated Assault.
- 0.62
- Incidents / 1k students
- #416
- Rank of 2,072
- #37
- PA rank
- 3,225
- Enrolled students
0.62 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Holy Family University reports 0.62 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 55% below Manhattan University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Manhattan University (3.10/1k); Barstow Community College (0.31/1k); John A Logan College (0.31/1k); Southern Adventist University (2.79/1k); Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (0.31/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes La Salle University (12.05/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College (6.00/1k); Messiah University (10.97/1k); Arcadia University (2.94/1k); Point Park University (0.29/1k); DeSales University (3.36/1k); Saint Francis University (3.38/1k); Mount Aloysius College (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Aggravated Assault.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 0.62
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #416
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 80%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 1
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 212984 · Holy Family University 0.62/1k score rate · #416/2,072
RATE-QUIET · RANK-UPPER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-QUIET 0.62/1k
- RANK-UPPER #416/2,072
- ST-MID #37 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary · +0.31
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-FLAT Flat
- CAT-LEAD Aggravated Assault
- ENR-SMALL 3,225
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (-0.31/1k)
Holy Family University sheet RATE-QUIET · RANK-UPPER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Codes from this campus OPE filing: score-category rate, national/state rank, named enrollment peer, zero posture, Criminal Offenses trend, lead category, enrollment band, fire filing. Not a moving recommendation.
Clery plate RATE-QUIET · RANK-UPPER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (-0.31/1k). National rank #416 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Holy Family University reports 0.62 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 55% below Manhattan University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Manhattan University (3.10/1k); Barstow Community College (0.31/1k); John A Logan College (0.31/1k); Southern Adventist University (2.79/1k); Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (0.31/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes La Salle University (12.05/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College (6.00/1k); Messiah University (10.97/1k); Arcadia University (2.94/1k); Point Park University (0.29/1k); DeSales University (3.36/1k); Saint Francis University (3.38/1k); Mount Aloysius College (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Aggravated Assault.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Holy Family University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Holy on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Barstow Community College · lowest peer 0.31
Barstow Community College — lowest peer
0.31 per 1,000 students
- Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary · near 0.31
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary — near
0.31 per 1,000 students
- John A Logan College · near 0.31
John A Logan College — near
0.31 per 1,000 students
- Holy Family University · this campus 0.62
Holy Family University — this campus
0.62 per 1,000 students
- Manhattan University · highest peer
Manhattan University — highest peer
3.1 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Holy Family University's 0.62/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Holy Family University was unchanged from 1 to 1 reported on-campus incidents between the 2023 and 2024 reporting years in the U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey.
This is a change in reported incidents, not a measure of individual safety. Enrollment, reporting practice, and category coverage can affect the count.
See national reporting-year changesSignature insight · size does not equal danger
Campus size vs reported safety rate
Among 37 PA 4-year peers in this comparison, Holy Family University is larger than 75% and safer-reporting than 81% - the larger, safer-reporting quadrant. Axes are within-sample percentiles so outliers share the same frame; a higher safety percentile means a lower Clery incidents-per-1,000 rate.
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- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 92
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 97
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 94
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 89
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 86
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 97
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Holy Family University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gwynedd Mercy University | 2,017 | 2.97 | 0 | 53 |
| Lebanon Valley College | 2,146 | 2.33 | 3 | 58 |
| La Roche University | 2,153 | 0.46 | 6 | 83 |
| Delaware Valley University | 2,199 | 6.37 | 8 | 28 |
| Misericordia University | 2,200 | 1.36 | 11 | 67 |
| Lackawanna College | 2,211 | 0.90 | 14 | 72 |
| Neumann University | 2,244 | 4.46 | 17 | 39 |
| Susquehanna University | 2,255 | 10.20 | 19 | 11 |
| Elizabethtown College | 2,283 | 7.45 | 22 | 22 |
| Chatham University | 2,309 | 3.03 | 25 | 50 |
| Dickinson College | 2,314 | 17.29 | 28 | 0 |
| Holy Family University (this campus) | 3,225 | 0.62 | 75 | 81 |
Sample of 12 campuses from the plot (sorted by enrollment). Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey + IPEDS enrollment. Rate = on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students; lower is safer-reporting, not a personal-risk forecast.
What changed between 2023 and 2024
Reported on-campus incidents at Holy Family University held level. The total is unchanged, but the mix behind it is not. Rising: Burglary (0 to 1). Falling over the same period: Aggravated Assault (1 to 0).
This describes reported incidents, not crime. Clery counts move with reporting policy, awareness campaigns and how a campus staffs its security authorities, so a rise can reflect better capture of reports and a fall can reflect worse capture. One year of movement at a single campus is not a trend.
What actually gets reported at Holy Family University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 3 Clery Act categories here: Aggravated Assault, Burglary and Rape.
The remaining 8 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Arson, Fondling, Incest and Motor Vehicle Theft. Under the Clery Act that zero is an affirmative report that nothing in the category occurred, not an absence of data, which is why the table below lists those rows rather than dropping them.
Counts describe incidents reported under the Clery Act for the on-campus geography. Reporting practice varies between institutions, so counts are not a direct measure of relative safety.
Crime Statistics by Year
11 categories 3 reporting years on-campus onlyHoly Family University: Criminal Offenses by year
Stable 0% (1 → 1 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Burglary | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fondling | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Incest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Statutory Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: US Dept of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey. Table figures show the Criminal Offenses section; other Clery tables are separate
Fire Safety
| Year | Fires | Inj. | Deaths | Cat I | Cat II |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
18 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 7 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 3 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 5 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 4 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Holy Family University vs peer institutions
Side-by-side safety scores for 3 peers of similar enrollment
Scores are $2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students (lower is fewer in those categories).
NY
Manhattan University
3.10 incidents / 1,000 students
CA
Barstow Community College
0.31 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Holy Family University sits on price and outcomes
At $13,143, Holy Family University's reported average net price is cheaper than 13% among 261 Pennsylvania colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $19,954.
- $13,143
- average net price
- $19,954
- Pennsylvania median
- 2.2×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $8,101
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $9,721, while those above $110,000 record $17,822 - roughly 1.8 times as much. A published average of $13,143 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.
Six years after enrolling, the median former student who received federal aid reports $55,285 - about 4.2 times one year of the reported net price here. On that ratio the cost is recovered quickly.
Average net price reflects grant and scholarship aid for aided students, not a personal offer. Earnings cover former students who received federal aid; neither measure predicts an individual's outcome.
Academic & Financial Profile
Tuition & Costs
- In-State Tuition
- $35,330
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $35,330
- Avg Net Price
- $13,143
- Median Debt
- $25,125
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 41%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 71%
- SAT Average
- 1060
- SAT Math Range
- 430-570
- ACT Average
- 21
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 61%
- Retention Rate
- 78%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $55,285
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $62,235
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 75%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,241 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Manhattan University
Riverdale, NY · 3,225 enrolled
Safety Score 3.10
Barstow Community College
Barstow, CA · 3,226 enrolled
Safety Score 0.31
John A Logan College
Carterville, IL · 3,224 enrolled
Safety Score 0.31
Southern Adventist University
Collegedale, TN · 3,229 enrolled
Safety Score 2.79
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Wake Forest, NC · 3,220 enrolled
Safety Score 0.31
Closest by National Rank
Holy Family University (national rank #416) sits near College of the Sequoias (#417) and University of North Florida (#415) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Holy Family University, both outside PA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Manhattan University
Riverdale, NY · 3,225 enrolled
Safety score 3.10
Southern Adventist University
Collegedale, TN · 3,229 enrolled
Safety score 2.79
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Wake Forest, NC · 3,220 enrolled
Safety score 0.31
Shawnee State University
Portsmouth, OH · 3,231 enrolled
Safety score 1.55
Xavier University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA · 3,218 enrolled
Safety score 2.80
University of Northwestern-St Paul
Saint Paul, MN · 3,234 enrolled
Safety score 1.24
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY · 3,211 enrolled
Safety score 5.92
Florida Southern College
Lakeland, FL · 3,211 enrolled
Safety score 1.87
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
University of North Florida
Jacksonville, FL · 16,154 enrolled
Safety score 0.62
Saint Mary's College
Notre Dame, IN · 1,601 enrolled
Safety score 0.62
Trevecca Nazarene University
Nashville, TN · 3,195 enrolled
Safety score 0.63
Weatherford College
Weatherford, TX · 6,520 enrolled
Safety score 0.61
Lubbock Christian University
Lubbock, TX · 1,595 enrolled
Safety score 0.63
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott
Prescott, AZ · 3,264 enrolled
Safety score 0.61
Central Ohio Technical College
Newark, OH · 3,182 enrolled
Safety score 0.63
New England College
Henniker, NH · 3,275 enrolled
Safety score 0.61
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Holy Family University safe?
Holy Family University has a safety score of 0.62 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #416 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Manhattan University (3.10/1k). Same-state same-level set: La Salle University (12.05/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College (6.00/1k); Messiah University (10.97/1k); Arcadia University (2.94/1k); Point Park University (0.29/1k); DeSales University (3.36/1k); Saint Francis University (3.38/1k); Mount Aloysius College (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Holy Family University?
For calendar year 2024, Holy Family University reported Burglary (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Holy Family University compare to similar schools?
Holy Family University reports 55% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Manhattan University. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Manhattan University (3.10/1k); Barstow Community College (0.31/1k); John A Logan College (0.31/1k); Southern Adventist University (2.79/1k); Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (0.31/1k). Same-state same-level set: La Salle University (12.05/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College (6.00/1k); Messiah University (10.97/1k); Arcadia University (2.94/1k); Point Park University (0.29/1k); DeSales University (3.36/1k); Saint Francis University (3.38/1k); Mount Aloysius College (0.00/1k).
Does Holy Family University have fire safety data?
Yes. Holy Family University reports fire safety data for on-campus residential facilities, including total fires, injuries, deaths, and fire damage categories. No fires were reported in the most recent year.
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