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The merit-aid verdict at Holy Family
DRAFT: Holy Family publishes an automatic, GPA-only merit grid for Fall 2026/Spring 2027 entrants ($16,000–$25,000 for freshmen; $14,000–$19,000 for transfers) — but the eligibility line unusually includes 'with financial need'.
Common merit-aid mistakes at Holy Family
The eligibility column reads 'U.S. citizens or eligible non-citizens with financial need enrolled full-time in a first undergraduate degree program.' As written, financial need is part of eligibility — ask the aid office whether a student with no demonstrated need still receives the grid amount.
Policy: 'Students who receive outside scholarships are required to inform the Financial Aid Office of the name and amount of the scholarship.' The effect on your package is unstated — ask before assuming it stacks.
Policy: 'Except for some Holy Family University scholarships, you must reapply for financial aid each academic year,' and aid can be lost for failing satisfactory academic progress per the University catalog.
The grid requires full-time enrollment, and policy states students must notify the Financial Aid Office of enrollment-status changes because 'this may affect the student's aid.'
Eligibility is limited to students 'enrolled full-time in a first undergraduate degree program.'
Who this school is for
DRAFT: GPA-driven students (no test scores in the grid) who want automatic merit money at a Philadelphia Catholic university — even a 2.00 GPA earns $16,000/yr; note the published eligibility includes financial need and full-time enrollment in a first bachelor's degree.
Federal cost and outcome data
Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at Holy Family, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.
Average annual net price by family income at Holy Family, academic year 2021-22
Family income
Average net price paid
$0–$30,000
$9,721
$30,001–$48,000
$9,369
$48,001–$75,000
$12,056
$75,001–$110,000
$16,307
$110,001+
$17,822
All income levels (average)
$13,143
Sticker price vs. what students actually pay
Total cost of attendance (sticker), AY 2021-22
$40,539
Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$35,330
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$13,143
That works out to an average 68% discount off the sticker price above — both figures come from the same federal AY 2021-22 Scorecard report, not a number the school itself published.
Outcomes for students who enrolled here
Graduation rate (150% of normal time), 2016 cohort
61%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
78%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$25,125 (~$266/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$62,235
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
54%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
71%
Institutional merit aid tiers
Every tier below is sourced to the school’s own published financial aid pages. Renewal terms apply only if the student maintains the stated GPA.
$16,000-$25,000
Merit Scholarships — First Time Freshmen (Fall 2026/Spring 2027)
AutomaticRenewable
GPA
Tiered by high school GPA: 3.90-above = $25,000; 3.60-3.89 = $24,000; 3.30-3.59 = $23,000; 2.90-3.29 = $22,000; 2.50-2.89 = $19,000; 2.00-2.49 = $16,000
Requirements & details+
Eligibility
U.S. citizens or eligible non-citizens with financial need enrolled full-time in a first undergraduate degree program; no additional application required
Renewal terms
Policies page: 'Except for some Holy Family University scholarships, you must reapply for financial aid each academic year' and aid may be lost without satisfactory academic progress per the University catalog. No explicit merit-renewal GPA published.
Notes
Page is explicit these are 2026/27 awards. NOTE: the eligibility column says 'with financial need' — unusual for a merit grid; families should confirm whether a FAFSA/need showing is actually required.
Merit Scholarships — Transfer Students (Fall 2026/Spring 2027)
AutomaticRenewable
GPA
Tiered by transfer GPA: 3.60-above = $19,000; 3.30-3.59 = $18,000; 3.00-3.29 = $16,000; 2.00-2.99 = $14,000
Requirements & details+
Eligibility
U.S. citizens or eligible non-citizens with financial need enrolled full-time in a first undergraduate degree program; no additional application required
Renewal terms
Same policies-page caveats as the freshman grid; no explicit merit-renewal GPA published.
Notes
Separate automatic transfer grid published in the same table as the freshman grid.
Holy Family grants and scholarships are reduced only when total aid from all sources exceeds general tuition and fees; the reduction equals the excess above that tuition-and-fees cap, which sits well below full cost of attendance.
Verified policy language (2026-07-02): When a student’s financial assistance from outside sources in combination with federal, state and Holy Family funded grants and scholarships exceeds the general tuition and general fee cost, their Holy Family funded grant and/or scholarship will be reduced by the amount in excess of the general tuition and general fee cost.
No — 'All applicants are automatically considered for Holy Family University's merit scholarships - no additional application required.'
What is the scholarship deadline?
No merit-scholarship deadline is published; awards are automatic with admission. No date appears on the merit scholarships or policies pages.
What GPA gets the top award?
A 3.90+ high school GPA earns $25,000/year for first-time freshmen entering Fall 2026/Spring 2027. The lowest published tier, 2.00-2.49, still earns $16,000.
Are SAT/ACT scores required for merit money?
The published grid is based on GPA only; no test-score cutoffs appear on the merit scholarships page.
How Holy Family compares across our verified dataset
241 of 750 verified schools in our dataset use cost-of-attendance cap displacement.
Holy Family is in a recognizable cluster (241 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.
668 of 750 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Holy Family is one of them. The cohort minority (82 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.
Sources used on this page
Every claim is checked against Holy Family’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.
