Holy Names University Business Programs

Holy Names University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Oakland, California. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

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
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/HolyNamesUniv
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/HolyNamesUniv

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	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into HNU?

Since HNU has an acceptance rate of 89%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 29% of accepted students are men and 71% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 85%, and the acceptance rate for women is 91%.

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 64% of students took out student loans averaging $5,409 a year. That adds up to $21,636 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at HNU is 3.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Holy Names University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 709 undergraduate students at HNU, with 591 being full-time and 118 being part-time.

There are also 305 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 591 full-time undergraduates at HNU, 35% are male and 65% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	61
Black or African American	98
Hispanic or Latino	239
White	69
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	106

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 2019-2020, 1,014 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.

Online Growth Rankings of HNU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Holy Names University was 3,318.8%. This is the #52 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at HNU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Holy Names University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	3	22	25
Finance	9	0	9
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	7	0	7
Accounting	2	0	2
Business/Corporate Communications	1	0	1
International Business/Trade/Commerce	1	0	1
Interior Design Management	0	0	0
Business Management & Marketing	0	0	0
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	0	0
TOTAL	23	22	45

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.