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Howard Payne University Data & Information Overview

Great Price Value for Your Money
62% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Howard Payne University Ranked?

#2,029 Best Colleges in Nation
Business, Management & Marketing Highest Ranked Major
#1,725 Best for the Money in Nation

2025 Rankings

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Overall Quality

College Factual ranked Howard Payne as #2,029 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Howard Payne?

62% Acceptance Rate
51% Of Accepted Are Women
30% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

If you're applying to Howard Payne University you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 62%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.

Average Test Scores

About 30% of students accepted to Howard Payne submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 580. Math scores were between 460 and 550.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Howard Payne University  ( 460 to 580 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Howard Payne University  ( 460 to 550 )
200
800
Howard Payne received ACT scores from 12% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 19 and 22.

ACT Composite Scores for Howard Payne University  ( 19 to 22 )
1
36

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Howard Payne University Faculty

10 to 1 Student to Faculty
100% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Howard Payne it is much better at 10 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Howard Payne University is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  100 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Howard Payne University

55% Freshmen Retention
26% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Howard Payne University this rate is 55%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  55 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 26% for first-time, full-time students at Howard Payne, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  26 out of 100
0
100

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Howard Payne University Undergraduate Student Diversity

699 Full-Time Undergraduates
42.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
44.8% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 981 undergraduates at Howard Payne with 699 being full-time and 282 being part-time.

How Much Does Howard Payne University Cost?

$21,426 Net Price
82% Take Out Loans
$31,968 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Howard Payne is $21,426. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Howard Payne

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$11,839 $21,268 $23,560 $25,315 $28,730

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Howard Payne, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

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 Howard Payne, approximately 82% of students took out student loans averaging $7,992 a year. That adds up to $31,968 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do Howard Payne Graduates Make?

$48,376 Avg Salary of Grads
Average Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Howard Payne with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $48,376 in their early years. That's great news for Howard Payne students since it is 2% more than the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year.

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Location of Howard Payne University

Texas State
699 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Howard Payne University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Brownwood, Texas. The surrounding location of Brownwood is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

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Contact details for Howard Payne are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1000 Fisk St., Brownwood, TX 76801-2794
Phone: 325-646-2502
Website: www.hputx.edu/

Howard Payne University Majors

40 Majors With Completions
312 Undergraduate Degrees
312 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 40 majors graduated from Howard Payne University. Of these students, 312 received undergraduate degrees and 312 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Business Administration & Management 28 $47,047
Health & Physical Education 14 NA
Teacher Education Subject Specific 12 $45,891
Teacher Education Grade Specific 10 $35,357
Criminology 9 NA
General Biology 7 NA
Political Science & Government 6 NA
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries 6 NA
Accounting 5 NA
Public Relations & Advertising 5 NA

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Online Learning at Howard Payne

36% Take At Least One Class Online
8% Take All Classes Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2022-2023, 305 students took at least one online class at Howard Payne University. This is a decrease from the 432 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2022-2023 305 67
2021-2022 432 115
2020-2021 565 180
2018-2019 401 11

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*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.

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