Howard Payne University Business Programs

Located in Brownwood, Texas, Howard Payne University is a private not-for-profit institution. Brownwood is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

Where Is Howard Payne University?

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
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/hputx
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/HPUTX

How Do I Get Into Howard Payne?

You can apply to Howard Payne online at: www.hputx.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Howard Payne

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	considered but not required
Recommendations	considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	recommended
TOEFL	considered but not required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Howard Payne?

The acceptance rate of Howard Payne University is 49%. While it may not be as selective as some schools, it does screen its applicants very carefully. Do what you can to stand out among others in the pool of applicants!

Approximately 53% of accepted students are men and 47% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 53%, and the acceptance rate for women is 45%.

Can I Afford Howard Payne University?

The overall average net price of Howard Payne is $28,532. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Howard Payne, approximately 73% of students took out student loans averaging $7,500 a year. That adds up to $30,000 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Howard Payne is 9.4%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Howard Payne University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 981 undergraduate students at Howard Payne, with 699 being full-time and 282 being part-time.

There are also 79 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 699 full-time undergraduates at Howard Payne, 55% are male and 45% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Howard Payne University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2
Black or African American	76
Hispanic or Latino	183
White	379
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	59

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at Howard Payne University. At this time, 5 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 3 countries are represented at Howard Payne. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Ireland, Indonesia, and United Kingdom.

Online Learning at Howard Payne University

In 2019-2020, 565 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Howard Payne has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 47th most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Howard Payne

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Howard Payne University was 232.2%. This is the #207 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Howard Payne regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Howard Payne ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Howard Payne.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
General Business Administration and Management	#89
Business Administration & Management	#113

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%.

Howard Payne 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	29	19	48
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	4	0	4
Accounting	3	0	3
General Organizational Communication	3	0	3
Finance	1	0	1
General Management Information Systems	1	0	1
Accounting and Finance	0	0	0
Interior Design Management	0	0	0
TOTAL	41	19	60

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.