College · Private nonprofit · Brownwood, TX · Town
Howard Payne University
Brownwood, TX
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
Admit rate67%
6-yr median pay$38k
Net price / yr$24k
Undergrad size713
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $24k/yr for a shot at a $38k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 67% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1026.
If you get in
713 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $47k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $24k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$187k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$95k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$93k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.5x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $35.0k
- Room & board
- $10.2k
- Books & supplies
- $1,500
How students pay for it.
Pell grants44%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans69%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention53%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr28%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$38k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$48k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out49%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Town
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 713
- Location
- Brownwood, TX
- Region
- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Identity
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White50%
- Hispanic30%
- Black10%
- Two or more races5%
- Unknown5%
- Asian1%
First-gen students37%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time7%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$48k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 41
What you can study.