Enrollment Trends at Howard Payne

The student population at Howard Payne University is 809 (751 undergraduate and 58 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 354 (30.44%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Howard Payne is 92.83% which is decreased by 328 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 26 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 112 male students for every 100 female students, down from 116 in 2015.
79 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 172.41% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 996 where 809 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 1,189 students in 2017 and was lowest at 809 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,163 to 809 students, a net loss of 354 (30.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Howard Payne University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,163	1,079	568	511	84	57	27
2016-17	1,189 26	1,098 19	580 12	518 7	91 7	56 -1	35 8
2017-18	1,072 -117	981 -117	514 -66	467 -51	91	57 1	34 -1
2018-19	1,027 -45	962 -19	515 1	447 -20	65 -26	45 -12	20 -14
2019-20	1,035 8	969 7	513 -2	456 9	66 1	49 4	17 -3
2020-21	1,060 25	981 12	504 -9	477 21	79 13	59 10	20 3
2021-22	931 -129	863 -118	440 -64	423 -54	68 -11	48 -11	20
2022-23	838 -93	773 -90	415 -25	358 -65	65 -3	48	17 -3
2023-24	833 -5	768 -5	405 -10	363 5	65	48	17
2024-25	809 -24	751 -17	384 -21	367 4	58 -7	43 -5	15 -2
Average	996	923	484	439	73	51	22

Howard Payne University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 923 where 751 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Howard Payne University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,079	951	516	435	128	52	76
2016-17	1,098	959	517	442	139	63	76
2017-18	981	860	454	406	121	60	61
2018-19	962	812	447	365	150	68	82
2019-20	969	738	400	338	231	113	118
2020-21	981	699	386	313	282	118	164
2021-22	863	715	378	337	148	62	86
2022-23	773	659	365	294	114	50	64
2023-24	768	658	353	305	110	52	58
2024-25	751	661	345	316	90	39	51
Average	923	923	416	355	923	68	84

Howard Payne University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 73 where 58 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Howard Payne University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	84	27	18	9	57	39	18
2016-17	91	29	15	14	62	41	21
2017-18	91	37	22	15	54	35	19
2018-19	65	23	15	8	42	30	12
2019-20	66	15	10	5	51	39	12
2020-21	79	38	24	14	41	35	6
2021-22	68	5	1	4	63	47	16
2022-23	65	16	13	3	49	35	14
2023-24	65	12	8	4	53	40	13
2024-25	58	19	14	5	39	29	10
Average	73	73	14	8	73	37	14

Howard Payne University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.80%. The percentage was 62.42% 10 years ago and Howard Payne still has a high percentage of white students. 0.49% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.77% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 28.43% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 62.42% to 50.80%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.43% to 0.49%. Black student enrollment increased from 8.51% to 9.77%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 22.01% to 28.43%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6492 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5538 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Howard Payne University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	2	5	99	256	2	726	33
2016-17	7	6	107	242	4	692	0
2017-18	5	11	108	227	3	618	17
2018-19	5	5	124	241	3	557	25
2019-20	6	4	128	253	2	536	30
2020-21	6	5	105	272	2	565	37
2021-22	5	4	88	265	6	485	36
2022-23	5	8	80	228	3	435	32
2023-24	4	7	78	217	2	450	35
2024-25	3	4	79	230	1	411	39
Average	5	6	100	243	3	548	28

Howard Payne University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

79 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has increased 172.41% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Howard Payne University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,163	29	42	1,092
2016-17	1,189	32	296	861
2017-18	1,072	59	376	637
2018-19	1,027	11	390	626
2019-20	1,035	105	362	568
2020-21	1,060	180	385	495
2021-22	931	115	317	499
2022-23	838	67	238	533
2023-24	833	78	286	469
2024-25	809	79	345	385
Average	996	76	304	617

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Enrollment Trends at Howard Payne

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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