Howard Payne University Student Population

How many students at Howard Payne?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Howard Payne University has a total enrollment of 809 students, including 751 undergraduate and 58 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 427 male students (52.8%) and 382 female students (47.2%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 411 White students (50.8%) and 230 Hispanic students (28.4%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 751 undergraduate students (92.8%) and 58 graduate students (7.2%).
• Class Delivery: 79 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 345 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar private (not-for-profit) Baccalaureate College - Diverse Fields - which average 1,196 - Howard Payne's body is much smaller.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 427 male (52.78%) and 382 female (47.22%) students are attending Howard Payne University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 111.78.

By class level, 751 (92.83%) are undergraduate students and 58 (7.17%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 51.13% are male and 48.87% are female, while among graduate students, 74.14% are male and 25.86% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 411 White, 79 Black, and 4 Asian students out of a total of 809 are attending at Howard Payne University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Howard Payne University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 64.7% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Howard Payne has 14 students under 18 years old and 6 students over 65 years old. There are 683 students under 25 years old, and 126 students over 25 years old out of 809 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 14 students are younger than 18 and 4 students are older than 65. Howard Payne has 661 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 90 students aged 25 and over.

It has 22 graduate students aged under 25 and 36 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Howard Payne University, 79 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 345 students are enrolled in some online courses.

77 students who live in Texas or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 751 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 63 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 8.39%.60 students have transferred in as full-time status and 3 students transferred in as part-time status.