Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at Howard Payne

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 37.30% where the current academic year rate is 27%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Howard Payne University over the past 10 years (2015-2025).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	47%	39%	60%
2016-17	41%	32%	52%
2017-18	41%	35%	51%
2018-19	44%	36%	56%
2019-20	35%	28%	45%
2020-21	40%	30%	51%
2021-22	35%	27%	46%
2022-23	32%	24%	42%
2023-24	31%	26%	38%
2024-25	27%	19%	43%
Average	37.30%	29.60%	48.40%

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 11 years is 13.30% where the current year rate is 48%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Howard Payne University from 2021 to 2025.

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Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 51.80% for full-time students and 38.90% for part-time students.

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at Howard Payne from 2015 to 2025.

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Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 11 years is 9.80 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 10 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Howard Payne University since 2025.

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