Howard Payne University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

Howard Payne University, also known as HPU, is a four-year private university located in Brownwood, Texas. It was founded by the Pecan Valley Baptist Association at Indian Creek, Texas, in 1889. HPU is known for both the Douglas MacArthur Academy of Freedom and its Christian Studies program. The university offers over 50 majors, minors and pre-professional programs in various subjects, which include criminal education, English, and chemistry. HPU is organized into more than five academic schools.

The University has some student elected organizations and departmental organizations for various extra curricular activities. In addition there are some religious organizations such as the Baptist Student Ministry and Fellowship of Christian Athlete. Student life comprises of campus ministries, camping, health services, sports, student clubs and organizations.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Baptist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in media and religion and philosophy.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, General.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,388 in 2009-2010 (1,149 full-time equivalent).

About 60% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 40% of the class.

Undergrads are 99% of enrolled students and graduate students are 1%.

Students under 25 years old represent 81% of the student body. About 7% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 97% are full-time and 3% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Howard Payne provides on-campus housing for 756 of its 1,149 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the American Southwest Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

Howard Payne offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (0 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (40 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Business/Commerce
• Finance
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (6 awarded)

• Computer Science

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (1 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (38 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Biology Teacher Education
• Business Teacher Education
• Computer Teacher Education
• Drama and Dance Teacher Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• History Teacher Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Spanish Language Teacher Education
• Speech Teacher Education
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (6 awarded)

• Human Development and Family Studies
• Social Work

LIBERAL ARTS (33 awarded)

• American History (United States)
• Ancient Near Eastern/Biblical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Anthropology
• English Language and Literature
• European History
• General Studies
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (2 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (28 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
• Mass Communication/Media Studies
• Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
• Radio, Television, and Digital Communication

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (0 awarded)

• Health/Health Care Administration/Management

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (3 awarded)

• Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

MUSIC (2 awarded)

• Music Performance

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (16 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Health and Physical Education
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (37 awarded)

• Bible/Biblical Studies
• Christian Studies
• Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology
• Philosophy
• Religious Education
• Religious/Sacred Music
• Theology/Theological Studies
• Youth Ministry

SCIENCE (15 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (9 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (18 awarded)

• Psychology