Scholarships

Howard Payne University’s scholarships and costs for the 2023-2024 academic year are listed here. Click here or below to download a PDF of the information.

The Sumners Scholarship

Thanks to the generosity of the Sumners Foundation, rising juniors (students who have completed ~60 semester hours at the end of the spring semester) at HPU interested and invested in civic engagement and leadership may apply for admission into a highly competitive and richly rewarding scholarship program (Source). Click here or below to learn more. 

Area Scholarships

HPU offers the Heart of Texas Scholarship to graduates from area high schools and home schools. The Central Texas Scholarship is also available to high school and home school graduates from central Texas counties. Use the links below to learn more. 

HPU Head Start Scholarship

This HPU Head Start Scholarship Program is available to all students who enroll in dual credit or dual enrollment courses at Howard Payne, who receive a grade of B or above in those courses, and who enroll in HPU as a full-time first-year or transfer student following the students’ high school graduation.

Church Matching Scholarship Program

This scholarship program applies to full and part-time graduate and undergraduate students enrolled at Howard Payne. HPU will match any gift from student’s church up to $3,500 per academic year.