First-Year Student

For more than 135 years, students have found a welcoming, Christ-centered academic home at Howard Payne University.
When you join the Yellow Jacket family, you become a part of the university’s rich heritage.

The Basics

  1. Submit your FREE application
  2. Submit your high school and/or college transcript(s)
  3. Submit your ACT,  SAT or CLT scores (optional)
 

Please send transcripts and test scores to:

Howard Payne University
Admissions
1000 Fisk Street
Brownwood, TX 76801

Email: enroll@hputx.edu

The Details

Applicants must meet 2 of the 3 Admission Criteria for Unconditional Admission.  Admission criteria includes GPA of 2.6 or higher, Class Rank of 50% or higher, and/or official Test Scores (ACT 19 or higher/SAT 990 or higher/CLT 64 or higher). 

Scholarships

First-year students may be awarded merit scholarships worth up to $16,000 per year based on their high school performance and their ACT, SAT or CLT test scores!

Visit HPU

You and your family are invited to tour our beautiful campus while getting to know our faculty, staff and current students. You’ll walk away from your visit with a free t-shirt and a good feel for what life is like here at HPU.

Admissions Team

Headshot of Zeph Christian.

Zeph Christian
Admission Counselor

South Texas, Central Texas, & Out of State

Text/Call:
(325) 400-2518

Email:
zchristian@hputx.edu

Headshot of Brenden Hough.

Brendon Hough
Assistant Director of Admissions

Heart of Texas (Brown County & 7 adjacent counties) & International 

Text/Call:
(325) 400-3075

Email:
bhough@hputx.edu

Hannah McKee
Admission Counselor

Fort Worth, West Texas, and El Paso

Text/Call:
(325) 400-3855

Email: hmckee@hputx.edu

Apply Now!

 Ready to get started on your lifelong journey as an HPU Yellow Jacket?​ Apply for free today!

Already Accepted?

​Congratulations, Yellow Jacket!