Howard Payne University - Admission Criteria

• Academic ranking criteria for this college is listed below. Academic criteria are ranked in order of importance from 1 (Most important) through 5 (Least important) or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  2	Secondary School Record
  3	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  1	Standardized Test Scores
  N	Essay

• The following non-academic criteria are indicated as E (Emphasized), I (Important), C Considered, or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  E	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  C	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	34%
  Second fifth	31%
  Third fifth	20%
  Fourth fifth	11%
  Bottom fifth	4%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 50% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 50% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Contact the school directly.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 49%, SAT math scores over 500 49%, ACT scores over 18 71%, SAT verbal scores over 600 17%, SAT math scores over 600 13%, ACT scores over 24 27%, SAT verbal scores over 700 2%, SAT math scores over 700 1%, ACT scores over 30 5%

• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	4%	2%	3%
  24-29	27%	13%	24%
  18-23	39%	54%	47%
  12-17	27%	31%	26%
  6-11	3%	n/a	n/a