High Point University

Private · Moderately Selective · NC

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School data & stats

TypePrivate

LocationNC · South

SettingUrban

Undergrads5,129

Student:faculty21:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate65.8%

6-yr grad rate73.7%

Drop-out rate14.6%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$45k

Out-of-state tuition$45k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity25.7%

Gender diversity55.5%

International0.4%

IdentityUnited Methodist

Overview

High Point is a private university in North Carolina's Piedmont built around an intensely career-focused "life skills" philosophy and a dramatically rebuilt, resort-style campus. Business, communication, and hospitality are the most popular fields of study, and structured professional-development coaching is folded into the experience for every student rather than offered as an optional extra. Its growth over the past two decades, in enrollment, facilities, and national visibility, has been among the fastest of any private college in the country.

Academics

Business is the clear center of gravity, with hospitality management and communication also drawing significant enrollment, and the curriculum across majors is built around applied, career-oriented coursework rather than a traditional liberal-arts core. Professional coaching, résumé and interview preparation, and structured career planning are embedded into the student experience from the first year rather than left to a career center visited occasionally.

Campus & student life

The campus itself is a defining feature: extensive new construction over the past two decades has produced amenities, dining, and public spaces well beyond what a school its size would typically offer, giving High Point a distinctly polished, service-oriented atmosphere. Student life is organized and structured, with a heavy emphasis on professionalism even outside the classroom.

Getting in

High Point markets itself aggressively and reviews applications with real attention to fit with its career-readiness model; students drawn to a highly structured, professionally oriented undergraduate experience tend to be the strongest fit.

After graduation

The university leans heavily on its career-placement infrastructure as a selling point, and its business, hospitality, and communication graduates tend to enter structured corporate and hospitality-industry roles directly out of undergraduate study.

Worth knowing

The structured life-skills and coaching model is the university's central identity, not a marketing add-on, and it shapes daily student life more than at most private colleges of comparable size.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate75.3%

Enrolled mid-50%SAT 1110–1320 · ACT 24–33

Test policyoptional

Rec letters1

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

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