General Info
High Point University
833 Montlieu Avenue
High Point, NC 27262
(800) 345-6993
(336) 841-9000
4 years or more, Private
Rankings
U.S. News & World Report ranks HPU No. 1 among up-and-coming colleges and No. 5 among comprehensive universities in the South. Forbes.com places us in the top 6 percent of all institutions in the nation. Since 2005 the average SAT scores of freshmen are up 90 points, and we’re attracting so many of the nation’s learned scholars to our growing faculty family.
Enrollment
Undergraduate Enrollment: 3300 students from 46 states and 50 countries; Men full time 1,322 - Women full time 1,978
Colors:
Purple and
White
Mascot: Panthers
Mission
The mission of High Point University is to provide vital and distinguished undergraduate and graduate programs that enhance both traditional and non-traditional students' powers of inquiry, breadth of knowledge, command of written and spoken language and insight into ethical behavior.
Student Info
The student to faculty ratio is 14:1, and our average class size is 17. State-of-the-art technology is everywhere.
Colleges & Schools
- David R. Hayworth College of Arts & Science
- Earl N. Phillips School of Business
- Evening Degree Program
- Plato Wilson School of Commerce
- Nido R. Qubein School of Communication
- Norcross Graduate School
- School of Education
Diversity
Students come from more than 46 states and more than 50 countries. Seventy-five percent of the students are from out of state.
Student Life
- Academic Organizations
- Pre-Professional Tracks
- Honors Programs & Honors Society
- Political Organizations
- Religious Life and Organizations
- Services Organizations
- Greek Organizations
- Special Interest Groups
Full List
Athletic Info
NCAA Division I (Big South Conference). Men's sports: baseball, basketball, cross-country, golf, soccer and track (indoor & outdoor). Women's sports: basketball, cross-country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, track (indoor & outdoor) and volleyball.
Club-level sports include Men’s basketball, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, and tennis and volleyball; Women’s basketball, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, volleyball, and field hockey; as well as ultimate frisbee and equestrian.
Panthers Athletic Home
Disability Services
- Testing Accommodations
- Textbooks in Alternate Format
- Note Taker
- Housing Request
- Course Substitution
Disability Services Home
Faculty Info
At High Point, you will be taught by career teachers who care about students. Currently, 78% of the faculty have doctorates or other terminal degrees; others have one or more master's degrees.
The University emphasizes the teaching of ethics across the curriculum, and all degree candidates must successfully complete at least one course in ethics. Options include Business Ethics; Christian Ethics; Ethics in Professionalism for Accounting; Ethical Conflicts in Information Technology; Environmental Ethics; Ethical Traditions; Faith, Ethics, and Wholeness; Families, Values, and Ethics; and Social Ethics.
Facility Info
Study Abroad
High Point University and the Office of Experiential Learning offer Study Abroad and Study America opportunities in over 20 venues in 15 countries around the world including: Oxford Brookes University (Oxford, England), Bond University (Queensland, Australia), University of St. Andrews (St. Andrews, Scotland), University of South Pacific (Suva, Fiji); opportunities for study abroad in Austria, Australia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Scotland, Spain, Wales and many more destinations are being added each year!
Study Abroad Information
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