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High Point University was awarded 133 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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College Factual ranked High Point as #865 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.
High Point also holds the #18 spot on the Best Colleges in North Carolina ranking.
The acceptance rate at High Point University is 80%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that High Point is a good fit for you.
About 23% of students accepted to High Point submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 565 and 650. Math scores were between 540 and 650.
The student to faculty ratio at High Point University is about average at 17 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at High Point University is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
High Point University has a freshmen retention rate of 82%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at High Point for first-time, full-time students is 61%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,628 undergraduates at High Point with 4,575 being full-time and 53 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $31,257 | $33,503 | $35,084 | $37,746 | $42,696 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of High Point, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At High Point, approximately 44% of students took out student loans averaging $11,570 a year. That adds up to $46,280 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at High Point is 4.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for High Point are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One University Parkway, High Point, NC 27268 |
| Phone: | 336-841-9000 |
| Website: | www.highpoint.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/HighPointU |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/HighPointU |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 131 | $41,062 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 89 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 75 | NA |
| General Psychology | 61 | $26,897 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 46 | $40,246 |
| Marketing | 45 | NA |
| General Biology | 43 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 37 | NA |
| General Sales & Marketing | 32 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 29 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 119 students took at least one online class at High Point University. This is a decrease from the 1,880 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 119 | 89 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,880 | 255 |
| 2018-2019 | 127 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 73 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 329 | 0 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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