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Discover High Point University: Where Education Meets Inspiration

At High Point University, we believe in more than just educating students—we empower them to excel in life. As the Premier Life Skills University, HPU offers an extraordinary education in an inspiring environment, surrounded by caring people who are dedicated to your success. We’re proud to be named the #1 Best Run College in the Nation by The Princeton Review in 2024, a testament to our commitment to providing the best possible experience for our students.

Why Choose HPU?

Academic Excellence:
At HPU, academic excellence goes beyond the classroom. With a low faculty-to-student ratio, our dedicated professors serve as mentors, guiding you on your academic and personal journey.

Experiential Learning:
Gain real-world experience from day one. HPU integrates hands-on learning across all disciplines, ensuring you graduate with the skills and confidence to thrive in your career.

Modeling Values, Building Character:
We believe in shaping not just minds, but character. At HPU, students embody values like generosity, gratitude, a growth mindset, and civility, all while upholding our commitment to God, Family, and Country.

Life Skills:
HPU is about more than degrees; it’s about life skills. Our students learn practical wisdom and career skills that prepare them for success in any field.

Access to Innovators:
Connect with industry leaders through internships, mentorships, and networking opportunities. At HPU, you’ll have direct access to innovators who can help launch your career.

Values & Virtues: A Parent’s Perspective

Apple Co-Founder Returns to Campus

Live Here. Love It Here.

Global Leaders Mentor HPU Students

The HPU Advantage

Career
Shadowing

Job shadowing allows students to spend a half-day or entire day observing a professional on-the-job. Students observe meaningful work activity, the work culture of the organization and feel the flow of a typical workday.

Undergraduate
Research

HPU welcomes freshman into a culture of scholarly research as soon as they arrive to campus. While other universities focus on senior research projects, HPU presents research opportunities to students throughout their four-year journey.

Service
Learning

Service learning breaks down the walls of the traditional classroom and brings theoretical concepts to life. Through service learning courses, students are embedded with real-world opportunities that relate to course material. Whether it’s English majors tutoring refugee children in literacy, or strategic communication students producing marketing campaigns for nonprofit organizations, students gain valuable skills and strong connections to their community.

Study
Abroad

Our goal is to bring people and cultures together, to share their similarities and embrace their differences. Former U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright proclaimed that “International education exchange is the most significant current project designed to continue the process of humanizing mankind to the point, we would hope, that nations can learn to live in peace.”

Show me a successful individual and I’ll show you someone who had real positive influences in his or her life. I’m sure there was someone cheering you on or showing the way. A mentor. - Denzel Washington

79%

of HPU students come from out of state

110K+

hours of community service each year

17:0

student : faculty

100%

of classes taught by faculty

Choose to be Extraordinary!
Being extraordinary is a choice.
It’s about connecting scholarly knowledge with practical life.

99%

Employed or continuing their education

Within six months of graduation

Careers

Amazon. Apple. NBC Universal.

Here is a sampling of graduates who are contributing to the companies and technologies that impact the world every day.

Keaton Geist '24

Middle Market Banking & Specialized Industries Analyst at JPMorgan Chase & Co

Ava Aijala '24

Client Relations at Vanguard

Grant Hines '24

Desk Assistant at NBC News

Elizabeth Ring ' 24

Leader Development Consultant at Kappa Delta National Headquarters

John Liebkemann '24

Business Analyst at Honda Aircraft Company

Azriel Crank '24

Design Project Manager for CBI Workplace Solutions

Alex Bouvier '23

Area Manager at Amazon

Mia Clemons '23

Joining GE Healthcare's Commercial Leadership Program

Nicholas Masalleras ‘22

Learning to manage global marketing teams at Reynolds American Inc.

Cassady Kreuser ’22

Booking coordinator for Memphis Grizzlies

Thomas Hart '22

Associate Director at ESPN

Taylor Sweet '22

Marketing Coordinator at Ready Nutrition

How Do HPU Graduates Do It?

HPU provides not only faculty and staff who are trained to coach students but carries coaching into all facets of campus living. Explore and learn the life skills one will experience in their professional life and discover how HPU answers the call.

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Find Your Admissions Counselor

Each day, our Admissions team assists future HPU students and parents in their journey to find their perfect college. At HPU, our commitment to prepare students for a life of success and significance is rooted in a powerful combination of fast-paced innovation and strong values.

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Pioneering Tomorrow Through Innovation

Taking on the Major Leagues

Nothing but Net

Staying Hungry for Success

From Camcorder To Control Room

Mentorship and Meaningful Interactions

Setting the Standard

Serving Others

Designing for Disney

Breaking Barriers

Life Skills

Your degree is not the thing that gets you a job.

You will get you a job. HPU is a life accelerator – compressing time and allowing you to amass a lifetime of experience in just four years. You begin your professional careers as soon as you arrive on campus. You graduate ready for the real world. And the real world wants you.

Explore the questions that you’ll encounter during your professional and personal life.

Test yourself. Do you have the answers?

Your job interview is at the restaurant

From the board room to the dining room, HPU will prepare you to be comfortable in any business environment. 1924 Prime is a learning lab where each week you can learn about formal dinning etiquette and international cuisine. With four years of preparation, you'll crush that interview.

Are you ready?

The CEO of your dream company sits next to you on a plane

Before you can sell anything, you have to sell yourself. That’s where HPU’s Sales Club comes in. Led by Professor Larry Quinn, you’ll learn how to seize networking opportunities, while testing yourself in real-world settings like the airplane fuselage in Cottrell Hall.

Whats your move?

Everybody has a great idea

With the help of the Belk Entrepreneurship Center you can. The center provides individualized assistance, Shark Tank style business plan competitions, and access to entrepreneurs like Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph, all to help advance your venture.

Can you make yours a reality?

Presenting to a large crowd

Enter the President's Life Skill Seminar led by HPU President, DR. Nido Qubein. As a freshman you'll be learning about skills employers hire for: leadership, fiscal literacy, time management, effective communication, skills and the ability to make persuasive presentations.

Can you handle that?

Why do companies invest millions of dollars...

Top companies provide dynamic environments for their employees because it creates excellence. HPU has done the same for its students.

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