HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY C-6

University Station, Montlieu Ave.
High Point, NC 27262-3598
Tel: (336)841-9000; 800-345-6993; Admissions: (336)841-9216; Fax: (336)841-5123; E-mail: admiss@acme.highpoint.edu; Web Site: http://www.highpoint.edu/

Description: Independent United Methodist, comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees. Founded 1924. Setting: 77-acre suburban campus with easy access to Charlotte. Endowment: $44.8 million. Educational spending 2002-03: $8221 per student. Total enrollment: 2,918. Faculty: 210 (119 full-time, 91 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 15:1. 1,709 applied, 87% were admitted. 14% from top 10% of their high school class, 47% from top quarter, 71% from top half. 9 class presidents, 10 valedictorians, 163 student government officers. Full-time: 2,449 students, 62% women, 38% men. Part-time: 235 students, 55% women, 45% men. Students come from 38 states and territories, 55% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 21% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 4% international, 8% 25 or older, 60% live on campus, 10% transferred in. Retention: 76% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; computer/information sciences; education. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study at 7 members of the Greater Greensboro Consortium. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements: Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, 2 recommendations, SAT I or ACT. Recommended: essay, minimum 3.0 high school GPA, interview, SAT I or ACT, SAT II: Subject Tests, SAT II: Writing Test. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 8/15. Notification: continuous until 8/15.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $25. Comprehensive fee: $22,480 includes full-time tuition ($14,290), mandatory fees ($1410), and college room and board ($6780). College room only: $2890. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to class time. Room and board charges vary according to board plan. Part-time tuition: $246 per credit hour.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 68 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 33% of eligible men and 33% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: student government, Habitat for Humanity, International Club, Student Activities Board, Honors Club. Major annual events: Homecoming, Family Weekend, Spring Fling. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Herman and Louise Smith Library with 205,000 books, 87,000 microform titles, 30,000 serials, 15,000 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2002-03: $706,668. 176 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment: The city's name arose from the fact that the community was the highest point, on the original survey, for the old North Carolina Railroad between Goldsboro and Charlotte. Numerous diversified industries, including many furniture manufacturing plants and hosiery mills, are in High Point, the wood furniture manufacturing and hosiery production capital of the world. Parks, golf courses, and a lake provide the facilities for recreation.