Location
With 4,600 undergraduate students, High Point University is a small university with big-school facilities. Its 16 varsity teams play at the NCAA Division I level. Students come to HPU from 50 states and 40 countries, providing the school with great diversity in student history and experience. HPU offers its students a safe community that feels like home, where the average class size is 22, and professors don't just know students' names—they know who they are and who they want to become.
Nestled within the city of High Point, North Carolina, HPU sits in the center of the Piedmont Triad, North Carolina's third largest metropolitan area with more than 1.6 million people. Both Greensboro and Winston-Salem are 18 minutes from campus. East of campus are Raleigh (1.5 hours away) and the Atlantic Ocean (4 hours away); south of campus are Charlotte (1.5 hours away) and Atlanta, Georgia (5 hours away); and west of campus are the Appalachian Mountains (2 hours away).
Campus Facilities & Equipment
High Point University is committed to providing state-of-the-art facilities across disciplines that meet the needs of extraordinary students. Cottrell Hall, home to the Flanagan Center for Student Success, is a 40,000 square-foot facility that is the central hub of activity for students preparing for job interviews, seeking career development opportunities and looking for ways to diversify their career skills.
The state-of-the-art 220,000 square-foot Congdon Hall features a pharmacology research lab, a gross anatomy lab, a human biomechanics and physiology lab and more than a dozen simulation labs and spaces where real-world scenarios can come to life, including an operating room, an emergency room, a labor and delivery room, eight exam rooms, a pharmacy retail setting and a pharmacy hospital setting.
The Nido R. Qubein School of Communication features a high-definition TV studio, an audio recording studio, a screening theater, editing labs, a student-operated radio station, a nationally-cited survey and research center, a recently updated game design and Esports arena, and various computer labs. The school's Board of Advisors includes leaders in radio, television, newspaper and magazine companies across the nation.
HPU's School of Art and Design emphasizes the importance of hands-on skills combined with technological proficiency in profession-specific software. Students studying in the School of Art and Design have access to cutting-edge equipment including a technology lab and several design-specific computer labs.
The 31,000 square-foot, LEED-Certified Stout School of Education building houses the psychology department and the NCATE-accredited education school. It is equipped with simulated classrooms and clinical labs where psychology majors conduct hands-on testing and experiments.
The Plato S. Wilson School of Commerce houses the Tilley Trading Room, which includes a live stock ticker and allows students to receive real-world, practical learning opportunities. The space also includes teaching and research technology, such as financial databases, investment software, and more.
Off-Campus Opportunities
Together, the cities of High Point, Greensboro and Winston-Salem form the Piedmont Triad, a metropolitan area with a population of 1.6 million. High Point University is located within 25 minutes of the Piedmont Triad International Airport.
The Piedmont Triad is a dynamic market that is poised for tremendous growth. Contributing factors are its temperate climate, centralized location affording quick access to major metros, relatively low population density, high quality of life, high education index, diversity and inclusion, and the development of markets to leverage its manufacturing experience.
Downtown High Point revitalization efforts, led by HPU's own President Nido Qubein, are centered on the city's newly finished baseball stadium, BB&T Point, home to the High Point Rockers. The stadium is attracting new energy to downtown High Point, and so are plans for an events center, children's museum and urban park. Already, the city enjoys a vibrant Main Street area with shops, restaurants and gathering places, such as the Downtown Train Depot or The Pit Murals. These features, combined with the twice-yearly bustling furniture market and the new baseball stadium, are attracting new people who want to live in High Point's hub of excitement.
High Point University is fortunate to be located in the furniture capital of the world, the city of High Point. HPU students biannually assist High Point Market exhibitors to prepare for the largest home furnishings industry trade show in the world. With more than 75,000 attendees and 2,000 exhibitors, the biannual event attracts industry leaders from across the globe and provides students with experiential learning opportunities. While supporting an international trade show in the heart of downtown High Point, HPU students gain hands-on experience that helps them hone their professional skills through experiential learning.
Numerous global companies have a large presence here including Ashley Furniture, Bank of America, BB&T, Daimler Buses of North America, DT, Ernst & Young, FedEx, HanesBrands, Honda Aircraft Company, KPMG, Lincoln Financial Group, Old Dominion Freight Lines, Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation, PwC, Qorvo, and Volvo. In addition to internships, the student experience is enhanced through business relationships with activities such as mentoring sessions, speaker events, sales role-plays, experiential learning assignments, business community projects, and a variety of career-related events.
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