High Point University
Private College in High Point, NC. Six-year graduation rate 74%. Median 10-year earnings $61,389.
A decade after enrolling, the median High Point University student earns $61,389 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. The six-year graduation rate of 74% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Median debt at graduation is $24,575, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
High Point University accepts 75% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. With 17,572 applications received, this is a school operating at national scale. A 12% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. The score bands below rest on the 15% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 560–670 | 233 (15%) |
| SAT Math | 550–650 | |
| ACT Composite | 24–33 | 198 (13%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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74% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. First-year retention of 85% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. A 21:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. 5,006 undergraduates makes this a mid-sized institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 4,969 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $43,086 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $32,763 while those at $110k+ pay $41,994. 89% of students get grant aid averaging $21,419, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. About 41% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 1,468 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $32,763 |
| $30–48k | $31,937 |
| $48–75k | $32,461 |
| $75–110k | $35,508 |
| $110k+ | $41,994 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,055 of these 4,969 students, totalling $13,322,729 — an average of $6,483 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Guilford County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Accreditation Probation
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)