High Point University Student Population

How many students at HPU?

For the academic year 2024-2025, High Point University has a total enrollment of 6,331 students, including 5,135 undergraduate and 1,196 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 2,680 male students (42.3%) and 3,651 female students (57.7%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 4,553 White students (71.9%) and 641 Black students (10.1%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 5,135 undergraduate students (81.1%) and 1,196 graduate students (18.9%).
• Class Delivery: 294 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 383 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar private (not-for-profit) Baccalaureate College - Diverse Fields - which average 1,196 - HPU's body is significantly larger.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 2,680 male (42.33%) and 3,651 female (57.67%) students are attending High Point University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 73.40.

By class level, 5,135 (81.11%) are undergraduate students and 1,196 (18.89%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 44.46% are male and 55.54% are female, while among graduate students, 33.19% are male and 66.81% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 4,553 White, 641 Black, and 171 Asian students out of a total of 6,331 are attending at High Point University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

High Point University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 46.3% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, HPU has 111 students under 18 years old and 1 students over 65 years old. There are 5,560 students under 25 years old, and 492 students over 25 years old out of 6,052 total students.

HPU has 4,962 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 44 students aged 25 and over.

It has 598 graduate students aged under 25 and 448 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2023-2024 enrollment data.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At High Point University, 294 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 383 students are enrolled in some online courses.

212 students who live in North Carolina or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 82 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 5,135 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 92 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 1.79%.91 students have transferred in as full-time status and 1 students transferred in as part-time status.