High Point University occurs as privately-dog, church-affiliated university in High Point, North Carolina.

A school wwhen founded as High Point College within 1924 as a joint venture between the Methodist Protestant Church and the city of High Point. High Point University is the successor to Yadkin College, a Methodist Protestant institution that operated from either 1857 until 1895.

In a period of the presidency of Jacob C. Martinson, Jr., High Point College expanded its academician software online to include postgraduate studies & another campus around Winston-Salem, NC. Witharound recognition of its expansion, High Point College officially became High Point University in 1991 by a guide of the Board of Trustees. Within 2004, President Martinson became a university's number 1 chancellor, an office he however holds despite his retirement from either High Point University's presidency in January One, 2005.

High Point University ranks among a top tier of comprehensive colleges in the United States based on data from US News and World Report.

High Point's athletic teams have competed at a Division I level since 1999 and play in the Big South Conference.