High Point University

The postwar decades brought renewed prosperity and rapid growth. Under the influences of the GI Bill® and the “baby boom” of the 1940s and 1950s, enrollment more than tripled, with a corresponding increase in staff. The College’s programs received full regional accreditation in 1951. Additional facilities were added in response to this growth in size and professionalism: four residence halls between 1953 and 1968, two classroom buildings, a second gymnasium, an auditorium, a chapel, and a campus center. Crowning the physical expansion was Smith Library, completed in the spring of 1984, with a capacity three times the size of the former facility. The original men’s residence hall was replaced in 1987 with a 221-resident facility. The Millis Athletic/Convocation Center was opened in late 1992 and provides facilities for convocations, physical education, athletic, and health activities. On October 9, 1991, by the action of the Board of Trustees, the name of High Point College was changed to High Point University. High Point University offers day and evening undergraduate degree programs (Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science) and evening graduate degree programs (Master of Arts, Master of Education, Master of Arts in Teaching, Master of Business Administration, Master of Physician Assistant Studies, Doctor of Education, and Doctor of Pharmacy). In addition, HPU offers 64 study abroad destinations, including semester- and year-long exchanges, two- to four-week Global Experience “Maymesters,” faculty-in-residence programs and more. High Point University: Transformation High Point University announced in October 2007 that it was doubling its investment in academic programs, student life, scholarships and construction of new facilities. The university’s board of trustees approved doubling the investment in the university from $110 to $225 million over a period of three years. The campus transformation is made possible through gifts, bonds and operating revenues. Since 2005, 90 new buildings have been built, acquired or are under construction on the HPU campus – including state-of-the-art academic schools, student centers, residence halls and athletic stadiums. The acquisition of more than 400 acres of land puts the campus now at 520 acres total. An arena and conference center, undergraduate sciences building, parking deck, new restaurants, and multiple new residential facilities have all been approved by the board and built to accommodate the growth of total students from 1,500 to 6,052 today.