Enrollment Trends at HPU

The student population at High Point University is 5,981 (5,036 undergraduate and 945 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,782 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at HPU is 84.20% which is increased by 1,037 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 745 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.32 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

226 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -68.40% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,088 where 5,981 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

84.20% of total students is undergraduate students and 15.80% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,037 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 745 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.32 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in HPU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at High Point University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,199	3,999	1,644	2,355	200	49	151
2014-15	4,399 200	4,208 209	1,705 61	2,503 148	191 -9	47 -2	144 -7
2015-16	4,573 174	4,371 163	1,765 60	2,606 103	202 11	44 -3	158 14
2016-17	4,837 264	4,546 175	1,840 75	2,706 100	291 89	97 53	194 36
2017-18	4,951 114	4,467 -79	1,835 -5	2,632 -74	484 193	159 62	325 131
2018-19	5,137 186	4,545 78	1,934 99	2,611 -21	592 108	186 27	406 81
2019-20	5,330 193	4,591 46	1,995 61	2,596 -15	739 147	234 48	505 99
2020-21	5,617 287	4,628 37	2,022 27	2,606 10	989 250	335 101	654 149
2021-22	5,860 243	4,910 282	2,167 145	2,743 137	950 -39	326 -9	624 -30
2022-23	5,981 121	5,036 126	2,240 73	2,796 53	945 -5	334 8	611 -13
Average	5,088	4,530	1,915	2,615	558	181	377

High Point University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,530 where 5,036 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at High Point University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,999	3,953	1,623	2,330	46	21	25
2014-15	4,208	4,165	1,686	2,479	43	19	24
2015-16	4,371	4,323	1,741	2,582	48	24	24
2016-17	4,546	4,508	1,829	2,679	38	11	27
2017-18	4,467	4,418	1,818	2,600	49	17	32
2018-19	4,545	4,504	1,919	2,585	41	15	26
2019-20	4,591	4,557	1,976	2,581	34	19	15
2020-21	4,628	4,575	2,002	2,573	53	20	33
2021-22	4,910	4,854	2,145	2,709	56	22	34
2022-23	5,036	4,934	2,206	2,728	102	34	68
Average	4,530	4,530	1,895	2,585	4,530	20	31

High Point University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 558 where 945 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at High Point University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	200	64	17	47	136	32	104
2014-15	191	150	36	114	41	11	30
2015-16	202	154	39	115	48	5	43
2016-17	291	251	85	166	40	12	28
2017-18	484	426	137	289	58	22	36
2018-19	592	541	173	368	51	13	38
2019-20	739	696	224	472	43	10	33
2020-21	989	953	325	628	36	10	26
2021-22	950	887	302	585	63	24	39
2022-23	945	898	317	581	47	17	30
Average	558	558	166	337	558	16	41

High Point University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.39%. The percentage was 83.12% 10 years ago and HPU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.41% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.91% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at High Point University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	61	53	275	127	2	3,490	45
2014-15	21	61	246	173	0	3,515	167
2015-16	11	72	280	191	2	3,580	237
2016-17	10	85	294	226	1	3,647	281
2017-18	13	107	315	246	1	3,703	306
2018-19	20	116	319	261	2	3,867	272
2019-20	19	126	368	298	3	4,006	250
2020-21	17	137	434	341	3	4,207	249
2021-22	28	160	524	372	3	4,364	190
2022-23	30	144	533	421	1	4,449	181
Average	23	106	359	266	2	3,883	218

High Point University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

226 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -68.40% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at High Point University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,399	0	326	4,073
2015-16	4,573	0	293	4,280
2016-17	4,837	0	162	4,675
2017-18	4,951	0	329	4,622
2018-19	5,137	0	73	5,064
2019-20	5,330	0	127	5,203
2020-21	5,617	255	1,625	3,737
2021-22	5,860	89	30	5,741
2022-23	5,981	226	103	5,652
Average	5,187	63	341	4,783

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