High Point University is a private university in High Point, North Carolina, United States. Affiliated with the United Methodist Church, the university was founded in 1924 as High Point College (HPC) by the Methodist Protestant Church and the City of High Point, succeeding the Yadkin College, another college sponsored by the Methodist Protestant Church between 1856 and 1895. High Point College was renamed High Point University in 1991.
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Location
High Point, NC, 27268
35.972035, -79.994675
Accreditation
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
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