[4] In 1921, after some years of consideration, the statewide governing body of the Methodist Protestant Church voted to establish a new college.

[6] The Georgian-style[7] campus, featuring some architectural elements of Colonial Revivalism, was designed by R. E. Mitchell of Washington, D.C., with assistance from Herbert B.

[citation needed] Qubein is the fourth highest-paid college president in the United States, paid $2.9 million a year.

[13] Businessweek responded by inviting the school to make financial documents available to support any challenges to the article's accuracy, but none were offered in response.

The college's claims to a growing reputation in higher education were challenged as based more on high-end student amenities and marketing strategy than on academics.

[14] The Chronicle of Higher Education Almanac of April 19, 2016, noted that Qubein was the third highest-donor university president in the country from 2006 to 2016.

[16] Ashley Furniture Industries Chairman Ron Wanek donated $10 million to HPU in 2013 after visiting Qubein.

[17] The Caine Conservatory opened in the spring of 2020 to support botanical research and the growth of HPU's arboretum and gardens.

The following year, the $170 million Nido and Mariana Qubein Arena and Conference Center, and the adjoining Jana and Ken Kahn Hotel, opened.

It is home to HPU's men's and women's basketball teams, as well as a venue for major events, speakers, concerts, entertainment, academic symposia and recreational activities.

[18] HPU received a $32 million gift from the Rick and Angie Workman Foundation to establish the new dental school, which will welcome its first cohort of students in the fall of 2024.

[19] Doug Witcher, the founder and CEO of Smart Choice, an insurance network based in the Piedmont Triad, has donated $20 million to HPU, his alma mater.

It was established after receiving a generous gift from Bergmann & Moore, LLC, a law firm that practices in the area of veterans’ benefits.

[22] Greensboro, High Point, and Winston-Salem, along with the surrounding suburbs and townships, form the Piedmont Triad region, an area with a population over 1.7 million.

[27] All High Point University students are required to reside on campus until senior year, unless they commute from their parent's permanent address.

[28] The High Point Panthers include HPU's 16 athletic teams that compete at the NCAA Division I level, mostly in the Big South Conference.

In the fourth round of the 2013 Major League Soccer (MLS) Supplemental Draft, the Columbus Crew picked High Point University senior midfielder Shawn Sloan.

[33] In the fall of 2013, the High Point University field hockey team qualified for the national tournament in Virginia Beach with a 6-2-0 season.

[34] At the beginning of 2017, High Point University announced plans for a new basketball arena and conference center to be built on campus.

A permanent collection of original works was donated to the university by High Point Alumnus Darrell L. Sechrest.