High Point earned 44 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 2 in the top 1%, 11 in the top 5%, 20 in the top 10% and 11 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 43 in Most Focused for Other Communication & Journalism, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 44 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 2 / 11
Highest placement: #1 of 43, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 11
Placements this edition: 183
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
How Many Ranking Badges Has High Point University Earned?
High Point University holds 44 ranking badges across 11 fields of study, 13 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. We update our rankings throughout the year as new data becomes available. The awards below are from the 2027 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. See our data sources and methodologies. If you are an administrator interested in using our badge program to showcase your college’s strengths, please contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
2
Top 5%
11
Top 10%
20
Top 15%
11
Total
44
What Is High Point University Known For?
High Point University is best known for Business, Management & Marketing: 9 of its 42 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Other Communication & Journalism, Criminal Justice & Corrections and Health & Physical Education.
How Does High Point University Rank for Online Students?
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, High Point University earned 1 badge across 1 online program in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #1 of 9 in Most Popular Online for Other Communication & Journalism.
High Point University earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #2,118 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 43%).
These rankings are built on federal education data, 2027 edition. High Point University appears in 183 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
by our College Data Analytics Team