As Gen Z college graduates struggle to jumpstart their careers, skepticism about the value of higher education is reaching new heights.

But at one private university in suburban North Carolina, graduates are defying that trend. At High Point University , 99.2% of the class of 2024 were employed or pursuing further education within six months of graduation—14 points above the national average.

The secret, according to the school, isn’t exclusively leaning on traditional academic offerings to prepare students for the real world. Instead, High Point brands itself as the nation’s “premier life skills university.”

“It’s clear that students and parents expect maximum return on investment from a college education,” a High Point University spokesperson told Fortune . “It’s also clear th

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