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Education at Highland Community College

If you are interested in studying education, you may want to check out the program at Highland Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Highland Community College is located in Highland, Kansas and approximately 2,700 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Education section at the bottom of this page.

Highland Community College Education Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Education

Online Classes Are Available at Highland Community College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Highland Community College offers distance education options for education at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree

Highland Community College Education Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Education Student Demographics at Highland Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Highland Community College.

Highland Community College Education Associate’s Program

52% Women
58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 48% of education associate's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in education only graduates about 19% men each year. The program at Highland Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 29% more women than average.

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Highland Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in education graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Highland Community College with a associate's in education.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 14
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 11
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

Concentrations Within Education

The following education concentations are available at Highland Community College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Highland Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Education 33

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KS, the home state for Highland Community College.

Occupation Jobs in KS Average Salary in KS
Teacher Assistants 19,390 $24,650
Elementary School Teachers 16,320 $51,020
High School Teachers 11,660 $51,490
Middle School Teachers 6,480 $51,790
Coaches and Scouts 3,750 $35,390

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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