Highline College Overview

Located in Des Moines, Washington, Highline College is a public institution. Highline is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is Highline College Known For?

• The highest award offered at Highline is the bachelor's degree.
• In 2017-2018, 100% of the faculty were full-time.

Highline College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Highline.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Health Aids & Attendants Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Value Health Aids & Attendants Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Value Allied Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Value Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Value International Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#16	Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#17	Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#18	Best Value Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#121	Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#121	Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Highline has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies Schools	College Factual
#1	Best Home Health Aide/Home Attendant Schools	College Factual
#26	Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Schools	College Factual
#51	Best Liberal Arts Schools	College Factual
#63	Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools	College Factual
#63	Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	College Factual

Where Is Highline College?

Contact details for Highline are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2400 S 240Th St, Des Moines, WA 98198-9800
Phone:	206-878-3710

How Do I Get Into Highline?

You can apply to Highline online at: https://www.public.ctc.edu/ApplicantWebClient/Applicant/ApplWelcome.aspx

Highline College has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford Highline College?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Highline, approximately 3% of students took out student loans averaging $4,450 a year. That adds up to $17,800 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Highline is 9.1%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Highline College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,829 undergraduate students at Highline, with 3,140 being full-time and 2,689 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,140 full-time undergraduates at Highline, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Highline College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	586
Black or African American	425
Hispanic or Latino	493
White	747
International Students	202
Other Races/Ethnicities	687

Geographic Diversity

Washington students aren't the only ones who study at Highline College. At this time, 10 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 49 countries are represented at Highline. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Japan, China, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Highline College

In 2019-2020, 4,357 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Highline has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Highline

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Highline College was 28.0%. This is the #909 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Highline regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Highline College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	618	0	0	618
Teacher Education Grade Specific	52	10	5	20	87
General Business/Commerce	0	81	0	0	81
Nursing	0	79	0	0	79
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	79	0	0	0	79
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	0	28	23	5	56
General Physical Sciences	0	48	0	0	48
Mental & Social Health Services	13	22	0	0	35
Information Technology	1	4	2	22	29
Hospitality Management	11	14	2	0	27
Business Administration & Management	11	13	2	0	26
Design & Applied Arts	1	17	6	0	24
Accounting	2	13	5	0	20
International Business	2	4	0	10	16
Computer Systems Networking	0	16	0	0	16
General Biology	0	13	0	0	13
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology	5	2	5	0	12
Social Work	0	0	0	12	12
Computer Programming	2	7	1	0	10
Legal Support Services	0	7	3	0	10
Graphic Communications	0	8	0	0	8
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	1	6	0	7
Health & Physical Education	3	4	0	0	7
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	7	0	0	7
Human Resource Management	0	0	5	0	5
Computer Software & Applications	1	1	2	0	4
Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies	1	3	0	0	4
Business Support & Assistant Services	0	1	2	0	3
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	3	0	0	3
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	2	0	0	0	2
Computer Information Systems	0	1	0	0	1
Teaching Assistants	0	1	0	0	1
Culinary Arts	1	0	0	0	1
Homeland Security	1	0	0	0	1
Horticulture	0	0	0	0	0
General Sales & Marketing	0	0	0	0	0
Audiovisual Communications	0	0	0	0	0
Allied Health Professions	0	0	0	0	0
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	188	1,026	69	69	1,352

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.