General Business/Commerce at Highline College

If you are interested in studying general business/commerce, you may want to check out the program at Highline College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Highline is located in Des Moines, Washington and has a total student population of 5,829.

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

Highline General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in General Business

Highline General Business/Commerce Rankings

General Business Student Demographics at Highline

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general business majors at Highline College.

Highline General Business/Commerce Associate’s Program

50% Women

59% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of general business associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Highline does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in general business graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	9
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Concentrations Within General Business/Commerce

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business/Commerce	67

Careers That General Business Grads May Go Into

A degree in general business can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for Highline College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
General and Operations Managers	47,770	$124,810
Management Analysts	21,930	$104,290
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Construction Managers	8,560	$100,180
Sales Managers	7,340	$140,700

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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