Hospitality Management at Highline College

If you are interested in studying hospitality management, 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 Hospitality Management section at the bottom of this page.

Highline Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Hospitality (Less Than 1 Year)
• Undergrad Certificate in Hospitality (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in Hospitality

Highline Hospitality Management Rankings

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Hospitality Student Demographics at Highline

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

Highline Hospitality Management Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of hospitality associate's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Accounting
• Business Administration & Management
• International Business
• General Business/Commerce

Careers That Hospitality Grads May Go Into

A degree in hospitality 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
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	2,650	$53,380
Food Service Managers	2,280	$77,970
Business Professors	1,350	$90,100
Lodging Managers	910	$60,560

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
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.