General Computer Programming at Highline College

If you plan to study general computer programming, take a look at what Highline College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Highline is located in Des Moines, Washington and approximately 5,829 students attend the school each year.

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

Highline General Computer Programming Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Computer Programming

Highline General Computer Programming Rankings

Computer Programming Student Demographics at Highline

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

Highline General Computer Programming Associate’s Program

100% Women

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of computer programming associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in computer programming only graduates about 23% women each year. The program at Highline may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 77% more women than average.

Highline does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in computer programming graduates 24% 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 computer programming.

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

Careers That Computer Programming Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer programming 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
Software Applications Developers	53,860	$131,790
Systems Software Developers	16,130	$121,250
Computer Programmers	9,670	$126,920
Web Developers	5,880	$94,060
Computer Network Support Specialists	3,940	$81,270

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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