Computer & IS Security at Highline College

If you plan to study computer & is security, 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 Computer & IS Security section at the bottom of this page.

Highline Computer & IS Security Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance

Highline Computer & IS Security Rankings

The computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance major at Highline is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer & IS Security. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Student Demographics at Highline

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance majors at Highline College.

Highline Computer & IS Security Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance associate's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance at Highline are white. Around 67% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Highline College with a associate's in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance.

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

Highline Computer & IS Security Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance bachelor's degrees went to men and 34% went to women. The typical computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% women. So female students are more repesented at Highline since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Highline College with a bachelor's in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management/Manager

Careers That Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance 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
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,690	$159,290
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	8,920	$92,750
Computer Network Architects	5,800	$111,960
Computer Network Support Specialists	3,940	$81,270
Information Security Analysts	2,690	$107,800

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.