Health Professions at Highline College
What traits are you looking for in a health professions school? To help you decide if Highline College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health professions program.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 Health Professions section at the bottom of this page.
Highline Health Professions Degrees Available
- Basic Certificate in Health Professions (Less Than 1 Year)
- Undergrad Certificate in Health Professions (1 - 4 Years)
- Associate’s Degree in Health Professions
- Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
Highline Health Professions Rankings
The health professions major at Highline is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Professions. 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.
Health Professions Student Demographics at Highline
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at Highline College.
Highline Health Professions Associate’s Program
Highline does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in health professions graduates 16% 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 health professions.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 25 |
Black or African American | 30 |
Hispanic or Latino | 14 |
White | 45 |
International Students | 4 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 16 |
Highline Health Professions Bachelor’s Program
Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health professions 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 health professions.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 4 |
Black or African American | 6 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
White | 3 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Concentrations Within Health Professions
If you plan to be a health professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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 |
---|---|
Nursing | 142 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 37 |
Mental & Social Health Services | 9 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services | 2 |
Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies | 1 |
Related Majors
Careers That Health Professions Grads May Go Into
A degree in health professions 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 |
---|---|---|
Registered Nurses | 56,290 | $82,670 |
Software Applications Developers | 53,860 | $131,790 |
Personal Care Aides | 47,240 | $29,140 |
Nursing Assistants | 32,690 | $32,130 |
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors | 30,250 | $65,190 |
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.