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. Of the 66 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Highline College in 2021, 2 of them were health professions majors.

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

• 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 following rankings from College Factual show how the health professions progam at Highline compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Health Professions Associate Degree Schools	13
Best Value Health Professions Schools	23
Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools	52
Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools	242
Most Popular Health Professions Associate Degree Schools	243
Most Focused Health Professions Associate Degree Schools	480
Most Popular Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools	1,013
Most Focused Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools	1,416
Most Popular Health Professions Basic Certificate Schools	1,455
Most Focused Health Professions Schools	2,148

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

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of health professions associate's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

Highline does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in health professions graduates 15% 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	39
Black or African American	29
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	60
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	36

Highline Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

The health professions program at Highline awarded 2 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 100% of these degrees went to men with the other 0% going to women. The typical health professions bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at Highline since its program graduates 82% more men than 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	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Highline also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.