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General Physical Sciences at Highline College

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General Physical Sciences at Highline College

If you plan to study general physical sciences, 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 has a total student population of 5,829.

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

Highline General Physical Sciences Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Physical Science

Highline General Physical Sciences Rankings

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Physical Science Student Demographics at Highline

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

Highline General Physical Sciences Associate’s Program

34% Women
54% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 66% of physical science associate's degrees went to men and 34% went to women.

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Highline does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in physical science graduates 1% 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 physical science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 13
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 7
International Students 7
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Physical Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in physical science 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
High School Teachers 14,560 $67,550
Natural Sciences Managers 1,810 $153,600

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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