Social Work at Highline College

If you are interested in studying social work, you may want to check out the program at Highline College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Highline is located in Des Moines, Washington and has a total student population of 5,829. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in social work from Highline.

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

Highline Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

Highline Social Work Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social work programs across the country. The following shows how Highline performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The social work major at Highline is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Social Work. 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
Most Popular Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	435
Most Popular Social Work Schools	560
Most Focused Social Work Schools	619

Social Work Student Demographics at Highline

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

Highline Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in social work from Highline in 2021, 17% were men and 83% were women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at Highline since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its social work 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 social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

Careers That Social Work Grads May Go Into

A degree in social work 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
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	7,590	$51,990
Healthcare Social Workers	3,900	$62,180
Substance Abuse Social Workers	2,210	$53,780
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	2,010	$62,270
Social Workers	680	$73,180

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.