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Design & Applied Arts at Highline College

If you are interested in studying Design & Applied Arts, you may want to check out the program at Highline College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Highline College is in Des Moines, WA.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 28 design & applied arts degrees were awarded at Highline College.

Online & Distance Learning at Highline College

Distance learning is available at Highline College. Among 5,592 students, 2,081 (37%) studied exclusively online and 1,915 (34%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Below you’ll find the diversity of Design & Applied Arts graduates at Highline College, broken down by degree level.

Program-wide, Design & Applied Arts graduates at Highline College are 75% women (21) and 25% men (7).

Design & Applied Arts Associate’s Program at Highline College

Among the 12 associate’s design & applied arts graduates at Highline College, 83% were women (10) and 17% were men (2).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Design & Applied Arts associate’s degree recipients at Highline College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	3
Hispanic / Latino	1
Black / African American	1
Asian	4
International (Nonresident)	2
Unknown	1

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of Design & Applied Arts associate’s degree recipients at Highline College, higher than the national average of 43%.*

Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program at Highline College

Among the 15 bachelor’s design & applied arts graduates at Highline College, 67% were women (10) and 33% were men (5).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Design & Applied Arts bachelor’s degree recipients at Highline College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	7
Hispanic / Latino	1
Black / African American	2
Asian	3
International (Nonresident)	1
Unknown	1

Minority students account for 40% of Design & Applied Arts bachelor’s degree recipients at Highline College, above the national average of 37%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

More Specific Design & Applied Arts Concentrations at Highline College

This Design & Applied Arts program at Highline College offers more specialized concentrations:

Concentration	Graduates
Visual Communications	26
Interior Design	2

Highest-Paying Careers for Design & Applied Arts Graduates

Graduates of the Design & Applied Arts program at Highline College work across a variety of fields. The table below ranks the top-paying careers for Design & Applied Arts majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Set and Exhibit Designers	$109,049
Art Directors	$103,285
Web and Digital Interface Designers	$88,198
Artists and Related Workers, All Other	$83,610
Photographers	$75,743
Designers, All Other	$73,407
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	$68,967
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary	$66,757
Graphic Designers	$66,386
Video Game Designers	$62,617

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.