Highline College Business Programs
Highline College is a public institution located in Des Moines, Washington. Des Moines is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.
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Highline College Rankings
These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.
Program Level Awards
These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Highline.
Rank | Ranking Name | Share |
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#73 | Most Popular Business & Commerce Associate Degree Schools | Tweet It - Post It |
Where Is Highline College?
Contact details for Highline are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | 2400 S 240Th St, Des Moines, WA 98198-9800 |
Phone: | 206-878-3710 |
Website: | www.highline.edu |
How Do I Get Into Highline?
You can apply to Highline online at: https://www.public.ctc.edu/ApplicantWebClient/Applicant/ApplWelcome.aspx
Can I Afford Highline College?
Student Loan Debt
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Highline, approximately 3% of students took out student loans averaging $4,450 a year. That adds up to $17,800 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Highline is 7.0%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
Highline College Undergraduate Student Diversity
Gender Diversity
Of the 3,140 full-time undergraduates at Highline, 40% are male and 60% are female.
Racial-Ethnic Diversity
The racial-ethnic breakdown of Highline College students is as follows.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 586 |
Black or African American | 425 |
Hispanic or Latino | 493 |
White | 747 |
International Students | 202 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 687 |
Geographic Diversity
Washington students aren't the only ones who study at Highline College. At this time, 10 states are represented by the student population at the school.
Over 49 countries are represented at Highline. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Japan, China, and Vietnam.
Online Learning at Highline College
The following chart shows how the online learning population at Highline has changed over the last few years.
Online Growth Rankings of Highline
The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Highline College was 28.0%. This is the #789 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Highline regardless of major.
When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.
Highline College Business Concentrations
The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.
Major | Basic Certificate | Associate’s | Undergraduate Certificate | Bachelor’s | TOTAL |
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General Business/Commerce | 0 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
International Business/Trade/Commerce | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 15 |
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
General Business Administration and Management | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Small Business Administration/Management | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Office Administration | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Tourism and Travel Services Management | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Retail Management | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Customer Service Management | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
E-Commerce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Customer Service Support/Call Center/Teleservice Operation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Retailing and Retail Operations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOTAL | 9 | 97 | 10 | 10 | 126 |
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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