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.

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
#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
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

Highline College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

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

There are 5,829 undergraduate students at Highline, with 3,140 being full-time and 2,689 being part-time.

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
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

In 2019-2020, 4,357 students took at least one online class at the school.

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
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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.