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Highline College Data & Information Overview

270 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
7% Student Loan Default Rate
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How Well Is Highline College Ranked?

#959 Best Colleges in Nation
#20 Best Colleges in WA
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Highest Ranked Major
Value Badge

2024 Rankings

College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.

Highline College was awarded 270 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health & medical assisting services.

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Overall Quality

College Factual ranked Highline as #959 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Highline held the #1,084 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Out of the 51 colleges in Washington, Highline is ranked at #20.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Highline?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Highline College since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.

Learn more about Highline College admissions.

Highline College Faculty

10 to 1 Student to Faculty
100% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

At Highline, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 10 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Highline College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  100 out of 100
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100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Highline College

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Highline College Undergraduate Student Diversity

3,140 Full-Time Undergraduates
62.0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
60.1% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,829 undergraduates at Highline with 3,140 being full-time and 2,689 being part-time.

How Much Does Highline College Cost?

$6,342 Net Price
2% Take Out Loans
$23,868 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Highline is $6,342. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Highline, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

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 2% of students took out student loans averaging $5,967 a year. That adds up to $23,868 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.

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How Much Money Do Highline Graduates Make?

$45,159 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Highline make around $45,159 per year during the early years of their employment. This is good news for future Highline graduates since it is 6% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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See which majors at Highline College make the most money.

Location of Highline College

Washington State
3,140 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Highline College is a public institution located in Des Moines, Washington. The suburban atmosphere of Des Moines makes it a great place for students who want the amenities of city life without actually living in the middle of a constant hustle and bustle.

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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/

Highline College Majors

33 Majors With Completions
991 Undergraduate Degrees
Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 22 NA
Information Technology 14 NA
Social Work 12 NA
International Business 10 NA
Design & Applied Arts 6 NA
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 2 NA
General Business/Commerce 0 NA
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 NA
General Sales & Marketing 0 NA
Audiovisual Communications 0 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Highline College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Highline

75% Take At Least One Class Online
40% Take All Classes Online

Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.

In 2020-2021, 3,733 students took at least one online class at Highline College. This is a decrease from the 4,357 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 3,733 1,958
2019-2020 4,357 2,196
2018-2019 2,769 1,105
2017-2018 2,527 968
2016-2017 2,514 987

Learn more about online learning at Highline College.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*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.

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