by our College Data Analytics Team
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 23 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health & medical assisting services.
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College Factual ranked Highline as #912 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Highline held the #959 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Highline is also ranked #17 out of 50 schools in Washington.
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.
With a student to faculty ratio of 14 to 1, Highline College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
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 96%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
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.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,996 | $7,833 | $9,543 | $12,535 | $8,575 |
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.
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 1% of students took out student loans averaging $3,599 a year. That adds up to $14,396 over four years for those students.
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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 509 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 122 | NA |
| Nursing | 78 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 65 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 56 | NA |
| General Physical Sciences | 36 | NA |
| Information Technology | 33 | NA |
| Design & Applied Arts | 27 | NA |
| Computer Systems Networking | 20 | NA |
| General Biology | 19 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 3,265 students took at least one online class at Highline College. This is a decrease from the 3,733 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,265 | 1,739 |
| 2021-2022 | 3,733 | 1,958 |
| 2020-2021 | 4,357 | 2,196 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,527 | 968 |
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.
References
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