Highline College Ranking Badges

Highline earned 21 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 5 in the top 5%, 5 in the top 10% and 10 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #23 of 5,042 in Ethnic Diversity, a top 1% award.

Key facts

Badges earned: 21 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 5
Highest placement: #23 of 5,042, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 4
Placements this edition: 91
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking

Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.

How Many Ranking Badges Has Highline College Earned?

Highline College holds 21 ranking badges across 4 fields of study, 6 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. It has no placements this edition in College Factual’s athletics rankings. Each ranking is recalculated when updated data becomes available. These badges come from the 2027 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. Find out more about our data sources and methodologies. College administrators who want to showcase these awards through our badge program can contact us.

Count by Award Level

Award Level	Badges
Top 1%	1
Top 5%	5
Top 10%	5
Top 15%	10
Total	21

What Is Highline College Known For?

Highline College is best known for Health Professions: 7 of its 21 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Liberal Arts General Studies, Teacher Education Grade Specific and Allied Health Services.

College Overall

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Best for the Money		✓
Best for the Money (Far Western)	✓
Ethnic Diversity				✓
Ethnic Diversity (Far Western)			✓
Ethnic Diversity (Washington)			✓
Age Diversity	✓
Highest Paid Graduates			✓
Highest Paid Graduates (Far Western)	✓
Highest Paid Graduates (Washington)		✓

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Best Value	✓
General Biology
Best Value	✓

Education

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Teacher Education Grade Specific
Most Focused		✓

Health Professions

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%
Top Ranked	✓
Best Value	✓
Allied Health Services
Top Ranked		✓
Highest Paid Graduates		✓
Mental & Social Health Services
Top Ranked	✓
Highest Paid Graduates	✓
Nursing
Top Ranked	✓

Liberal Arts & Humanities

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Top Ranked			✓
Liberal Arts General Studies
Top Ranked			✓

How Does Highline College Rank for Online Students?

Highline College earned no online-program badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s online-program rankings is #58 of 369 in Most Popular Online for Teacher Education Grade Specific (top 16%).

How Does Highline College Rank for Veterans?

Highline College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,849 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 38%).

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Notes and References

College Factual’s rankings are based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2027 edition. Highline College appears in 91 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.

The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.