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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.

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 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 3.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Highline College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,951 undergraduate students at Highline, with 2,644 being full-time and 2,307 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,644 full-time undergraduates at Highline, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Highline College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	588
Black or African American	394
Hispanic or Latino	450
White	670
International Students	148
Other Races/Ethnicities	394

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 2020-2021, 3,733 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 #652 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%.

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.