Early Childhood Education at Highline College

What traits are you looking for in a child development school? To help you decide if Highline College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's child development program.

Highline is located in Des Moines, Washington and approximately 5,829 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 22 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from Highline.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Early Childhood Education section at the bottom of this page.

Highline Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Child development (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Child development
• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Highline Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at Highline compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at Highline is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Early Childhood Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Basic Certificate Schools	129
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	142
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Basic Certificate Schools	144
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	158
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools	173
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools	173
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Schools	190
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	232
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Schools	235
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	245

Child development Student Demographics at Highline

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Highline College.

Highline Early Childhood Education Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of child development associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Highline does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in child development graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Highline College with a associate's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Highline Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 child development majors earned their bachelor's degree from Highline. Of these graduates, 14% were men and 86% were women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 4% men. So male students are more repesented at Highline since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its child development bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Highline College with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Highline also has a doctoral program available in child development. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Child development Grads May Go Into

A degree in child development can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for Highline College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Preschool Teachers	11,050	$32,960
Kindergarten Teachers	7,870	$62,330

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
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.