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  Highline Community College
2400 S 240th St
Des Moines, WA 98198-9800
General information
Financial aid office
Admissions office
(206) 878-3710 Ext.
() - Ext.
() - Ext. 3181

Type of institution: Public, 2-year
Federal Aid: Institution has a Program Participation Agreement with the US Department of Education for eligible students to receive Pell Grants and other federal aid.
Degrees offered: Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate, Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate, Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate, Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate, Associate degree
Carnegie classification: Associate's--Public Suburban-serving Multicampus
Number of students: 5,576 (2006)
2007-08 Undergraduate application fee:$23.00

Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
Tuition and Fees2007-082006-072005-06
In-State$2,676$2,535$2,460
Out of State$3,065$2,930$7,830
Books and Supplies$900$924$894
On-Campus
Room and board------------
Other Expenses------------
Off Campus
Room and board$7,842$7,140$6,924
Other Expenses$2,934$2,970$2,706
Off Campus w/ family
Other Expenses$3,552$5,202$5,064

Financial aid 2005-2006

Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Type of AidPercentage of students receiving aidAverage amount of aid they received
Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship) 18% $2,817
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) 20% $2,020
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) 3% $1,265
Loans to students 9% $2,176
 
 

Degrees offered by this school

 
 
Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
System Administration + Administrator
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-1-year certificate System Administration + Administrator: A program that prepares individuals to manage the computer operations and control the system configurations emanating from a specific site or network hub. Includes instruction in computer hardware and software and applicati...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Prepress + Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-1-year certificate Prepress + Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to the layout, design and typographic arrangement of printed and/or electronic graphic and textual products. Includes instructio...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Other
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-1-year certificate Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions, Other: Any instructional program in mental and social health services and allied professions not listed in the Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions, General category.

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Early Childhood Education and Teaching
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-1-year certificate Early Childhood Education and Teaching: A program that prepares individuals to teach students ranging in age from infancy through eight years (grade three), depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all relevant subject m...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Data Modeling + Warehousing and Database Administration
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-1-year certificate Data Modeling + Warehousing and Database Administration: A program that prepares individuals to design and manage the construction of databases and related software programs and applications, including the linking of individual data sets to create complex searcha...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Computer Programming + Programmer
General
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-1-year certificate Computer Programming + Programmer, General: A program that focuses on the general writing and implementation of generic and customized programs to drive operating systems and that generally prepares individuals to apply the methods and procedures of software desi...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Computer and Information Systems Security
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-1-year certificate Computer and Information Systems Security: A program that prepares individuals to assess the security needs of computer and network systems, recommend safeguard solutions, and manage the implementation and maintenance of security devices, systems, and procedures....

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
General
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-1-year certificate Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to perform the duties of administrative assistants and/or secretaries and stenographers. Includes instruction in business communications, principles of busin...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Word Processing
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-2-year certificate Word Processing: A program that prepares individuals to perform text typing, table construction, and document formatting tasks on personal computers at a high rate of accuracy and proficiency. Includes instruction in keyboarding skills, word processor operation,...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Web Page
Digital + Multimedia and Information Resources Design
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-2-year certificate Web Page, Digital + Multimedia and Information Resources Design: A program that prepares individuals to apply HTML, XML, Javascript, graphics applications, and other authoring tools to the design, editing, and publishing (launching) of documents, images, graphics...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Tourism and Travel Services Management
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-2-year certificate Tourism and Travel Services Management: A program that prepares individuals to manage travel-related enterprises and related convention and/or tour services. Includes instruction in travel agency management, tour arranging and planning, convention and event plan...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Teacher Assistant + Aide
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-2-year certificate Teacher Assistant + Aide: A program that prepares individuals to assist a teacher in regular classroom settings or in providing instruction and supervision to special student populations, such as bilingual/bicultural students, special education students, adult le...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Small Business Administration + Management
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-2-year certificate Small Business Administration + Management: A program that prepares individuals to develop and manage independent small businesses. Includes instruction in business administration; enterprise planning and entrepreneurship; start-up; small business operations and...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Opticianry + Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-2-year certificate Opticianry + Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician: A program that prepares individuals to adapt and fit corrective eyewear, including eyeglasses and contact lenses, as prescribed by ophthalmologists or optometrists; to assist patients in selecting appropriate frames; a...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Medical Transcription + Transcriptionist
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-2-year certificate Medical Transcription + Transcriptionist: A program that prepares individuals to execute verbatim medical conference minutes, medical reports, and medical orders. Includes instruction in dictation and simultaneous recording, analysis of notes and visual evidence...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist + Coder
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-2-year certificate Medical Insurance Coding Specialist + Coder: A program that prepares individuals to perform specialized data entry, classification, and record-keeping procedures related to medical diagnostic, treatment, billing, and insurance documentation. Includes instruction...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Manufacturing Technology + Technician
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-2-year certificate Manufacturing Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills to the identification and resolution of production problems in the manufacture of products. Includes instruction in machine oper...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Library Assistant + Technician
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-2-year certificate Library Assistant + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to assist professional librarians. Includes instruction in principles, systems, processes, and procedures of library operation; library resources and services; processes of acquisition, catalogi...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Legal Assistant + Paralegal
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-2-year certificate Legal Assistant + Paralegal: A program that prepares individuals to perform research, drafting, investigatory, record-keeping and related administrative functions under the supervision of an attorney or court. Includes instruction in legal research, drafting leg...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
International Business + Trade + Commerce
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-2-year certificate International Business + Trade + Commerce: A program that prepares individuals to manage international businesses and/or business operations. Includes instruction in the principles and processes of export sales, trade controls, foreign operations and related pro...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Hotel + Motel Administration + Management
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-2-year certificate Hotel + Motel Administration + Management: A program that prepares individuals to manage operations and facilities that provide lodging services to the traveling public. Includes instruction in hospitality industry principles; supplies purchasing, storage and con...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-2-year certificate General Office Occupations and Clerical Services: A program that prepares individuals to provide basic administrative support under the supervision of office managers, administrative assistants, secretaries, and other office personnel. Includes instruction in ty...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Drafting and Design Technology + Technician
General
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-2-year certificate Drafting and Design Technology + Technician, General: A program that prepares individuals to generally apply technical skills to create working drawings and computer simulations for a variety of applications. Includes instruction in specification interpretation,...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Dental Assisting + Assistant
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-2-year certificate Dental Assisting + Assistant: A program that prepares individuals to provide patient care, take dental radiographs (x-ray photographs), prepare patients and equipment for dental procedures, and discharge office administrative functions under the supervision of de...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Customer Service Support + Call Center + Teleservice Operation
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-2-year certificate Customer Service Support + Call Center + Teleservice Operation: A program that prepares individuals to assist customers with inquiries and problems in frontline call centers, help desks, teleservice centers, and online. Includes instruction in user interfaces an...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Child Care Provider + Assistant
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-2-year certificate Child Care Provider + Assistant: A program that prepares individuals to be primary providers of home, family, residential, or institutional-based child care services. Includes instruction in child growth and development; nutrition; recreation; planning and supe...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Accounting Technology + Technician and Bookkeeping
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Less-than-2-year certificate Accounting Technology + Technician and Bookkeeping: A program that prepares individuals to provide technical administrative support to professional accountants and other financial management personnel. Includes instruction in posting transactions to accounts, re...

Associate degree
Web Page
Digital + Multimedia and Information Resources Design
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Web Page, Digital + Multimedia and Information Resources Design: A program that prepares individuals to apply HTML, XML, Javascript, graphics applications, and other authoring tools to the design, editing, and publishing (launching) of documents, images, graphics, sound, and...

Associate degree
Tourism and Travel Services Management
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Tourism and Travel Services Management: A program that prepares individuals to manage travel-related enterprises and related convention and/or tour services. Includes instruction in travel agency management, tour arranging and planning, convention and event planning, travel...

Associate degree
Teacher Assistant + Aide
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Teacher Assistant + Aide: A program that prepares individuals to assist a teacher in regular classroom settings or in providing instruction and supervision to special student populations, such as bilingual/bicultural students, special education students, adult learners, and ...

Associate degree
Small Business Administration + Management
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Small Business Administration + Management: A program that prepares individuals to develop and manage independent small businesses. Includes instruction in business administration; enterprise planning and entrepreneurship; start-up; small business operations and problems; p...

Associate degree
Respiratory Care Therapy + Therapist
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Respiratory Care Therapy + Therapist: A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to assist in developing respiratory care plans, administer respiratory care procedures, supervise personnel and equipment operation, maintain records, and consult ...

Associate degree
Physical Sciences
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Physical Sciences: A program that focuses on the major topics, concepts, processes, and interrelationships of physical phenomena as studied in any combination of physical science disciplines.

Associate degree
Office Management and Supervision
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Office Management and Supervision: A program that prepares individuals to supervise and manage the operations and personnel of business offices and management-level divisions. Includes instruction in employee supervision, management, and labor relations; budgeting; scheduli...

Associate degree
Nursing + Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN).
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Nursing + Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN): A program that generally prepares individuals in the knowledge, techniques and procedures for promoting health, providing care for sick, disabled, informed, or other individuals or groups. Includes instruction in the administr...

Associate degree
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Other
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions, Other: Any instructional program in mental and social health services and allied professions not listed in the Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions, General category.

Associate degree
Medical + Clinical Assistant
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Medical + Clinical Assistant: A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to provide medical office administrative services and perform clinical duties including patient intake and care, routine diagnostic and recording procedures, pre-examinati...

Associate degree
Marketing + Marketing Management
General
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Marketing + Marketing Management, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to undertake and manage the process of developing consumer audiences and moving products from producers to consumers. Includes instruction in buyer behavior and dynamics, principle of m...

Associate degree
Manufacturing Technology + Technician
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Manufacturing Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills to the identification and resolution of production problems in the manufacture of products. Includes instruction in machine operations, prod...

Associate degree
Library Assistant + Technician
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Library Assistant + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to assist professional librarians. Includes instruction in principles, systems, processes, and procedures of library operation; library resources and services; processes of acquisition, cataloging, storage,...

Associate degree
Liberal Arts and Sciences + Liberal Studies
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Liberal Arts and Sciences + Liberal Studies: A program that is a structured combination of the arts, biological and physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities, emphasizing breadth of study. Includes instruction in independently designed, individualized, or regular p...

Associate degree
Legal Assistant + Paralegal
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Legal Assistant + Paralegal: A program that prepares individuals to perform research, drafting, investigatory, record-keeping and related administrative functions under the supervision of an attorney or court. Includes instruction in legal research, drafting legal documents...

Associate degree
Legal Administrative Assistant + Secretary
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Legal Administrative Assistant + Secretary: A program that prepares individuals to serve as legal office managers, special assistants, and legal secretaries. Includes instruction in office management, secretarial science, principles of U. S. or Canadian law, legal terminolo...

Associate degree
International Business + Trade + Commerce
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree International Business + Trade + Commerce: A program that prepares individuals to manage international businesses and/or business operations. Includes instruction in the principles and processes of export sales, trade controls, foreign operations and related problems, monet...

Associate degree
Interior Design
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Interior Design: A program in the applied visual arts that prepares individuals to apply artistic principles and techniques to the professional planning, designing, equipping, and furnishing residential and commercial interior spaces. Includes instruction in computer applic...

Associate degree
Hotel + Motel Administration + Management
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Hotel + Motel Administration + Management: A program that prepares individuals to manage operations and facilities that provide lodging services to the traveling public. Includes instruction in hospitality industry principles; supplies purchasing, storage and control; hotel ...

Associate degree
Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator
General Production
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator, General Production: A program that generally prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to plan, prepare, and execute a variety of commercial and industrial graphic communications jobs. Includes instruction in the o...

Associate degree
Early Childhood Education and Teaching
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Early Childhood Education and Teaching: A program that prepares individuals to teach students ranging in age from infancy through eight years (grade three), depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all relevant subject matter.

Associate degree
E-Commerce + Electronic Commerce
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree E-Commerce + Electronic Commerce: A program that prepares individuals to plan, manage, supervise, and market electronic business operations, products, and services provided online via the Internet. Includes instruction in business administration, information technology, inf...

Associate degree
Drafting and Design Technology + Technician
General
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Drafting and Design Technology + Technician, General: A program that prepares individuals to generally apply technical skills to create working drawings and computer simulations for a variety of applications. Includes instruction in specification interpretation, dimensionin...

Associate degree
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications: A program that focuses on the design, implementation, and management of linked systems of computers, peripherals, and associated software to maximize efficiency and productivity, and that prepares individuals to function as...

Associate degree
Computer Programming + Programmer
General
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Computer Programming + Programmer, General: A program that focuses on the general writing and implementation of generic and customized programs to drive operating systems and that generally prepares individuals to apply the methods and procedures of software design and progr...

Associate degree
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
Other
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other: Any instructional program in computer and information sciences and support services not listed in the Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, General category.

Associate degree
Business Administration and Management
General
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Business Administration and Management, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control the functions and processes of a firm or organization. Includes instruction in management theory, human resources management and behavior, a...

Associate degree
Audiovisual Communications Technologies + Technicians
Other
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Audiovisual Communications Technologies + Technicians, Other: Any instructional program in audiovisual communications technologies not listed in the Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians, General category.

Associate degree
Accounting Technology + Technician and Bookkeeping
Highline Community College

General Description for:
Highline Community College Associate degree Accounting Technology + Technician and Bookkeeping: A program that prepares individuals to provide technical administrative support to professional accountants and other financial management personnel. Includes instruction in posting transactions to accounts, record-keeping...

 
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