HIGHLINE COLLEGE
2400 South 240th Street, PO Box 98000 • Des Moines, WA 98198 • www.highline.edu
President: Dr. Jack Bermingham, 206-592-3200, jbermingham@highline.edu
Trustees: Dan Altmayer, chair; Debrena Jackson Gandy, Fred Mendoza, Bob Roegner,
Fiasili (Sili) Savusa
KEY FACTS (Data from 2014-2015 academic year unless otherwise noted)
Year Founded: 1961
Service Area: southwest King County
Legislative Districts: 11, 30, 33,
34, 47
Programs: 4 bachelor’s degrees, 54
associate degrees and 80 professional
certificates in more than 100 areas of
study.
Highest Enrolled Programs:
• Physical and Life Sciences
• Business/Accounting
• Psychology/Human Services
• Nursing/Health Occupations
• Computer Science/Computer
Information Systems
Enrollment:
Headcount (all sources)
FTES (all sources)
Headcount (state-funded)
FTES (state-funded)
16,866
7,905
13,737
6,005
Students in Selected Programs
(Headcount):
Applied Bachelor’s Degree
53
I-BEST60
International Students
764
Running Start
1,250
Worker Retraining
444
STUDENT PROFILE — STATE FUNDED
21+39+355 67+33
Enrollment by course intent
Attendance
5%
pre-college
35%
basic
skills
21%
workforce
education
39%
academic/
transfer
Ethnicity:*
Asian/Pacific Islander
24%
African American
20%
Native American
2%
Hispanic23%
Other, Multiracial
6%
White/Caucasian30%
Gender:
Female59%
Male41%
33%
full-time
67%
part-time
Median Age:27
Family and Finances:
Students receiving
need-based financial aid in
eligible programs
39%
Students who work
42%
Students with children
27%
* May not add up to 100% because
students may be counted in more
than one race.
POINTS OF INTEREST
New Grants and Highline leverages state funding by pursuing grants to provide supplemental programs and services for
Programs students from its diverse communities:
• A $1.5 million, five-year federal grant will improve and expand Highline’s capacity to serve AsianAmerican and Pacific Islander students with the goal of improving academic outcomes.
• In a Highline-led project, a $1.34 million grant from the National Science Foundation will boost faculty
teamwork in the geosciences and impact some 250,000 students nationwide.
• A $1.1 million, five-year federal grant will allow Highline to continue its TRiO Student Support Services
program, which was established in 2010.
National Recognition Highline has won national praise for inspired faculty and superb education, including the Higher Education
Excellence in Diversity Award three years in a row, from 2013 through 2015, from Insight into Diversity
magazine. (Highline was one of the few two-year colleges recognized nationally.) Highline also won the
2014 Award of Excellence for Advancing Diversity from the American Association of Community Colleges
and was twice named a top 100 associate degree producing college by Community College Week: in 2014,
Highline was 48th in associate degree producers for Asian-American students and in 2013 was 53rd in
associate degree producers for Asian-American students and 29th in certificate producers for AfricanAmerican students. Highline was also named a Great College to Work For in 2015, 2013, and 2010 by The
Chronicle of Higher Education.
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Economic Highline contributes to the economic development of south King County by providing no-cost business
Development training and one-to-one technical assistance for new and existing businesses. Such assistance helps local
businesses achieve sustainability and self-efficiency. In 2014, Highline provided 2,238 hours of service to
more than 637 clients and helped launch 17 new business, stabilize 11 existing businesses, create 44 new
jobs, retain 11 current jobs, and generate $2.85 million in loans and investments. Highline’s economic
development initiatives include StartZone and the Small Business Development Center.