Highline Community College

We deliver innovative education and training opportunities to foster your personal and professional success in our multicultural world and global economy. We help you build a better future.

Highline Community College is nationally and internationally recognized as a premier community college, a reputation earned through the development of an institutional culture that values innovation, globalization of curriculum, and community participation. Highline is one of 34 community and technical colleges in the state of Washington.

Highline Community College was founded in 1961 as the first community college in King County. It serves approximately 16,900 students and has in excess of 350,000 alumni. The current campus was built in 1964 with additional buildings added in following years to meet student and technology needs.

Highline offers associate degrees that provide preparation for transfer to four-year colleges or universities along with Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degrees and/or certificates in approximately 40 professional-technical education programs, designed to help students succeed in today’s marketplace. Highline also offers pre-college, basic education, short-term training programs and continuing education.

Clubs and organizations have been organized by students with common interests and career goals. Clubs offer a comfortable atmosphere for students to meet others, have fun, and gain leadership skills! Highline currently has over 40 recognized clubs.

Highline’s main campus is located on an 80-acre wooded site in the Pacific Northwest, 20 minutes south of downtown Seattle. Perched on a hill in Des Moines, Washington, the main campus overlooks beautiful Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains. Classes are also provided at a campus in Federal Way, the Marine Science and Technology Center at Redondo Beach, and additional service-area locations such as Burien and White Center.