Computer & IS Security at Highline College

If you plan to study computer and IS security, take a look at what Highline College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Highline is located in Des Moines, Washington and has a total student population of 5,829. Of the 14 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Highline College in 2021, 14 of them were computer and IS security majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer & IS Security section at the bottom of this page.

Highline Computer & IS Security Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance

Highline Computer & IS Security Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance programs across the country. The following shows how Highline performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance major at Highline is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer & IS Security. 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 Focused Computer & IS Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools	55
Most Popular Computer & IS Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools	77
Most Focused Computer & IS Security Schools	200
Most Popular Computer & IS Security Associate Degree Schools	212
Most Focused Computer & IS Security Associate Degree Schools	213
Most Popular Computer & IS Security Schools	259

Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Student Demographics at Highline

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance majors at Highline College.

Highline Computer & IS Security Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Highline College with a associate's in computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance.

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

Highline Computer & IS Security Bachelor’s Program

Of the 14 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance from Highline in 2021, 100% were men and 0% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance 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 computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Highline also has a doctoral program available in computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management/Manager

Careers That Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance 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
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,690	$159,290
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	8,920	$92,750
Computer Network Architects	5,800	$111,960
Computer Network Support Specialists	3,940	$81,270
Information Security Analysts	2,690	$107,800

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.