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Founded in 1961, Highline College has come a long way since its humble beginnings in 14 portable classrooms housed on the campus of Glacier High School on South 142nd Street. Now located on a tree-filled 80-acre hilltop overlooking beautiful Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains, Highline’s location is unrivaled.
The first community college in King County, Highline, had 15 instructors greeting its first 385 students in 1961.
Now with over 15,000 students and more than 350,000 alumni, Highline is one of the state’s largest institutions and one of 34 community and technical colleges in the state of Washington.
This year, 296 students graduated with honors with GPAs of 3.5 and above, and 30 of those had a perfect 4.0 GPA, qualifying them as Highest Scholastic Achievement scholars. Out of the 51 colleges in Washington, Highline is ranked #20.
Highline College seeks to live out these values in everyday practice which includes accessibility, accountability, cultural responsiveness and agency, environmental sustainability, equity-first focus, life-long learning, partnership with local and global communities, respect, social justice, student centered approaches, transparency, and so on.