Area Report for Board of Trustees
I hope the summer is off to a great start. My report will be focused primarily on commencement and graduation activities. It’s been a month since commencement, a wonderful and powerful evening for our students receiving their degrees and certificates, celebrated with their family and friends. The arena was full and attendees were filled with pride as our staff, faculty and guests celebrated the achievements of our students.
To put the evening and celebrations in perspective, I’m providing commencement data for your review. This information represents the significant achievements of our students and I’m proud to share this with all of you and our campus community.
Many thanks to Enrollment Services, in particular, David Nguyen for running the queries and providing the report. This information also provides an opportunity to see how we can better assist our diverse group of students in achieving their goals for the future through planning and collaboration between departments/programs on campus.
| Total Unduplicated Number of Graduates* |
1588 |
| * (all Degree, Certificate and Diplomas earned, or applied to graduate expecting to earn, between Summer 2017 and Summer 2018; excludes GED) | |
| Total Graduates by Credential Type |
1867 |
| (a student may earn more than one credential, so these numbers contain duplication of individual students) | |
| Total students earning 2-year Degrees |
1358 |
| Of the 2-year Degree Graduates: | |
| Students earning more than one 2-yr degree |
29 |
| Students earning an AA degree |
627 |
| Students earning an Associate of Business |
105 |
| Students earning an Associate of Pre-Nursing |
77 |
| Students earning an Associate in Biology |
20 |
| Students earning an AS degree |
114 |
| Students earning an AAS degree |
402 |
| Students earning an AAS of Registered Nursing |
78 |
| Students with Highest Scholastic Achievement (4.0 GPA) |
637 |
| Students Graduating with Honors (≥3.5 GPA) |
24 |
| Students earning an Applied Bachelor Degree |
56 |
| Students earning one or more Certificate |
273 |
| Students earning a High School Diploma |
193 |
| Students who earned a GED** |
141 |
| **(GED students are not included in any of other statistics here as we do not collect complete records for them and cannot be adequately determined as unduplicated from the other records, but they are listed in the program in their own section.) | |
| Graduates by Race/Ethnicity | Head Count | Percent of Total Grads |
| (out of 1588) | ||
| American Indian/ Alaska Native |
9 |
0.57% |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
321 |
20.21% |
| (Asian group includes Pacific Islanders/Native Hawaiian) |
21 |
1.32% |
|
Black/African American |
184 |
11.59% |
| Latino/Hispanic |
63 |
3.97% |
| Multiracial |
235 |
14.80% |
| White/Caucasian |
430 |
27.08% |
| Unknown/Unreported Ethnicity |
325 |
20.47% |
| Youngest Graduate |
17 |
| Oldest Graduate |
73 |
| Immigrants (declared as such on admission) |
227 |
| Refugees (declared as such on admission) |
46 |
| International Students |
181 |
| Number of ISP countries represented |
15 |
| Veterans (using benefits) |
42 |
| Sex/Gender | ||
| Female |
1009 |
63.54% |
| Male |
572 |
36.02% |
| Sex Unreported |
7 |
0.44% |
| Gender Identity (97% response rate) | ||
| Feminine |
688 |
47.74% |
|
Masculine |
371 |
25.75% |
| Transgender/Androgynous/Gender Neutral |
28 |
1.94% |
|
Other |
34 |
2.36% |
| Prefer not to answer |
320 |
22.21% |
In addition, I want to thank the commencement committee and the numerous volunteers who made the evening special for our entire Highline College community. A special thanks to Rachel Collins and Iesha Valencia, commencement co-chairs this past year. Your leadership, vision and attention to detail was greatly appreciated.
Report submitted Jul. 10, 2019, by President John R. Mosby, Ph.D.