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On this page below the city data, you’ll also find a list of the Universities and Colleges in Des Moines. Clicking on the Colleges's name will take you to a profile containing contact information, program facts, tuition and fees, affiliation and accreditation, admission requirements, information on student enrollment, and much more. Being able to see all the college options in a city can help you decide whether college or university study in Des Moines is right for you.
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DES MOINES, WASHINGTON QUICK STATSCounty: King
Incorporated: 1959
Elevation: 100 feet
Land Area: 6.34 square miles
Population Density: 4536 people per square mile
Population: 28,755
Races (City): White Non-Hispanic (71.7%), Black (7.2%), Hispanic (6.6%), Two or more races (4.8%), Other race (3.3%), Filipino (2.2%), American Indian (2.1%), Other Asian (1.7%), Vietnamese (1.7%), Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (1.3%), Japanese (0.8%), Asian Indian (0.7%), Chinese (0.6%), Korean (0.5%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
Ancestries (City): German (15.9%), English (10.0%), Irish (9.8%), Norwegian (5.9%), United States (5.0%), French (3.9%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Kent, WA (4.3 miles , pop. 79,524)
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Seattle, WA (16.1 miles , pop. 563,374)
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (943.0 miles , pop. 3,694,820)
Nearest cities: Normandy Park, WA (1.8 miles ), SeaTac, WA (1.9 miles ), Kent, WA (2.1 miles ), Lakeland North, WA (2.2 miles ), Burien, WA (2.3 miles ), Federal Way, WA (2.4 miles ), Tukwila, WA (2.5 miles ), East Hill-Meridian, WA (2.5 miles )
Des Moines Compared to State Average: Black race population percentage above state average. Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
DES MOINES, WASHINGTON EDUCATION FACTSHigh school or higher: 87.50%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 22.90%
Graduate or professional degree: 6.50%
Colleges/Universities in Des Moines:
HIGHLINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Full-time enrollment: 4,288, Location: PO BOX 98000, Public)
Colleges/Universities with over 2000 Students Nearest to Des Moines:
SEATTLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-SOUTH CAMPUS about 10 miles, SEATTLE, WA, Full-time enrollment: 3,013 RENTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE about 11 miles, RENTON, WA, FT enrollment: 2,623 UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND about 12 miles, TACOMA, WA, FT enrollment: 2,754 BATES TECHNICAL COLLEGE about 13 miles, TACOMA, WA, FT enrollment: 3,710 GREEN RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE about 13 miles, AUBURN, WA, FT enrollment: 4,568 TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE about 14 miles, TACOMA, WA, FT enrollment: 3,710 SEATTLE UNIVERSITY about 16 miles, SEATTLE, WA, FT enrollment: 4,743
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