Houghton College Rankings
| Rank | Ranking |
|---|---|
| #4332 of 14,131 | In the World |
| #1221 of 2,597 | In North America |
| #1147 of 2,496 | In the United States |
| #112 of 221 | In New York State |
Quick Review
- Religion
- Wesleyan
- Acceptance rate
- 80%
- Undergraduates
- 870
- Graduates
- 32
- Male:Female Ratio
- 40:60
- Control
- Private
not-for-profit - Highest Degree
- Master's degree
- Website
- www.houghton.edu
Houghton College Acceptance rate and Admissions statistics
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acceptance Rate | 80% | 78% | 81% |
| Applicants | 1,004 | 391 | 613 |
| Admissions | 803 | 304 | 499 |
| Freshmen enrolled full time | 169 | 76 | 93 |
145 students enrolled in some distance education courses.
135 enrolled exclusively in distance education.
Admissions requirements
| Recommendations | Required |
|---|---|
| Secondary school GPA | Required |
| Secondary school record | Required |
| TOEFL | Required |
| College-preparatory program | Recommended |
| Secondary school rank | Recommended |
| SAT/ACT | Considered but not required |
| Formal demonstration of competencies | Neither required nor recommended |
| Other Tests | Neither required nor recommended |
Enrollment by race or ethnicity
| White | 674 (75%) |
|---|---|
| Race or Ethnicity unknown | 54 (6%) |
| Black or African American | 50 (6%) |
| Two or more races | 45 (5%) |
| Asian | 34 (4%) |
| Nonresident Alien | 32 (4%) |
| Hispanic | 9 (1%) |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 (0.2%) |
Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees
Average costs by household income
| <$30K | $26,519 |
|---|---|
| $30-48K | $20,548 |
| $48-75K | $20,998 |
| $75-110K | $22,845 |
| $110K+ | $24,896 |
Tuition and fees
| Undergraduates | Graduates | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition in-district | $33,920 | $11,784 |
| Tuition in-state | $33,920 | $11,784 |
| Tuition out-of-state | $33,920 | $11,784 |
| Fee in-district | $546 | |
| Fee in-state | $546 | |
| Fee out-of-state | $546 |
Room and board price
| Dormitory capacity | 1,015 |
|---|---|
| Combined charge for room and board | $9,856 |
| Room charge | $5,288 |
| Meal charge | $4,568 |
Houghton College Majors
| Major | Associate's degree | Bachelor's | Master's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration and Management, General | 41 | ||
| Theology & Theological Studies | 2 | 21 | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences & Liberal Studies | 21 | ||
| Biology & Biological Sciences, General | 18 | ||
| Psychology, General | 15 | ||
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 12 | ||
| Elementary Education and Teaching | 10 | ||
| Mathematics, General | 7 | ||
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | 6 | ||
| Music Teacher Education | 6 | ||
| Design and Visual Communications, General | 5 | ||
| Environmental Biology | 5 | ||
| History, General | 5 | ||
| Political Science and Government, General | 5 | ||
| Accounting | 4 | ||
| Art & Art Studies, General | 4 | ||
| Development Economics and International Development | 4 | ||
| English Language and Literature, General | 4 | ||
| Human Resources Management & Personnel Administration, General | 4 | ||
| Multi- & Interdisciplinary Studies, General | 4 | ||
| Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies | 4 | ||
| Physics, General | 4 | ||
| Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign) | 4 | ||
| Secondary Education and Teaching | 4 | ||
| Chemistry, General | 3 | ||
| Conducting | 3 | ||
| Equestrian & Equine Studies | 3 | ||
| Information Science & Studies | 3 | ||
| Marketing & Marketing Management, General | 3 | ||
| Music Performance, General | 3 | ||
| Music, Other | 3 | ||
| Biochemistry | 2 | ||
| Music, General | 1 | 1 | |
| Writing, General | 2 | ||
| Bible & Biblical Studies | 1 | ||
| Philosophy | 1 | ||
| Grand Total | 23 | 221 | 4 |
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduation rate | 65% | 57% | 68% |
| |||
Publications & Citations
Publication / Citation count by topic
Annual publication & citation counts
| Year | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2 | 3 |
| 1992 | 1 | 8 |
| 1993 | 2 | 9 |
| 1994 | 1 | 3 |
| 1995 | 4 | 2 |
| 1996 | 2 | 6 |
| 1997 | 3 | 11 |
| 1998 | 3 | 9 |
| 1999 | 2 | 18 |
| 2000 | 1 | 30 |
| 2001 | 1 | 36 |
| 2002 | 2 | 44 |
| 2003 | 0 | 42 |
| 2004 | 0 | 53 |
| 2005 | 1 | 47 |
| 2006 | 2 | 43 |
| 2007 | 5 | 80 |
| 2008 | 2 | 106 |
| 2009 | 2 | 110 |
| 2010 | 14 | 125 |
| 2011 | 12 | 215 |
| 2012 | 11 | 214 |
| 2013 | 19 | 320 |
| 2014 | 12 | 294 |
| 2015 | 8 | 300 |
| 2016 | 5 | 300 |
| 2017 | 6 | 313 |
| 2018 | 2 | 323 |
| 2019 | 8 | 485 |
| 2020 | 8 | 380 |
| 2021 | 8 | 395 |
Notable alumni
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Deborah L. Birx
- Enrolled in Houghton College
- In 1976 graduated with Bachelor of Science in chemistry
- Occupations
- immunologistsoldierdiplomatphysician
- Biography
-
Deborah Leah Birx is an American physician and diplomat who served as the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator under President Donald Trump from 2020 to 2021. Birx specializes in HIV/AIDS immunology, vaccine research, and global health. Starting in 2014, she oversaw the implementation of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program to support HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention programs in 65 countries. From 2014-2020, Birx was the United States global AIDS coordinator for presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump and served as the United States special representative for global health diplomacy between 2015 and 2021. Birx was part of the White House Coronavirus Task Force from February 2020 to January 2021. In March 2021, Birx joined ActivePure Technology as Chief Medical and Science Advisor.
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Kim Pegula
- Occupations
- president
- Biography
-
Kim S. Pegula is an American businesswoman and with her husband Terry Pegula, one of the principal owners of the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. She is also the president of Pegula Sports and Entertainment, the holding company that manages the Bills as well as the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League; the Buffalo Bandits and Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League; and the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League. The company also manages the LECOM Harborcenter and Black River Entertainment, an independent record label based in Nashville. By extension she is the president of several teams under Pegula Sports and Entertainment, including the Bills and Sabres. Pegula, Shahid Khan, and Zygi Wilf are the only three NFL team owners who were not born in the United States.
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Robert Beckford
- Occupations
- theologian
- Biography
-
Robert Beckford is a British academic theologian and currently Professor of Black Theology at The Queen's Foundation, whose documentaries for both the BBC and Channel 4 have caused debate among the Christian and British religious community.
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Richard Mouw
- Years
- 1940-.. (age 83)
- Occupations
- theologian
- Biography
-
Richard John Mouw is an American theologian and philosopher. He held the position of President at Fuller Theological Seminary for 20 years (1993–2013), and continues to hold the post of Professor of Faith and Public Life.
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Neil MacBride
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
-
Neil Harvey MacBride is an American attorney who is the Senate-confirmed nominee to be General Counsel of the Department of the Treasury in the Biden Administration. He previously served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed MacBride's nomination as U.S. Attorney on September 15, 2009, and he took office three days later. He left office on September 13, 2013.
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Robert E. Longacre
- Occupations
- linguist
- Biography
-
Robert E. Longacre was an American linguist and missionary who worked on the Triqui language and a text-based theory and method of discourse analysis. He is well known for his seminal studies of discourse structure (text linguistics), but he also made significant contributions in other linguistic areas, especially the historical linguistics of Mixtec, Trique, and other related languages. His PhD was at the University of Pennsylvania under Zellig Harris and Henry Hoenigswald. His 1955 dissertation on Proto-Mixtecan was the first extensive linguistic reconstruction in Mesoamerican languages. This was one of several SIL studies which helped to establish the Oto-Manguean language family as being comparable in time depth to Proto-Indo-European. His research on Trique was the first documented case of a language with five distinct levels of tone.
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Walter Sheffer
- Occupations
- photographer
- Biography
-
Walter S. Sheffer was an American photographer and teacher, born in Youngsville, Pennsylvania. He moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1945 to work at the studio of John Platz, Milwaukee's main society photographer. When Platz retired, Sheffer inherited his clientele and was able to establish his own "look" and very successful portrait studio by 1953. He also taught advanced portraiture at the Layton School of Art from 1952 to 1970.
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Wilfred Conwell Bain
- Occupations
- composermusic pedagogue
- Biography
-
Wilfred Conwell Bain was an American music educator, a university level music school administrator (former Dean of two major music schools spanning 35 years), and an opera theater director at the collegiate level. Bain is widely credited for rapidly transforming to national prominence both the University of North Texas College of Music as dean from 1938 to 1947, and later, Indiana University School of Music as dean from 1947 to 1973. Both institutions are major comprehensive music schools with the largest and second largest enrollments, respectively, of all music schools accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. He was born in Shawville, Quebec, and died in Bloomington, Indiana.
General info
| Alternative names | Houghton |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1883 |
| Motto | Founded on the Rock |
| Colors | purple, gold |
| Academic Calendar | Semesters |
| Total FTE staff | 201 |
| Carnegie Classification | Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus |
Location and Contacts
| Address | 1 Willard Ave Houghton, New York, 14744 United States |
|---|---|
| City population | 1,000 |
| Phone | 5855679200 |
| Fax | +1 (585) 567 9522 |