Houghton College: Statistics
Updated:
| Position | Category |
|---|---|
| #3506 of 14,131 | In the World |
| #982 of 2,597 | In North America |
| #914 of 2,496 | In the United States |
| #87 of 221 | In New York State |
| #515 of 1,957 | For Veterinary |
Quick Review
- Religion
- Wesleyan
- Acceptance rate
- 77%
- Undergraduates
- 805
- Graduates
- 28
- Male:Female Ratio
- 37:63
- Control
- Private
not-for-profit - Highest Degree
- Master's degree
- Website
- www.houghton.edu
Houghton College Acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Houghton College has an acceptance rate of 77% and is in the middle in terms of the difficulty of admission among universities in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acceptance Rate | 77% | 76% | 78% |
| Applicants | 974 | 357 | 617 |
| Admissions | 750 | 271 | 479 |
| Freshmen enrolled full time | 180 | 70 | 110 |
217 students enrolled in some distance education courses.
106 enrolled exclusively in distance education.
SAT scores
Among admitted applicants
56 or 31%
submitted SAT
25% of them
had 1110
or below
75% of them
had 1320
or below
Typical SAT scores of first-years in Houghton College are 1110-1320 (middle 50% range).
ACT scores
Among admitted applicants
3 or 2%
submitted ACT
Admissions requirements
| Secondary school GPA | Required |
|---|---|
| College-preparatory program | Considered but not required |
| Formal demonstration of competencies | Considered but not required |
| Recommendations | Considered but not required |
| SAT/ACT | Considered but not required |
| Secondary school rank | Considered but not required |
| Secondary school record | Considered but not required |
| TOEFL | Considered but not required |
| Other Tests | Neither required nor recommended |
Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity
| White | 613 (74%) |
|---|---|
| Black or African American | 58 (7%) |
| Nonresident Alien | 48 (6%) |
| Race or Ethnicity unknown | 44 (5%) |
| Two or more races | 34 (4%) |
| Asian | 18 (2%) |
| Hispanic | 13 (2%) |
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 2 (0.2%) |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 (0.2%) |
Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees
The average net cost to attend Houghton College is $21,550 per year, calculated as the sum of the average cost of tuition, room and board, books, and supplies, reduced by the amount of average financial aid received.
The final cost of attendance varies for each student based on household income, residency, program, and other factors.
Average costs by household income
| <$30K | $16,492 |
|---|---|
| $30-48K | $16,611 |
| $48-75K | $19,918 |
| $75-110K | $21,757 |
| $110K+ | $24,886 |
Tuition and fees
| Undergraduates | Graduates | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition in-district | $15,900 | $20,905 |
| Tuition in-state | $15,900 | $20,905 |
| Tuition out-of-state | $15,900 | $20,905 |
| Fee in-district | $546 | |
| Fee in-state | $546 | |
| Fee out-of-state | $546 |
Room and board costs
| Dormitory capacity | 978 |
|---|---|
| Combined charge for room and board | $10,336 |
| Room charge | $5,446 |
| Meal charge | $4,890 |
Houghton College majors
Houghton College has granted 209 bachelor's degrees across 35 programs and 16 master's across 5 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at Houghton College.
| Major | Associate | Bachelor | Master |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration and Management, General | 31 | 9 | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences & Liberal Studies | 32 | ||
| Biology & Biological Sciences, General | 26 | ||
| Psychology, General | 24 | ||
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 17 | ||
| Elementary Education and Teaching | 14 | ||
| Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies | 14 | ||
| Art & Art Studies, General | 9 | ||
| Theology & Theological Studies | 1 | 7 | |
| History, General | 6 | ||
| Human Resources Management & Personnel Administration, General | 5 | ||
| Mathematics, General | 5 | ||
| Music Teacher Education | 5 | ||
| Accounting | 4 | ||
| Exercise Science and Kinesiology | 4 | ||
| Music, General | 1 | 3 | |
| Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign) | 4 | ||
| Writing, General | 4 | ||
| Music, Other | 3 | ||
| Biochemistry | 2 | ||
| Chemistry, General | 2 | ||
| Conducting | 2 | ||
| Criminal Justice & Safety Studies | 2 | ||
| Human Resources Development | 2 | ||
| Marketing & Marketing Management, General | 2 | ||
| Multi- & Interdisciplinary Studies, General | 2 | ||
| Music Performance, General | 1 | 1 | |
| Physics, General | 2 | ||
| Political Science and Government, General | 2 | ||
| Spanish Language and Literature | 2 | ||
| Bible & Biblical Studies | 1 | ||
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | 1 | ||
| Development Economics and International Development | 1 | ||
| English Language and Literature, General | 1 | ||
| Information Science & Studies | 1 | ||
| Music Theory and Composition | 1 | ||
| Secondary Education and Teaching | 1 | ||
| Spanish Language Teacher Education | 1 | ||
| Grand Total | 33 | 209 | 16 |
Houghton College has a graduation rate of 60%, which is among the 39% highest for universities in the US.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduation rate | 60% | 59% | 61% |
| |||
Publications & Citations
Houghton College has published 1,195 scientific papers with 26,128 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Chemistry, Medicine, Environmental Science, Genetics, Biochemistry, Engineering, Ecology, Immunology, and Geology.
Publication / Citation count by topic
Annual publication & citation counts
| Year | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 8 | 395 |
| 1992 | 12 | 416 |
| 1993 | 5 | 386 |
| 1994 | 6 | 345 |
| 1995 | 8 | 317 |
| 1996 | 5 | 321 |
| 1997 | 8 | 351 |
| 1998 | 5 | 366 |
| 1999 | 7 | 284 |
| 2000 | 12 | 337 |
| 2001 | 6 | 298 |
| 2002 | 10 | 300 |
| 2003 | 2 | 323 |
| 2004 | 19 | 392 |
| 2005 | 13 | 408 |
| 2006 | 9 | 384 |
| 2007 | 13 | 376 |
| 2008 | 7 | 363 |
| 2009 | 6 | 403 |
| 2010 | 13 | 437 |
| 2011 | 16 | 406 |
| 2012 | 21 | 393 |
| 2013 | 16 | 566 |
| 2014 | 18 | 493 |
| 2015 | 27 | 595 |
| 2016 | 28 | 623 |
| 2017 | 26 | 675 |
| 2018 | 17 | 885 |
| 2019 | 27 | 1042 |
| 2020 | 23 | 918 |
| 2021 | 25 | 1303 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1306 |
| 2023 | 10 | 1167 |
Notable alumni
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Deborah L. Birx
- Enrolled in Houghton College
- In 1976 graduated with Bachelor of Science in chemistry
- Occupations
- diplomatphysicianimmunologistresearchersoldier
- 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
- international forum participant
- 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 (NFL). She was also the president of Pegula Sports and Entertainment, the holding company that managed the Bills as well as the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League, in addition to several other minor league sports teams and entertainment assets, under one entity, prior to PSE's dissolution in 2023. By extension she was the president of several teams under Pegula Sports and Entertainment, including the Bills and Sabres. Pegula, Shahid Khan, 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 Climate and Social Justice at the University of Winchester, and has associate roles as a Professor of Black Theology at The Queen's Foundation, and a Professor of Theology at Vu University, Amsterdam. His documentaries for both the BBC and Channel 4 have caused debate among the religious community, instigated policy change and won national and international awards.
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Richard Mouw
- Years
- 1940-.. (age 84)
- Occupations
- theologianuniversity teacherphilosopher
- 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.
-
Douglas Comer
- Years
- 1949-.. (age 75)
- Occupations
- computer scientist
- Biography
-
Douglas Earl Comer is a professor of computer science at Purdue University, where he teaches courses on operating systems and computer networks. He has written numerous research papers and textbooks, and currently heads several networking research projects. He has been involved in TCP/IP and internetworking since the late 1970s, and is an internationally recognized authority. He designed and implemented X25NET and Cypress networks, and the Xinu operating system. He is director of the Internetworking Research Group at Purdue, editor of Software - Practice and Experience, and a former member of the Internet Architecture Board. Comer completed the original version of Xinu in 1979. Since then, Xinu has been expanded and ported to a wide variety of platforms, including: IBM PC, Macintosh, Digital Equipment Corporation VAX and DECstation 3100, Sun Microsystems Sun-2, Sun-3 and SPARCstations, and Intel Pentium. It has been used as the basis for many research projects. Furthermore, Xinu has been used as an embedded system in products by companies such as Motorola, Mitsubishi, Hewlett-Packard, and Lexmark.
-
Neil MacBride
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
-
Neil Harvey MacBride is an American attorney who is the 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.
-
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 teacher
- 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 | 189 |
| 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 |