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Houghton College Overview

Houghton College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Houghton, New York. Houghton is located in the countryside, which is perfect for students who enjoy a rural lifestyle.

What Is Houghton College Known For?

0 Undergraduate Awards
$23,723 Avg Cost After Aid
79% Acceptance Rate
  • The 1% student loan default rate at Houghton is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
  • Although it may not be available for every major, the master's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Houghton.
  • In <nil>, 58% of the faculty were full-time.
  • The average Houghton student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Houghton College?

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Contact details for Houghton are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1 Willard Ave, Houghton, NY 14744
Phone: 585-567-9200
Website: www.houghton.edu

How Do I Get Into Houghton?

You can apply to Houghton online at: https://www.houghton.edu/undergraduate/houghton-ny/admission/applying/

Admission Requirements for Houghton

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Considered but not required
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Neither required nor recommended
Recommendations Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Considered but not required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Houghton?

79% Acceptance Rate
65% Of Accepted Are Women
28% Submit SAT Scores
The acceptance rate at Houghton College is 79%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 35% of accepted students are men and 65% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 78%, and the acceptance rate for women is 80%.

Average Test Scores

About 28% of students accepted to Houghton submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 660. Math scores were between 540 and 630.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Houghton College  ( 540 to 660 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Houghton College  ( 540 to 630 )
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800
Houghton received ACT scores from 6% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 32. Math scores were between 19 and 26. Composite scores were between 20 and 31.

ACT English Scores for Houghton College  ( 18 to 32 )
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ACT Math Scores for Houghton College  ( 19 to 26 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Houghton College  ( 20 to 31 )
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36

Can I Afford Houghton College?

$23,723 Net Price
62% Take Out Loans
0.6% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Houghton is $23,723. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Houghton, approximately 62% of students took out student loans averaging $9,246 a year. That adds up to $36,984 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Houghton is 0.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Houghton College Undergraduate Student Diversity

807 Full-Time Undergraduates
63% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 863 undergraduate students at Houghton, with 807 being full-time and 56 being part-time.

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There are also 32 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 807 full-time undergraduates at Houghton, 37% are male and 63% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Houghton College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 18
Black or African American 62
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 591
International Students 43
Other Races/Ethnicities 85

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Houghton College. At this time, 23 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 34 countries are represented at Houghton. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, South Korea, and China.

Online Learning at Houghton College

91 Took All Classes Online
209 Took At Least One Class Online
50.1% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 209 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Houghton has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 82nd most popular in New York for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Houghton

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Houghton College was 50.1%. This is the #668 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Houghton regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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