Liberal Arts at Houghton College

Every liberal arts school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the liberal studies program at Houghton College stacks up to those at other schools.

Houghton is located in Houghton, New York and approximately 902 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Liberal Arts section at the bottom of this page.

Houghton Liberal Arts Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Liberal Studies

Online Classes Are Available at Houghton

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Houghton does offer online courses in liberal studies for the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Houghton Liberal Arts Rankings

Liberal Studies Student Demographics at Houghton

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the liberal studies majors at Houghton College.

Houghton Liberal Arts Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of liberal studies associate's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in liberal studies only graduates about 36% men each year. The program at Houghton may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 2% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Houghton College with a associate's in liberal studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

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Careers That Liberal Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Houghton College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Professors	6,440	$112,000

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By college under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.