Biblical Studies at Houghton College

If you are interested in studying Biblical studies, you may want to check out the program at Houghton College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Houghton is located in Houghton, New York and approximately 902 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 3 Bible majors received their bachelor's degree from Houghton.

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

Houghton Biblical Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Bible

Houghton Biblical Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the Bible progam at Houghton compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The Bible major at Houghton is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biblical Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	114
Most Popular Biblical Studies Schools	146
Most Focused Biblical Studies Schools	150

Bible Student Demographics at Houghton

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

Houghton Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 Bible majors earned their bachelor's degree from Houghton. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical Bible bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% women. So female students are more repesented at Houghton since its program graduates 62% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in Bible at Houghton are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

Houghton also has a doctoral program available in Bible. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Theological & Ministerial Studies

Careers That Bible Grads May Go Into

A degree in Bible 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
Religious Activities and Education Directors	4,960	$45,340
Philosophy and Religion Professors	3,530	$80,480

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.