Houghton University
Cost & Tuition
Student Debt
Median total debt: $20,313
Students with federal loans: 56.0%
Students with Pell grants: 33.8%
Career Outcomes
All graduates median earnings:
After 1 year: $27,345
After 5 years: $43,607
Majors(37 programs)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations.(48 graduates)
- Theological and Ministerial Studies.(27 graduates)
- Biology, General.(20 graduates)
- Communication and Media Studies.(17 graduates)
- Psychology, General.(17 graduates)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.(15 graduates)
- Mathematics.(11 graduates)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.(8 graduates)
- Political Science and Government.(8 graduates)
- Music.(8 graduates)
- History.(8 graduates)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General.(7 graduates)
- Fine and Studio Arts.(7 graduates)
- Marketing.(7 graduates)
- English Language and Literature, General.(6 graduates)
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.(6 graduates)
- Human Resources Management and Services.(6 graduates)
- Agricultural and Domestic Animal Services.(5 graduates)
- Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology.(5 graduates)
- Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies.(5 graduates)
- Physics.(5 graduates)
- Design and Applied Arts.(5 graduates)
- Accounting and Related Services.(5 graduates)
- Area Studies.(4 graduates)
- Information Science/Studies.(4 graduates)
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General.(4 graduates)
- Economics.(4 graduates)
- Philosophy.(3 graduates)
- Chemistry.(3 graduates)
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.(2 graduates)
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.(2 graduates)
- Bible/Biblical Studies.(1 graduates)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections.(1 graduates)
- Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language.
- Engineering Physics.
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.
- Sociology.
Institution Details
Undergraduate Enrollment: 867 students
Admission Rate: 92.7%
Retention Rate: 77.0%
Graduation Rate: 64.7%
Student Demographics
White (74.9%)
Hispanic (1.5%)
Black (6.3%)
Asian (2.4%)
Two or More (3.8%)
International (6.3%)
Gender Distribution
Men (33.2%)
Women (66.8%)