Houghton College Campus Life
Campus life
The campus as a place: setting, size, calendar and who studies here.
Campus at a glance
Remote rural
Outside any urbanized area or urban cluster.
- City
- Suburb
- Town
- Rural (this campus)
753 students
Smaller than 71% of colleges
National median 1,603 students
Undergraduates with Pell Grants
- Receive a Pell Grant
- 26.6%
- TypePrivate nonprofit
- ClassLiberal arts college
- CalendarSemester
- AthleticsNCAA Division III
Nearby college towns
- Alfred21.9 mi
- Saint Bonaventure29.1 mi
- Geneseo30.7 mi
- Hamburg40.7 mi
Verified data from IPEDS and the College Scorecard. Distances are straight-line miles.
Race/ethnicity
Source: U.S. College Scorecard · 2025
Among undergraduates at Houghton College, the largest reported group is White (75.6%), followed by Non-resident (7%).
| Group | Undergraduates | Full-time instructional staff |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0.8% | 0% |
| Asian | 0.9% | 5.3% |
| Black | 5.3% | 1.8% |
| Hispanic | 1.7% | 0% |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 0.3% | 0% |
| White | 75.6% | 91.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% | 0% |
| Non-resident | 7% | 0% |
| Unknown | 5.6% | 1.8% |
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- 88.7%Houghton College admitted 797 of 1,008 applicants.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- 25.6%of admitted students chose to enroll (the yield rate): 204 of 797.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- $52,730median annual earnings of former students who received federal aid.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
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