College · Private nonprofit · Houghton, NY · Rural
Houghton University
Houghton, NY
Religious affiliation
Admit rate89%
6-yr median pay$36k
Net price / yr$21k
Undergrad size753
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $21k/yr for a shot at a $36k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 89% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1284 · ACT 26.
If you get in
753 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $31k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $21k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$125k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$82k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$42k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.3x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $18.4k
- Room & board
- $11.4k
- Books & supplies
- $1,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants28%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans48%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $12k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr65%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$36k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$47k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 753
- Location
- Houghton, NY
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- Houghton University
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White76%
- International7%
- Unknown6%
- Black5%
- Two or more races3%
- Hispanic2%
- Asian1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students17%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time4%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$60k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 39
What you can study.