About Houghton

Mission

Houghton College provides an academically challenging, Christ-centered education in the liberal arts and sciences to students from diverse traditions and economic backgrounds and equips them to lead and labor as scholar-servants in a changing world.

Enrollment

1,200 students representing 40 states and Canadian provinces and 25 foreign countries.

First-Year Student Profile

(Incoming class of fall 2008)

• Average SAT = 1166
• Mid 50% SAT = 1050-1270
• Average ACT = 26
• Mid 50% ACT = 23-29
• 40% from the top 10 percent of their high school class
• 66% from the top quarter of their high school class
• 3.54 average high school GPA

Faculty

• 130 faculty members, 94 full-time
• 80% of faculty hold doctoral degrees
• Student/faculty ratio 12:1

Degrees Offered

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BS), Bachelor of Music (BMus), Master of Arts in Music (MA), Master of Music (MMus), Master of Arts in Theological Studies (MA), Master of Education (MEd) in Literacy.

Accreditation

Houghton College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the Regents of the University of the State of New York, and is a member of the National Association of Schools of Music.

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (3624 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19104; phone: 267-284-5000) is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

The National Association of Schools of Music is a specialized accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Educational and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.