We’re on a mission.

At Houghton University we provide an academically challenging Christ-centered education in the liberal arts and sciences. We serve students from diverse traditions and economic backgrounds and equip them to lead and labor as scholar-servants. In a changing world, our Houghton graduates are ready to go out and make an impact for the kingdom.

Christ-centered

We were founded and established under the direction and mission of The Wesleyan Church. 139 years of  fearlessly declaring the gospel, living intentional lives for Christ, and thanking God for his faithfulness to Houghton.

Close Community

We are a small, tight-knit community committed to serving nearly 1,000 diverse and deeply curious students – from 44 states and 25 countries.

Student Success

We get to be a part of students’ stories. As their journey and calling unfolds at Houghton, we walk beside them and celebrate with them as they find fulfilling careers. 97% of the class of 2022 are employed or in graduate school just 6 months after graduation.

Free access to Athletic Facilities for you and your family.

Access to the library, dining commons and Campus Store for you and your family.

Access to the Houghton Trails, Disc Golf course and EPIC Adventures ropes course and equipment rentals.

Engage in multiple opportunities for worship every week with the campus community during Chapel, communion and more.

Christ-centered

At the heart of everything we do, is our shared Christian faith. As a community we affirm this during our weekly Chapels.

Excellence

Our employees are equipped to serve with excellence in the classroom, the office, the athletic field, and in their families.

Growth

Our world is constantly changing and so are the needs of our students. We are prepared to grow along side of them and help them to thrive.

Service

We’ve been called to this place for this time, and serving our students is one of ways we can make a difference in the world for Christ.

Community

Many of us live close to campus and worship along side one another. We walk out our faith together and experience friendship that is rooted in loving one another.

We believe in God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

We believe that Jesus Christ the Son suffered in our place on the cross, that He died but rose again, that He now sits at the Father’s right hand until He returns to judge every person at the last day.

We believe in the Holy Scriptures as the inspired and inerrant Word of God.

We believe that by the grace of God every person has the ability and responsibility to choose between right and wrong, and that those who repent of their sin and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ are justified by faith.

We believe that God not only counts the believer as righteous, but that He makes such persons righteous, freeing them from sin’s dominion at conversion, purifying their hearts by faith, perfecting them in love at entire sanctification, and providing for their growth in grace at every stage of spiritual life, enabling them through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit to live victorious lives.