How many students at Houghton? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 833 students have enrolled in Houghton University with 805 undergraduate and 28 graduate students.

By gender, 311 male and 522 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (1,429 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences).

106 students are enrolled exclusively, and 217 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

Houghton University has a total of 833 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 805 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 28 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 311 male and 522 female students (the male-female ratio is 37:63) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total83380528
Men31130110
Women52250418
Houghton University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartHoughton University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartHoughton University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 613 White, 58 Black, and 18 Asian students out of a total of 833 are attending at Houghton University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American321
Asian18513
Black581444
Hispanic1358
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders211
White613223390
Two or more races341420
Race Unknown441925
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American321
Asian18513
Black581444
Hispanic1147
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders211
White591216375
Two or more races301218
Race Unknown441925
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American---
Asian---
Black---
Hispanic211
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White22715
Two or more races422
Race Unknown---
Houghton University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartHoughton University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartHoughton University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Houghton has 48 students under 18 years old and 2 students over 65 years old. There are 769 students under 25 years old, and 64 students over 25 years old out of 833 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 48 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. Houghton has 758 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 47 students aged 25 and over.

It has 11 graduate students aged under 25 and 17 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18482622
18-19283171112
20-21328220108
22-241105852
25-2923158
30-34321
35-39752
40-4918153
50-6411101
Over 65202
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18482622
18-19283171112
20-21328220108
22-24995346
25-291376
30-34321
35-39532
40-4915132
50-641091
Over 65101
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
22-241156
25-291082
35-39220
40-49321
50-64110
Over 65101
Houghton University 2023 Student Population by Age chartHoughton University 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartHoughton University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartHoughton University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartHoughton University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartHoughton University 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Houghton University, 106 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 217 students are enrolled in some online courses.

74 students lived in New York or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 32 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students833106217
Undergraduate80583217
Graduate28230
Online Student Population by Locality
New York ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students74302
Undergraduate58232
Graduate1670
Houghton University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 805 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 28 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.48%.26 students have transferred in as full-time status and 2 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time686
Transfer-in Full-time26
Regular Part-time91
Transfer-in Part-time2

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