Houghton University
Houghton University admitted 89% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1170–1375 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $21,959 a year. Within six years, 62% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 89%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1170–1375
- ACT middle 50%
- 26–31
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $34,399 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $21,959 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $17,883 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $20,616 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 62%
- Students who return for a second year
- 84%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $52,730 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,250
Students
- Undergraduates
- 753
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 27%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 12 to 1
- Campus setting
- Rural
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 20%
- Visual and performing arts
- 13%
- Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness and kinesiology
- 11%
- Education
- 10%
- Psychology
- 8%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- University of Minnesota-Duluth MN · 89% admitted
- University of Portland OR · 89% admitted
- Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia PA · 89% admitted
- Hamline University MN · 88% admitted
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro NC · 89% admitted
- George Mason University VA · 88% admitted
More colleges in New York
- New York University NY · 9.2% admitted
- University at Buffalo NY · 74% admitted
- Stony Brook University NY · 49% admitted
- CUNY Hunter College NY · 54% admitted
- CUNY Bernard M Baruch College NY · 48% admitted
- Cornell University NY · 8.8% admitted
- Syracuse University NY · 46% admitted
- Binghamton University NY · 39% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.