Houghton College
School info
3.7
Overall Quality
Reputation
4.2
Food
2.9
Clubs
3.4
Facilities
4.1
Internet
3.8
Location
2.9
Opportunities
3.4
Safety
4.5
Social
3.4
Happiness
3.9
Basic Information
Location
- Houghton, NY
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Private college
- Established: 1883; 141 years ago (1883)
- Founder: Willard J. Houghton
Academic information
Degree Courses
- 54 degree majors
Key Area
- Environmental Science
- Biology and Ecology
- Physics and Applied Physics
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Nuclear Safeguards and Materials Science
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 904
- Undergraduates: 871
- Postgraduates: 33
Notable Alumni
- Robert Beckford
- Deborah L. Birx
- Ira S. Bowen
- Douglas Comer
- Kim Pegula
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Good reviews
Overall 4.9
I love this college!!!!
Overall 4.5
I love this college and it's wasn't even on my top 5 when choosing a school.
Overall 4.4
I don't know how the safety and happiness of this school are low, you can leave your backpack and all your tech out in the middle of a lounge, leave campus and come back the next day and it will all still be there. It's a Christian college, no one steals. Also it's impossible not to feel safe unless you have drugs or alcohol
Overall 4.4
Houghton College is an amazing place that has become my home away from home. It is a safe place to learn and grow as a person. You will be challenged academically, spiritually, and personally. The community is very friendly and caring and it is a place where you will make life long relationships.
Overall 4.3
Such an amazing school. Everyone is so open and friendly. The campus is nice and secluded allowing for awesome views of the stars at night, a beautiful campus with beautiful people.
Overall 4.2
I currently attend Houghton University. I truly love my university and the strong biblical basis of the university. However, the food can be subpar at times, and often the secluded and rural location can be very isolating, also causing you to spend more money on gas to drive 40 minutes to run to Walmart or do errands. The professors are amazing.
Overall 4.2
Houghton UNIVERSITY is a secluded Christian college. For the size and price, this is a great school with a plethora of opportunities.
Overall 4.2
Houghton is a small college that hugely impacts spiritual and academic growth. I love Jesus, and Houghton really takes that seriously. Professors really care about you passing their classes and will work with you. Social atmosphere has no pressures of doing drugs, and the environment is very healthy. I transferred in and I wish I had done so sooner
Overall 4.1
Great school. Amazing faculty and student family. Couldn't be happier to attend.
Overall 4.1
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Bad reviews
Overall 1.2
I was a music major, and I'm sad to say that the music area is in a lot of trouble unless the school of music finds new leadership.
Overall 1.4
A lot of cliques & very judgmental people on campus, if you aren't ?like? them you are considered unrighteous.
Overall 1.6
Why go to school here if it's free at a state school? God is everywhere, but a good, inexpensive, education isn't....
Overall 1.8
I attend Houghton. It's in the middle of nowhere, thus limiting your resources. The leadership is dictatorial, forcing and enforcing masks 24/7, and every student here is getting married except me. I feel left out and left behind here because I'm the only one who hasn't found the one.