Enrollment Trends at Houghton

The student population at Houghton University is 1,200 (1,162 undergraduate and 38 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 116 (10.70%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Houghton is 96.83% which is increased by 98 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 18 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 70 male students for every 100 female students, up from 57 in 2015.
206 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,044.44% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,000 where 1,200 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 1,200 students in 2025 and was lowest at 833 in 2023. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,084 to 1,200 students, a net gain of 116 (10.7%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Houghton University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,084	1,064	384	680	20	10	10
2016-17	1,059 -25	1,043 -21	390 6	653 -27	16 -4	10	6 -4
2017-18	1,043 -16	1,030 -13	388 -2	642 -11	13 -3	6 -4	7 1
2018-19	1,001 -42	988 -42	400 12	588 -54	13	2 -4	11 4
2019-20	969 -32	940 -48	371 -29	569 -19	29 16	12 10	17 6
2020-21	902 -67	870 -70	353 -18	517 -52	32 3	15 3	17
2021-22	895 -7	863 -7	321 -32	542 25	32	16 1	16 -1
2022-23	833 -62	805 -58	301 -20	504 -38	28 -4	10 -6	18 2
2023-24	1,014 181	975 170	333 32	642 138	39 11	8 -2	31 13
2024-25	1,200 186	1,162 187	480 147	682 40	38 -1	14 6	24 -7
Average	1,000	974	372	602	26	10	16

Houghton University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 974 where 1,162 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Houghton University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,064	994	354	640	70	30	40
2016-17	1,043	998	375	623	45	15	30
2017-18	1,030	971	370	601	59	18	41
2018-19	988	926	386	540	62	14	48
2019-20	940	883	358	525	57	13	44
2020-21	870	807	328	479	63	25	38
2021-22	863	807	297	510	56	24	32
2022-23	805	712	263	449	93	38	55
2023-24	975	827	279	548	148	54	94
2024-25	1,162	721	295	426	441	185	256
Average	974	974	331	534	974	42	68

Houghton University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 26 where 38 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Houghton University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	20	14	7	7	6	3	3
2016-17	16	14	8	6	2	2	0
2017-18	13	10	4	6	3	2	1
2018-19	13	11	2	9	2	0	2
2019-20	29	18	9	9	11	3	8
2020-21	32	14	10	4	18	5	13
2021-22	32	14	7	7	18	9	9
2022-23	28	8	2	6	20	8	12
2023-24	39	14	3	11	25	5	20
2024-25	38	17	6	11	21	8	13
Average	26	26	6	8	26	5	8

Houghton University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 57.50%. The percentage was 75.37% 10 years ago and Houghton still has a high percentage of white students. 1.17% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.83% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 1.25% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 75.37% to 57.50%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.31% to 1.17%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.77% to 3.83%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 1.94% to 1.25%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6670 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4288 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Houghton University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	2	25	30	21	5	817	42
2016-17	1	29	36	11	2	776	47
2017-18	3	36	42	19	2	760	47
2018-19	3	40	61	17	0	727	50
2019-20	5	36	62	12	0	717	48
2020-21	4	34	50	9	0	674	45
2021-22	4	22	70	9	0	649	44
2022-23	3	18	58	13	2	613	34
2023-24	4	27	60	22	1	739	49
2024-25	6	14	46	15	2	690	29
Average	4	28	52	15	1	716	44

Houghton University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

206 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 17% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,044.44% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Houghton University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,084	18	0	1,066
2016-17	1,059	28	1	1,030
2017-18	1,043	43	38	962
2018-19	1,001	62	0	939
2019-20	969	73	103	793
2020-21	902	135	145	622
2021-22	895	91	118	686
2022-23	833	106	217	510
2023-24	1,014	182	211	621
2024-25	1,200	206	251	743
Average	1,000	94	108	797

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Enrollment Trends at Houghton

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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