Enrollment Trends at Houghton

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.

96.83% of total students is undergraduate students and 3.17% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 98 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 18 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.43 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Houghton than male students.

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

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.

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.

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).

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.