Education at Houghton College
Houghton is located in Houghton, New York and has a total student population of 902.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Education section at the bottom of this page.
Houghton Education Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Education
- Master’s Degree in Education
Online Classes Are Available at Houghton
If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.
Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Houghton offers distance education options for education at the following degree levels:
- Master’s Degree
Houghton Education Rankings
The education major at Houghton is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.
Education Student Demographics at Houghton
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Houghton College.
Houghton Education Bachelor’s Program
About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in education at Houghton are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.
The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Houghton College with a bachelor's in education.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
White | 20 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Houghton Education Master’s Program
Of the students who received a education master's degree from Houghton, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*
The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Houghton College with a master's in education.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
White | 2 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Concentrations Within Education
If you plan to be a education major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Houghton College. A concentration may not be available for your level.
Concentration | Annual Degrees Awarded |
---|---|
Teacher Education Grade Specific | 8 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific | 6 |
Teaching English or French | 1 |
Careers That Education Grads May Go Into
A degree in education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Houghton College.
Occupation | Jobs in NY | Average Salary in NY |
---|---|---|
Teacher Assistants | 123,960 | $31,330 |
Elementary School Teachers | 82,590 | $83,010 |
High School Teachers | 74,830 | $85,300 |
Middle School Teachers | 39,950 | $83,490 |
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers | 31,840 | $56,060 |
References
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
- College Factual
- National Center for Education Statistics
- O*NET Online
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More about our data sources and methodologies.