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Education at Houghton College

Education at Houghton College

Every education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the education program at Houghton College stacks up to those at other schools.

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

77% Women
9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 23% of education bachelor's degrees went to men and 77% went to women. The typical education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% men. So male students are more repesented at Houghton since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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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.

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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

67% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of education master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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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.

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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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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