Houghton College

1 Willard Ave, Houghton, NY 14744 -  View Map

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• Houghton College offers baccalaureate degrees in 48 fields and a recent $15-million gift has funded the creation of a master's degree course in music (The Greatbatch School of Music), the first master’s program at Houghton.
• Houghton provides numerous opportunities for student involvement. Campus clubs and organizations include the Boulder (yearbook), Climbing Club, Habitat for Humanity, International Student Association, and Youth for Christ, just to name a few.
• Houghton College's main campus is in the hamlet of Houghton, Allegany County, in western New York, about 65 miles southeast of Buffalo, 70 miles southwest of Rochester, and 330 miles from New York City.
• Houghton College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the Regents of the University of the State of New York, and is a member of the National Association of Schools of Music.
• Houghton College is noted as one of the Best College's in the Northeast by the Princeton Review. US News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" Guide has consistently ranked Houghton among the elite national liberal arts colleges that are the 'most selective' and 'most solid' institutions in the country.
• Profile last updated: 04/23/2008.

In the News:

• Houghton College adds three sports (Wellsville Daily Reporter)
  posted on July 6, 2011 at 07:07:22 pm
  Houghton College’s athletic department continues to grow, as the school announced Tuesday the addition of men’s and women’s lacrosse, golf, and tennis as part of the transition to NCAA Div. III and the Empire 8 Conference.
• Accident won't stop pastor's return to congregation (Albany Times Union)
  posted on June 11, 2011 at 04:36:59 am
  Accident won't stop pastor's return to congregation Pastor of Hope Church on Greenfield Avenue in Ballston Spa. Born in Chester, Pa., Slawter, 63, graduated from Houghton College in Allegany County where he met his wife Judy. On May 25, 2010, Slawter was training for a 100-mile bike ride when he crashed into a ditch and suffered a spinal injury which left him paralyzed. What do you hope your ...
• Developer purchases Houghton site (The Buffalo News)
  posted on May 29, 2011 at 10:48:37 am
  Houghton College has completed the sale of its West Seneca campus, fetching more than $1.6 million for the Union Road property that has been the focus of an ongoing court battle.
• Brubaker, Vosburg named Champions of Character (Wellsville Daily Reporter)
  posted on May 12, 2011 at 07:11:29 pm
  Whitesville’s Emily Brubaker and Fillmore’s Jarrett Vosburg were named Allegany County Champions of Character by the Houghton College athletic department.
• Making a go of it at Houghton (Olean Times Herald)
  posted on May 6, 2011 at 02:55:07 pm
  HOUGHTON — Four groups of freshman in the science honors program at Houghton College demonstrated alternative fuel go-carts Thursday afternoon, drawing a crowd of parents and fellow students on a bright day.

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