Accounting at Houghton College

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at Houghton College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Houghton is located in Houghton, New York and has a total student population of 1,001. In 2019, 8 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Houghton.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

Houghton Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Houghton Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Houghton performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Houghton is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	411
Most Focused Accounting Schools	646
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	835
Most Popular Accounting Schools	1,116

Accounting Student Demographics at Houghton

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Houghton College.

Houghton Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2018-2019 academic year, 8 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Houghton. About 75% of these graduates were women and the other 25% were men.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting 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 accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Houghton also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting 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
Accountants and Auditors	110,780	$96,300
Financial Examiners	9,030	$115,980
Business Professors	8,910	$110,500
Credit Analysts	7,440	$119,180
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	4,830	$70,560

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
• Image Credit: By college under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.