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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Thibodaux, LA
Population 90,000
Website http://www.nicholls.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 75 (8% 🥵) muggy
Sunshine Hours 2,649 (58%)
Days Without Precipitation 246 (49%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 4,508
Men / Women 39% / 61%
From State 95%
From Region 1%
Athletes 11.2%

Racial/Ethnic

White 63%
Black 19%
Hispanic 7%
Mixed 4%
Native American 2%
International 2%
Asian 1%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 39.7% 39.7% 2012 Men: 39.0% 39.0% 2013 Men: 40.7% 40.7% 2014 Men: 38.8% 38.8% 2015 Men: 37.5% 37.5% 2016 Men: 37.3% 37.3% 2017 Men: 38.2% 38.2% 2018 Men: 38.6% 38.6% 2019 Men: 33.8% 33.8% 2020 Men: 35.3% 35.3% 2021 Men: 39.8% 39.8% 2022 Men: 37.3% 37.3% 2023 Men: 38.8% 38.8% 2024 Men: 38.6% 38.6%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2012 Native: 1.6% 1.6% 2013 Native: 1.4% 1.4% 2014 Native: 2.1% 2.1% 2015 Native: 1.6% 1.6% 2016 Native: 1.9% 1.9% 2017 Native: 1.2% 1.2% 2018 Native: 2.3% 2.3% 2019 Native: 1.4% 1.4% 2020 Native: 2.5% 2.5% 2021 Native: 1.7% 1.7% 2022 Native: 1.7% 1.7% 2023 Native: 2.3% 2.3% 2024 Native: 2.5% 2.5% 2011 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2012 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2013 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2014 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2015 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2016 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2017 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2018 Asian: 1.4% 1.4% 2019 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2020 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2021 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2022 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2024 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2011 Black: 19.5% 19.5% 2012 Black: 17.3% 17.3% 2013 Black: 16.4% 16.4% 2014 Black: 19.1% 19.1% 2015 Black: 16.2% 16.2% 2016 Black: 16.4% 16.4% 2017 Black: 18.6% 18.6% 2018 Black: 20.5% 20.5% 2019 Black: 19.7% 19.7% 2020 Black: 21.4% 21.4% 2021 Black: 19.2% 19.2% 2022 Black: 22.4% 22.4% 2023 Black: 16.0% 16.0% 2024 Black: 16.9% 16.9% 2011 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1% 2012 Hispanic: 2.5% 2.5% 2013 Hispanic: 1.7% 1.7% 2014 Hispanic: 1.9% 1.9% 2015 Hispanic: 3.0% 3.0% 2016 Hispanic: 2.6% 2.6% 2017 Hispanic: 2.9% 2.9% 2018 Hispanic: 5.2% 5.2% 2019 Hispanic: 2.8% 2.8% 2020 Hispanic: 4.1% 4.1% 2021 Hispanic: 3.8% 3.8% 2022 Hispanic: 4.5% 4.5% 2023 Hispanic: 4.0% 4.0% 2024 Hispanic: 4.7% 4.7% 2011 White: 76.3% 76.3% 2012 White: 73.7% 73.7% 2013 White: 78.3% 78.3% 2014 White: 70.7% 70.7% 2015 White: 72.6% 72.6% 2016 White: 73.9% 73.9% 2017 White: 69.8% 69.8% 2018 White: 65.2% 65.2% 2019 White: 68.8% 68.8% 2020 White: 65.3% 65.3% 2021 White: 68.7% 68.7% 2022 White: 66.5% 66.5% 2023 White: 70.8% 70.8% 2024 White: 68.5% 68.5% 2011 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2012 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2013 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2014 International: 2.3% 2.3% 2015 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2016 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2017 International: 2.9% 2.9% 2018 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2019 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2020 International: 2.1% 2.1% 2021 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2022 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2023 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2024 International: 1.6% 1.6%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 2.5% 2.5% 2021 Native: 2.4% 2.4% 2022 Native: 2.3% 2.3% 2023 Native: 2.5% 2.5% 2024 Native: 2.4% 2.4% 2025 Native: 2.1% 2.1% 2020 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2021 Asian: 1.4% 1.4% 2022 Asian: 1.5% 1.5% 2023 Asian: 1.5% 1.5% 2024 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2025 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2020 Black: 19.1% 19.1% 2021 Black: 19.5% 19.5% 2022 Black: 17.8% 17.8% 2023 Black: 17.6% 17.6% 2024 Black: 18.7% 18.7% 2025 Black: 19.2% 19.2% 2020 Hispanic: 4.0% 4.0% 2021 Hispanic: 4.7% 4.7% 2022 Hispanic: 5.0% 5.0% 2023 Hispanic: 5.6% 5.6% 2024 Hispanic: 6.2% 6.2% 2025 Hispanic: 6.7% 6.7% 2020 White: 68.3% 68.3% 2021 White: 66.7% 66.7% 2022 White: 68.2% 68.2% 2023 White: 66.4% 66.4% 2024 White: 64.3% 64.3% 2025 White: 62.8% 62.8% 2020 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2021 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2022 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2023 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2024 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2025 International: 2.2% 2.2%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Nicholls State University 914 36% / 64% 1% $56,264 67 94%
Surveying Engineering 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $87,573 95 —
Chemistry 9 — 22% / 78% 0% $56,471 67 —
Mathematics 8 — 75% / 25% 0% $59,362 72 —
Biology 54 — 31% / 69% 2% $56,301 67 96%
Culinary Arts/Chef Training 39 — 41% / 59% 0% $42,329 30 94%
Dietetics 15 — 7% / 93% 0% $52,923 60 100%
Health Sciences 106 — 23% / 77% 0% $57,565 69 100%
Nursing 112 — 10% / 90% 0% $86,116 95 96%
Occupational Safety and Health 19 — 95% / 5% 0% $76,009 89 —
Accounting 47 — 51% / 49% 4% $52,340 58 93%
Business Administration 78 — 50% / 50% 0% $55,598 65 96%
Finance 28 — 79% / 21% 0% $65,167 80 —
Management Information Systems 15 — 80% / 20% 0% $75,656 89 91%
Marketing 15 — 27% / 73% 0% $57,063 68 83%
English 22 — 36% / 64% 5% $40,114 24 89%
History 12 — 42% / 58% 0% $40,990 26 96%
Interdisciplinary Studies 132 — 48% / 52% 0% $46,715 43 91%
Mass Communication 15 — 47% / 53% 0% $33,364 10 87%
Political Science 12 — 58% / 42% 0% $55,772 66 —
Psychology 75 — 27% / 73% 0% $46,079 41 94%
Sociology 11 — 18% / 82% 0% $44,576 37 90%
Early Childhood Special Education 16 — 0% / 100% 0% $48,869 49 89%
Elementary Education 23 — 4% / 96% 0% $51,288 56 92%
Physical Education 3 — 67% / 33% 0% $51,490 56 —
Secondary Education and Teaching 14 — 36% / 64% 0% $51,288 56 92%
Music 8 — 38% / 62% 12% $43,820 34 —
Studio Art 12 — 8% / 92% 8% $42,977 32 96%
Criminal Justice 11 — 36% / 64% 9% $49,975 52 —
Petroleum Technology/Technician 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $80,014 92 98%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $8,561
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $9,832
Est. In-State Cost $11,075
Est. Out-of-State Cost $12,719
ROI Percentile 67th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 77%
4-Year Graduation Rate 30%
6-Year Graduation Rate 54%
Transfer-Out Rate 24%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 38.4% 38.4% 2012 Graduated: 39.4% 39.4% 2013 Graduated: 41.3% 41.3% 2014 Graduated: 39.7% 39.7% 2015 Graduated: 43.6% 43.6% 2016 Graduated: 46.6% 46.6% 2017 Graduated: 46.8% 46.8% 2018 Graduated: 45.0% 45.0% 2019 Graduated: 49.0% 49.0% 2020 Graduated: 45.5% 45.5% 2021 Graduated: 50.3% 50.3% 2022 Graduated: 45.6% 45.6% 2023 Graduated: 54.3% 54.3% 2024 Graduated: 53.8% 53.8%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 36.8% 36.8% 2012 Men: 32.5% 32.5% 2013 Men: 35.2% 35.2% 2014 Men: 31.1% 31.1% 2015 Men: 35.6% 35.6% 2016 Men: 39.4% 39.4% 2017 Men: 40.9% 40.9% 2018 Men: 37.0% 37.0% 2019 Men: 41.5% 41.5% 2020 Men: 36.3% 36.3% 2021 Men: 43.1% 43.1% 2022 Men: 39.3% 39.3% 2023 Men: 47.8% 47.8% 2024 Men: 48.7% 48.7% 2011 Women: 39.5% 39.5% 2012 Women: 43.8% 43.8% 2013 Women: 45.3% 45.3% 2014 Women: 45.8% 45.8% 2015 Women: 49.4% 49.4% 2016 Women: 50.9% 50.9% 2017 Women: 50.7% 50.7% 2018 Women: 50.3% 50.3% 2019 Women: 54.0% 54.0% 2020 Women: 51.3% 51.3% 2021 Women: 54.5% 54.5% 2022 Women: 49.3% 49.3% 2023 Women: 58.5% 58.5% 2024 Women: 57.0% 57.0%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black Hispanic White
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 24.1% 24.1% 2012 Black: 21.6% 21.6% 2013 Black: 27.9% 27.9% 2014 Black: 28.4% 28.4% 2015 Black: 34.2% 34.2% 2016 Black: 29.7% 29.7% 2017 Black: 30.2% 30.2% 2018 Black: 26.4% 26.4% 2019 Black: 33.7% 33.7% 2020 Black: 30.0% 30.0% 2021 Black: 37.8% 37.8% 2022 Black: 27.5% 27.5% 2023 Black: 38.3% 38.3% 2024 Black: 39.4% 39.4% 2011 Hispanic: 23.1% 23.1% 2012 Hispanic: 29.6% 29.6% 2013 Hispanic: 10.0% 10.0% 2014 Hispanic: 47.8% 47.8% 2015 Hispanic: 27.8% 27.8% 2016 Hispanic: 37.0% 37.0% 2017 Hispanic: 32.1% 32.1% 2018 Hispanic: 46.3% 46.3% 2019 Hispanic: 46.7% 46.7% 2020 Hispanic: 42.9% 42.9% 2021 Hispanic: 42.2% 42.2% 2022 Hispanic: 47.9% 47.9% 2023 Hispanic: 50.0% 50.0% 2024 Hispanic: 53.3% 53.3% 2011 White: 42.4% 42.4% 2012 White: 44.4% 44.4% 2013 White: 44.9% 44.9% 2014 White: 43.3% 43.3% 2015 White: 47.2% 47.2% 2016 White: 50.4% 50.4% 2017 White: 52.1% 52.1% 2018 White: 49.6% 49.6% 2019 White: 52.7% 52.7% 2020 White: 51.9% 51.9% 2021 White: 55.3% 55.3% 2022 White: 51.7% 51.7% 2023 White: 59.9% 59.9% 2024 White: 57.8% 57.8%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 30.5% 279 41% / 59% 0% $45,365 39 92%
Health Sciences 25.9% 237 22% / 78% 0% $72,536 87 98%
Business & Economics 20.0% 183 55% / 45% 1% $57,990 70 93%
Education 6.1% 56 14% / 86% 0% $50,608 54 91%
Agriculture & Food Science 5.9% 54 31% / 69% 0% $45,272 39 95%
Life & Natural Sciences 5.9% 54 31% / 69% 2% $56,301 67 96%
Arts 2.2% 20 20% / 80% 10% $43,314 33 96%
Physical Sciences & Math 1.9% 17 47% / 53% 0% $57,831 70 —
Professional 1.4% 13 46% / 54% 8% $54,596 63 98%
Engineering 0.1% 1 100% / 0% 0% $87,573 95 —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science $0.6M #179 68% $0.0M — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.4M #466 27% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.1M #516 41% $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0.0M #397 0% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.0M #529 0% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0 #456 — $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0 #525 — $0 — — — —
Education $0 #457 — $0 — — — —
Engineering $0 #449 — $0 — — — —
Total $1.1M #552 50% $0.0M — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 72%
Yield (Unbound) 35%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 72% 72% 72%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 84.2% 84.2% 2012 Acceptance: 91.8% 91.8% 2013 Acceptance: 86.9% 86.9% 2014 Acceptance: 88.4% 88.4% 2015 Acceptance: 90.2% 90.2% 2016 Acceptance: 82.7% 82.7% 2017 Acceptance: 93.7% 93.7% 2018 Acceptance: 93.7% 93.7% 2019 Acceptance: 88.0% 88.0% 2020 Acceptance: 93.3% 93.3% 2021 Acceptance: 97.2% 97.2% 2022 Acceptance: 98.4% 98.4% 2023 Acceptance: 96.0% 96.0% 2024 Acceptance: 90.8% 90.8% 2011 Yield: 62.0% 62.0% 2012 Yield: 58.4% 58.4% 2013 Yield: 59.5% 59.5% 2014 Yield: 56.5% 56.5% 2015 Yield: 56.0% 56.0% 2016 Yield: 50.4% 50.4% 2017 Yield: 50.5% 50.5% 2018 Yield: 52.4% 52.4% 2019 Yield: 50.1% 50.1% 2020 Yield: 40.3% 40.3% 2021 Yield: 45.5% 45.5% 2022 Yield: 43.1% 43.1% 2023 Yield: 36.7% 36.7% 2024 Yield: 35.4% 35.4%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 2,174 2,174 2012 Applicants: 2,336 2,336 2013 Applicants: 2,404 2,404 2014 Applicants: 2,424 2,424 2015 Applicants: 2,399 2,399 2016 Applicants: 2,734 2,734 2017 Applicants: 2,571 2,571 2018 Applicants: 2,651 2,651 2019 Applicants: 2,815 2,815 2020 Applicants: 3,189 3,189 2021 Applicants: 2,167 2,167 2022 Applicants: 2,289 2,289 2023 Applicants: 3,320 3,320 2024 Applicants: 3,369 3,369 2011 Admitted: 1,830 1,830 2012 Admitted: 2,144 2,144 2013 Admitted: 2,090 2,090 2014 Admitted: 2,142 2,142 2015 Admitted: 2,164 2,164 2016 Admitted: 2,260 2,260 2017 Admitted: 2,410 2,410 2018 Admitted: 2,484 2,484 2019 Admitted: 2,477 2,477 2020 Admitted: 2,975 2,975 2021 Admitted: 2,106 2,106 2022 Admitted: 2,253 2,253 2023 Admitted: 3,188 3,188 2024 Admitted: 3,059 3,059 2011 Enrolled: 1,135 1,135 2012 Enrolled: 1,253 1,253 2013 Enrolled: 1,243 1,243 2014 Enrolled: 1,210 1,210 2015 Enrolled: 1,212 1,212 2016 Enrolled: 1,138 1,138 2017 Enrolled: 1,218 1,218 2018 Enrolled: 1,301 1,301 2019 Enrolled: 1,242 1,242 2020 Enrolled: 1,200 1,200 2021 Enrolled: 958 958 2022 Enrolled: 972 972 2023 Enrolled: 1,169 1,169 2024 Enrolled: 1,082 1,082

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 85%
SAT Range 930 – 1190
SAT Math Range 460 – 580
SAT RW Range 470 – 600

SAT Composite

25th 75th
800 1000 1200 1400 1600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 890 890 2012 25th: 860 860 2013 25th: 919 919 2014 25th: 930 930 2015 25th: 910 910 2016 25th: 945 945 2017 25th: 980 980 2018 25th: 870 870 2019 25th: 1000 1000 2020 25th: 990 990 2021 25th: 1038 1038 2022 25th: 938 938 2023 25th: 928 928 2024 25th: 934 934 2011 75th: 1160 1160 2012 75th: 1050 1050 2013 75th: 1144 1144 2014 75th: 1180 1180 2015 75th: 1150 1150 2016 75th: 1134 1134 2017 75th: 1180 1180 2018 75th: 1090 1090 2019 75th: 1172 1172 2020 75th: 1170 1170 2021 75th: 1228 1228 2022 75th: 1130 1130 2023 75th: 1145 1145 2024 75th: 1196 1196

SAT Math

25th 75th
400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 470 470 2012 25th: 420 420 2013 25th: 482 482 2014 25th: 480 480 2015 25th: 470 470 2016 25th: 475 475 2017 25th: 490 490 2018 25th: 440 440 2019 25th: 520 520 2020 25th: 500 500 2021 25th: 518 518 2022 25th: 438 438 2023 25th: 438 438 2024 25th: 462 462 2011 75th: 610 610 2012 75th: 520 520 2013 75th: 607 607 2014 75th: 630 630 2015 75th: 610 610 2016 75th: 617 617 2017 75th: 590 590 2018 75th: 550 550 2019 75th: 600 600 2020 75th: 590 590 2021 75th: 623 623 2022 75th: 530 530 2023 75th: 545 545 2024 75th: 588 588

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 420 420 2012 25th: 440 440 2013 25th: 437 437 2014 25th: 450 450 2015 25th: 440 440 2016 25th: 470 470 2017 25th: 490 490 2018 25th: 430 430 2019 25th: 480 480 2020 25th: 490 490 2021 25th: 520 520 2022 25th: 500 500 2023 25th: 490 490 2024 25th: 472 472 2011 75th: 550 550 2012 75th: 530 530 2013 75th: 537 537 2014 75th: 550 550 2015 75th: 540 540 2016 75th: 517 517 2017 75th: 590 590 2018 75th: 540 540 2019 75th: 572 572 2020 75th: 580 580 2021 75th: 605 605 2022 75th: 600 600 2023 75th: 600 600 2024 75th: 608 608

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 98.0% 98.0% 2012 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0% 2013 Submitted: 98.0% 98.0% 2014 Submitted: 98.0% 98.0% 2015 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0% 2016 Submitted: 98.0% 98.0% 2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2019 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2020 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2021 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2022 Submitted: 93.0% 93.0% 2023 Submitted: 88.0% 88.0% 2024 Submitted: 85.0% 85.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.