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Nicholls State University
Thibodaux, LA · Public · 4,737 students · mostly bachelor degrees
36th-cheapest of 97 Louisiana colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$12,947
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$23,481
Graduation rate
54%
Admission rate
91%
Median graduate earnings
$45,454
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$22,675
Average SAT
1090
Median ACT
23
Pell grant recipients
34%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
60 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree60 grads/yr$120,260Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree45 grads/yr$99,776Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree146 grads/yr$79,428Mining Technology/Technician · Associate's Degree34 grads/yr$79,041Mining Technology/Technician · Bachelor's Degree4 grads/yr$74,167Accounting · Bachelor's Degree28 grads/yr$66,499Management Information Systems, General · Bachelor's Degree22 grads/yr$65,635Curriculum and Instruction · Master's Degree21 grads/yr$56,621Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree108 grads/yr$54,927Industrial and Organizational Psychology · Master's Degree17 grads/yr$54,071Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Bachelor's Degree21 grads/yr$53,871Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Master's Degree27 grads/yr$53,746College Student Counseling and Personnel Services · Master's Degree13 grads/yr$53,673Public/Applied History · Bachelor's Degree16 grads/yr$50,107Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Master's Degree5 grads/yr$49,600Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree35 grads/yr$49,442Health and Wellness, General · Bachelor's Degree121 grads/yr$49,343Dietetics/Dietitian · Bachelor's Degree13 grads/yr$47,677Education/Teaching of Individuals with Orthopedic and Other Physical Health Impairments · Bachelor's Degree21 grads/yr$47,646Sociology, General · Bachelor's Degree11 grads/yr$47,361Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General · Bachelor's Degree32 grads/yr$46,969Communication, General · Bachelor's Degree23 grads/yr$46,355Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree48 grads/yr$45,142Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other · Bachelor's Degree112 grads/yr$43,992General Studies · Associate's Degree89 grads/yr$43,133
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.