Student Population at Nicholls State

The following chart compares Nicholls State's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in Louisiana.

Nicholls State has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 2,843 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Louisiana average (8,571 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Nicholls State University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 2,242 male and 3,801 female students attending Nicholls State. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.59 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Nicholls State.

By age, there are 5,238 students whose age under twenty five and 521 students whose age is over thirty years old at Nicholls State University.

Especially, 2,575 students are younger than eighteen and 92 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Nicholls State University.

At Nicholls State University, 3,488 students (57.72% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 1,295 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 1,210 students live in Louisiana where Nicholls State University is located in and 78 students have enrolled from other states.