by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began producing its annual Best Quality Schools rankings as a means to assist students in finding top-quality graduate colleges and universities that are invested in preparing their students for their future endeavors. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
Nicholls State University landed the #993 spot in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking out of a pool of 1149 colleges and universities that were eligible for this year's ranking.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana, Nicholls State University came in at #13.
Women make up 80.5% of the total graduate student body at Nicholls State University while men make you 19.5%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at Nicholls State University, around 26.8% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Nicholls State University. Around 2.5% of graduate students are international. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $5,686 | $6,779 |
| Fees | $2,398 | $2,398 |
After obtaining their master's degree from Nicholls State University, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $52,360. When comparing to other master's degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 10% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of Nicholls State University.
Contact details for Nicholls State University are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | University Station La Hwy 1, Thibodaux, LA 70310 |
| Phone: | 877-642-4655 |
| Website: | www.nicholls.edu/ |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/NichollsState |
In 2020-2021, 67.8% of the graduate students at Nicholls State University took at least one class online. Approximately 53.5% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Footnotes
*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.
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