Student Population at Nicholls State

By race/ethnicity, 3,859 White, 1,102 Black, and 89 Asian students out of a total of 6,043 are attending at Nicholls State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Nicholls State University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 55.2% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

By age, Nicholls State has 2,575 students under 18 years old and 92 students over 65 years old. There are 5,238 students under 25 years old, and 805 students over 25 years old out of 6,043 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 2,575 students are younger than 18 and 90 students are older than 65. Nicholls State has 5,054 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 464 students aged 25 and over.

It has 184 graduate students aged under 25 and 341 students aged 25 and over.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Nicholls State University, 1,295 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,193 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,210 students who live in Louisiana or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 85 students live in another State or outside of the United States.