Enrollment Trends at Nicholls State

The student population at Nicholls State University is 5,883 (5,314 undergraduate and 569 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 719 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Nicholls State is 90.33% which is decreased by 694 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 25 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.89 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,271 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 97.98% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 6,362 where 5,883 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

90.33% of total students is undergraduate students and 9.67% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 694 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 25 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.89 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Nicholls State than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Nicholls State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,602	6,008	2,287	3,721	594	153	441
2013-14	6,532 -70	5,888 -120	2,233 -54	3,655 -66	644 50	156 3	488 47
2014-15	6,292 -240	5,690 -198	2,177 -56	3,513 -142	602 -42	144 -12	458 -30
2015-16	6,158 -134	5,489 -201	2,029 -148	3,460 -53	669 67	141 -3	528 70
2016-17	6,255 97	5,636 147	2,044 15	3,592 132	619 -50	121 -20	498 -30
2017-18	6,327 72	5,685 49	2,065 21	3,620 28	642 23	143 22	499 1
2018-19	6,453 126	5,864 179	2,094 29	3,770 150	589 -53	144 1	445 -54
2019-20	6,491 38	5,906 42	2,133 39	3,773 3	585 -4	128 -16	457 12
2020-21	6,769 278	6,134 228	2,178 45	3,956 183	635 50	124 -4	511 54
2021-22	6,225 -544	5,567 -567	2,029 -149	3,538 -418	658 23	124 0	534 23
2022-23	5,883 -342	5,314 -253	1,916 -113	3,398 -140	569 -89	120 -4	449 -85
Average	6,362	5,744	2,108	3,636	619	136	483

Nicholls State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 5,744 where 5,314 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Nicholls State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,008	4,782	1,836	2,946	1,226	451	775
2013-14	5,888	4,729	1,803	2,926	1,159	430	729
2014-15	5,690	4,769	1,827	2,942	921	350	571
2015-16	5,489	4,591	1,708	2,883	898	321	577
2016-17	5,636	4,605	1,687	2,918	1,031	357	674
2017-18	5,685	4,662	1,714	2,948	1,023	351	672
2018-19	5,864	4,893	1,798	3,095	971	296	675
2019-20	5,906	4,975	1,815	3,160	931	318	613
2020-21	6,134	4,968	1,805	3,163	1,166	373	793
2021-22	5,567	4,582	1,679	2,903	985	350	635
2022-23	5,314	4,244	1,558	2,686	1,070	358	712
Average	5,744	5,744	1,748	2,961	5,744	360	675

Nicholls State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 619 where 569 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Nicholls State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	594	180	56	124	414	97	317
2013-14	644	218	53	165	426	103	323
2014-15	602	170	42	128	432	102	330
2015-16	669	189	55	134	480	86	394
2016-17	619	211	37	174	408	84	324
2017-18	642	224	59	165	418	84	334
2018-19	589	209	65	144	380	79	301
2019-20	585	234	46	188	351	82	269
2020-21	635	259	53	206	376	71	305
2021-22	658	222	47	175	436	77	359
2022-23	569	235	51	184	334	69	265
Average	619	619	51	162	619	85	320

Nicholls State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.86%. The percentage was 68.16% 10 years ago and Nicholls State still has a high percentage of white students. 1.56% of enrolled students is Asian and 16.68% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Nicholls State University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	110	76	1,314	189	4	4,500	143
2013-14	116	84	1,323	185	4	4,398	162
2014-15	117	70	1,242	197	4	4,222	176
2015-16	113	70	1,182	201	3	4,199	177
2016-17	110	67	1,271	217	1	4,167	186
2017-18	121	66	1,224	213	1	4,327	158
2018-19	128	73	1,166	238	2	4,448	152
2019-20	140	71	1,182	243	5	4,427	157
2020-21	153	129	1,252	295	4	4,384	172
2021-22	148	108	1,057	294	4	4,112	136
2022-23	140	92	981	325	4	3,698	150
Average	127	82	1,199	236	3	4,262	161

Nicholls State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,271 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has increased 97.98% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Nicholls State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,292	642	2,531	3,119
2015-16	6,158	747	2,405	3,006
2016-17	6,255	806	2,443	3,006
2017-18	6,327	823	2,416	3,088
2018-19	6,453	769	2,400	3,284
2019-20	6,491	941	2,447	3,103
2020-21	6,769	1,183	2,611	2,975
2021-22	6,225	1,173	2,210	2,842
2022-23	5,883	1,271	2,134	2,478
Average	6,317	928	2,400	2,989

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