Enrollment Trends at Nichols

The student population at Nichols College is 1,392 (1,163 undergraduate and 229 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 62 (4.26%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Nichols is 83.55% which is decreased by 104 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 42 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 185 male students for every 100 female students, up from 152 in 2015.
305 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 131.06% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,482 where 1,392 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 1,634 students in 2018 and was lowest at 1,354 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,454 to 1,392 students, a net loss of 62 (4.3%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Nichols College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,454	1,267	784	483	187	94	93
2016-17	1,480 26	1,269 2	761 -23	508 25	211 24	102 8	109 16
2017-18	1,634 154	1,340 71	840 79	500 -8	294 83	134 32	160 51
2018-19	1,592 -42	1,322 -18	819 -21	503 3	270 -24	124 -10	146 -14
2019-20	1,560 -32	1,325 3	828 9	497 -6	235 -35	115 -9	120 -26
2020-21	1,518 -42	1,279 -46	826 -2	453 -44	239 4	131 16	108 -12
2021-22	1,434 -84	1,207 -72	801 -25	406 -47	227 -12	149 18	78 -30
2022-23	1,403 -31	1,164 -43	754 -47	410 4	239 12	134 -15	105 27
2023-24	1,354 -49	1,152 -12	760 6	392 -18	202 -37	105 -29	97 -8
2024-25	1,392 38	1,163 11	766 6	397 5	229 27	138 33	91 -6
Average	1,482	1,249	794	455	233	123	111

Nichols College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,249 where 1,163 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Nichols College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,267	1,152	742	410	115	42	73
2016-17	1,269	1,160	716	444	109	45	64
2017-18	1,340	1,232	787	445	108	53	55
2018-19	1,322	1,224	772	452	98	47	51
2019-20	1,325	1,217	779	438	108	49	59
2020-21	1,279	1,152	765	387	127	61	66
2021-22	1,207	1,111	767	344	96	34	62
2022-23	1,164	1,054	707	347	110	47	63
2023-24	1,152	1,058	715	343	94	45	49
2024-25	1,163	1,072	716	356	91	50	41
Average	1,249	1,249	747	397	1,249	47	58

Nichols College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 233 where 229 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Nichols College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	187	1	0	1	186	94	92
2016-17	211	0	0	0	211	102	109
2017-18	294	27	8	19	267	126	141
2018-19	270	25	10	15	245	114	131
2019-20	235	26	12	14	209	103	106
2020-21	239	57	29	28	182	102	80
2021-22	227	64	44	20	163	105	58
2022-23	239	70	35	35	169	99	70
2023-24	202	67	34	33	135	71	64
2024-25	229	53	35	18	176	103	73
Average	233	233	21	18	233	102	92

Nichols College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.71%. The percentage was 81.64% 10 years ago and Nichols still has a high percentage of white students. 1.36% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.75% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 10.42% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 81.64% to 73.71%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.44% to 1.36%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.53% to 6.75%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.05% to 10.42%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4402 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3243 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Nichols College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	2	21	95	88	0	1,187	49
2016-17	0	20	104	100	0	1,190	45
2017-18	1	21	112	128	0	1,289	58
2018-19	3	21	102	124	1	1,249	52
2019-20	6	22	98	140	2	1,202	55
2020-21	3	18	99	147	1	1,148	52
2021-22	3	15	117	148	1	1,041	45
2022-23	2	21	133	151	1	995	51
2023-24	2	19	114	135	0	984	47
2024-25	4	19	94	145	0	1,026	43
Average	3	20	107	131	1	1,131	50

Nichols College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

305 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has increased 131.06% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Nichols College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,454	132	30	1,292
2016-17	1,480	56	37	1,387
2017-18	1,634	71	341	1,222
2018-19	1,592	97	334	1,161
2019-20	1,560	143	327	1,090
2020-21	1,518	604	914	0
2021-22	1,434	91	393	950
2022-23	1,403	286	120	997
2023-24	1,354	296	0	1,058
2024-25	1,392	305	15	1,072
Average	1,482	208	251	1,023

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Enrollment Trends at Nichols

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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