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Nicholls State University

University Station La Hwy 1, Thibodaux, LA 70310 · Public 4-year · (877) 642-4655 · School website

Average net price

$12,947

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

2023-24, IPEDS

Students with Pell

34.1%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Yellow Ribbon school (IPEDS) Credit for military training (IPEDS) On Louisiana's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025)

Career programs at Nicholls State University

Nicholls State University reported 7 certificate and associate completions in 1 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in culinary (7). College Scorecard counts 4,737 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr	Funding and results
Culinary	Associate	Not reported	Not reported	7	Not published	WIOA list

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at Nicholls State University

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $8,149
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $8,149
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS: $9,242
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $1,300
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $12,947
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs: $22,675
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $45,454

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

Nicholls State University net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
Veterans and military page (link from IPEDS)

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.