Nicholls State University Student Population and Demographics

Nicholls State Student Population

There are 6,043 students including 5,518 undergraduate and 525 graduate students at Nicholls State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 4,500 full-time and 1,543 part-time students with gender distribution of 2,242 male and 3,801 female students.

Nicholls State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,295 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Nicholls State University has a total enrollment of 6,043 with a gender distribution of 37.10% male (2,242 students) and 62.90% female (3,801 students). There are 2,125 male and 3,393 female students in undergraduate school and 117 male and 408 female students are attending graduate school at Nicholls State University.

Student Population By Gender
Nicholls State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,043	2,242	3,801
Undergraduate	5,518	2,125	3,393
Graduate	525	117	408
Full-time	4,500	1,734	2,766
Part-time	1,543	508	1,035

[Chart] Nicholls State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Nicholls State University has 4,500 full-time and 1,543 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 4,289 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,229 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 211 students are full-time and 314 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Nicholls State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	6,043	4,500	1,543
Undergraduate	5,518	4,289	1,229
Graduate	525	211	314
Men	2,242	1,734	508
Women	3,801	2,766	1,035

[Chart] Nicholls State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Nicholls State University, 1,295 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,193 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 6,043 students.

In undergraduate schools, 3,045 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 443 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Nicholls State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	6,043	5,518	525
Online Exclusively	1,295	993	302
In Some Online Classes	2,193	2,052	141
Not In Online Classes	2,555	2,473	82

[Chart] Nicholls State University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Nicholls State University. There are 126 American Indian/Native American, 3,859 White, 1,102 Black/African American, 89 Asian, 397 Hispanic, 8 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 118 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Nicholls State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,043	2,242	3,801
American Indian/Native American	126	41	85
Asian	89	36	53
Black/African American	1,102	388	714
Hispanic	397	150	247
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	4	4
White	3,859	1,446	2,413
Two More	245	74	171
Race Un-Known	101	44	57

[Chart] Nicholls State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Nicholls State University.

Age Distribution
Nicholls State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	6,043	5,518	525
Under 18	2,575	2,575	0
Age 18-19	1,453	1,453	0
Age 20-21	672	662	10
Age 22-24	538	364	174
Age 25-29	284	138	146
Age 30-34	161	91	70
Age 35-39	143	81	62
Age 40-49	97	51	46
Age 50-64	28	13	15
Over 64	92	90	2
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Nicholls State University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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