Nicholls State University Student Population and Demographics

Nicholls State Student Population

There are 5,883 students including 5,314 undergraduate and 569 graduate students at Nicholls State University for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 4,479 full-time and 1,404 part-time students with gender distribution of 2,036 male and 3,847 female students. Nicholls State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,271 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Nicholls State University has a total enrollment of 5,883 with a gender distribution of 34.61% male (2,036 students) and 65.39% female (3,847 students). There are 1,916 male and 3,398 female students in undergraduate school and 120 male and 449 female students are attending graduate school at Nicholls State University.

Student Population By Gender
Nicholls State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	5,883	2,036	3,847
Undergraduate	5,314	1,916	3,398
Graduate	569	120	449
Full-time	4,479	1,609	2,870
Part-time	1,404	427	977

[Chart] Nicholls State University 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Nicholls State University has 4,479 full-time and 1,404 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 4,244 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,070 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 235 students are full-time and 334 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Nicholls State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	5,883	4,479	1,404
Undergraduate	5,314	4,244	1,070
Graduate	569	235	334
Men	2,036	1,609	427
Women	3,847	2,870	977

[Chart] Nicholls State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Nicholls State University, 1,271 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,134 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 5,883 students. In undergraduate schools, 2,956 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 449 students are attending some online courses.

2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
Nicholls State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	5,883	5,314	569
Online Exclusively	1,271	959	312
In Some Online Classes	2,134	1,997	137
Not In Online Classes	2,478	2,358	120

[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 140 American Indian/Native American, 3,698 White, 981 Black/African American, 92 Asian, 325 Hispanic, 4 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 201 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Nicholls State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	5,883	2,036	3,847
American Indian/Native American	140	39	101
Asian	92	34	58
Black/African American	981	325	656
Hispanic	325	133	192
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	2	2
White	3,698	1,252	2,446
Two More	150	47	103
Race Un-Known	400	154	246

[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	5,883	5,314	569
Under 18	522	522	0
Age 18-19	1,683	1,683	0
Age 20-21	1,614	1,597	17
Age 22-24	1,057	877	180
Age 25-29	407	256	151
Age 30-34	229	149	80
Age 35-39	146	80	66
Age 40-49	167	112	55
Age 50-64	57	38	19
Over 64	1	0	1
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Nicholls State University 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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