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Nichols College was awarded 13 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business/commerce.
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Nichols was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
Nichols College has an acceptance rate of 85%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 21% of students accepted to Nichols submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 470 and 590. Math scores were between 475 and 590.
The student to faculty ratio at Nichols College is about average at 16 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Nichols College is 39%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Nichols College is 72%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Nichols the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 51%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Nichols College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,279 undergraduates at Nichols with 1,152 being full-time and 127 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $18,940 | $24,159 | $19,757 | $31,582 | $36,359 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Nichols, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Nichols, approximately 91% of students took out student loans averaging $7,875 a year. That adds up to $31,500 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Nichols are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | Center Rd, Dudley, MA 01571-5000 |
| Phone: | 800-470-3379 |
| Website: | www.nichols.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 99 | $48,790 |
| General Business/Commerce | 74 | $44,801 |
| Accounting | 58 | $53,761 |
| Health & Physical Education | 51 | $32,564 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 32 | $45,774 |
| Marketing | 30 | NA |
| Homeland Security | 21 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 20 | $49,581 |
| General Psychology | 18 | NA |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 7 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 406 students took at least one online class at Nichols College. This is a decrease from the 484 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 406 | 286 |
| 2021-2022 | 484 | 91 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,518 | 604 |
| 2018-2019 | 431 | 97 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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