Nichols College Graduate Schools

Nichols College (referred to as Nichols) is a Private, 4 years school located in Dudley, MA. It is classified as a Master's College and University (medium programs) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Master's degree. The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Nichols College is $1,150 in average. The school has 239 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 1,403 including undergraduate students.

Graduate School Overview

The school is accredited by New England Commission of Higher Education (12/1/1965 - Current).

Nichols Directory Information
School Name	Nichols College (Nichols)
Address	Center Rd, Dudley, MA 01571-5000
Phone	800-470-3379
Web	https://www.nichols.edu
Online Application	https://www.nichols.edu/admission/requirements
Financial Info	https://www.nichols.edu/admissions/financial-assistance

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Nichols College is $1,150 in average. The school has 239 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 1,403 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 24 graduate programs through Master's. Among them, 6 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$1,150
Student Population	239
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's
Number of Programs	24 graduate programs (6 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	16 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Nichols College is $1,150 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $829.

Nichols College offers the alternative tuition plans.

Nichols College offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	6 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	Study abroad Weekend/evening college
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Nichols College is $1,150. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 6.98% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$7,800	$560
2019-2020	$738	$800
2020-2021	$758	$800
2021-2022	$775	$300
2022-2023	$775	$375

The graduate school tuition & fees of Nichols is very inexpensive compared to private graduate schools in Massachusetts. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the Massachusetts graduate tuition is $19,750 (public) / $30,229 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Nichols College	$1,150
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
Massachusetts Graduate Schools	$24,599	$28,093
Public	$14,146	$19,750
Private	$30,229

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $16,810 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Nichols College. On-campus living costs are increased by 0.99% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $10,860. Off-campus living costs are increased by 11.96% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$13,950	$2,200	$6,500	$2,700
2019-2020	$14,250	$2,200	$6,500	$2,700
2020-2021	$13,950	$2,200	$7,000	$2,700
2021-2022	$13,950	$2,200	$7,000	$2,700
2022-2023	$14,110	$2,200	$8,160	$2,700

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $829 at Nichols College. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 6.97% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$725
2019-2020	$738
2020-2021	$758
2021-2022	$775
2022-2023	$829

Graduate Programs at Nichols

Nichols College offers 4 graduate programs for Master's. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 144 students have completed their study at Nichols College.

Offered Degrees at Nichols College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	4	4	144
Total	4	4	144

The most popular program at Nichols College is the Business Administration and Management program and last year 82 students have earned/completed their degree program.

Popular Master's Programs at Nichols College
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✔	82	$62,200
Business Administration and Management	✔	74	$62,200
Accounting	✔	25	-
Organizational Leadership	✔	22	-
Organizational Leadership	✔	17	-

Nichols College offers 4 programs through Master's. The programs are offered online completely. Last year total 144 students have completed their graduate studies.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (1 completers)	15 completers	-
Terrorism and Counterterrorism Operations	✔	15	-
Business [+]	✔	129 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	82	$62,200
Organizational Leadership	✔	22	-
Accounting	✔	25	-
	Total	144

Graduate Student Population at Nichols

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 227 students enrolled into Nichols College graduate schools where it has total 1,403 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 64 full-time and 163 part-time graduate students. By gender, 149 male and 78 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	227	149	78
Full-time	64	44	20
Part-tme	163	105	58

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 171 White (75.33%), 17 Black/African American (7.49%), 13 Hispanic (5.73%), 3 Asian (1.32%), and 23 students with other races. 6 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	227	149	78
American Indian/Native American	1	1	0
Asian	3	3	0
Black/African American	17	16	1
Hispanic	13	8	5
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	171	110	61
Two More	8	4	4
Un-Known	8	4	4
Non-resident Alien	6	3	3

Nichols College offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 227 graduate students (100.00% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	227
Enrolled Online Exclusively	0
Enrolled Some Online Courses	227
Not in Online Courses	0

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Nichols College. 139 students are aged 20 to 24 (61.23% of total students), 5 students are aged above 50 (2.20%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Nichols College.