Enrollment Trends at Nichols

The student population at Nichols College is 1,403 (1,164 undergraduate and 239 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 56 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Nichols is 82.97% which is decreased by 117 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 61 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.58 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

286 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 128.80% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,503 where 1,403 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

82.97% of total students is undergraduate students and 17.03% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 117 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 61 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.58 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in Nichols than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Nichols College since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,459	1,281	761	520	178	93	85
2014-15	1,495 36	1,330 49	811 50	519 -1	165 -13	83 -10	82 -3
2015-16	1,454 -41	1,267 -63	784 -27	483 -36	187 22	94 11	93 11
2016-17	1,480 26	1,269 2	761 -23	508 25	211 24	102 8	109 16
2017-18	1,634 154	1,340 71	840 79	500 -8	294 83	134 32	160 51
2018-19	1,592 -42	1,322 -18	819 -21	503 3	270 -24	124 -10	146 -14
2019-20	1,560 -32	1,325 3	828 9	497 -6	235 -35	115 -9	120 -26
2020-21	1,518 -42	1,279 -46	826 -2	453 -44	239 4	131 16	108 -12
2021-22	1,434 -84	1,207 -72	801 -25	406 -47	227 -12	149 18	78 -30
2022-23	1,403 -31	1,164 -43	754 -47	410 4	239 12	134 -15	105 27
Average	1,503	1,278	799	480	225	116	109

Nichols College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,278 where 1,164 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Nichols College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,281	1,100	682	418	181	79	102
2014-15	1,330	1,180	754	426	150	57	93
2015-16	1,267	1,152	742	410	115	42	73
2016-17	1,269	1,160	716	444	109	45	64
2017-18	1,340	1,232	787	445	108	53	55
2018-19	1,322	1,224	772	452	98	47	51
2019-20	1,325	1,217	779	438	108	49	59
2020-21	1,279	1,152	765	387	127	61	66
2021-22	1,207	1,111	767	344	96	34	62
2022-23	1,164	1,054	707	347	110	47	63
Average	1,278	1,278	747	411	1,278	51	69

Nichols College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 225 where 239 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Nichols College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	178	38	23	15	140	70	70
2014-15	165	1	0	1	164	83	81
2015-16	187	1	0	1	186	94	92
2016-17	211	0	0	0	211	102	109
2017-18	294	27	8	19	267	126	141
2018-19	270	25	10	15	245	114	131
2019-20	235	26	12	14	209	103	106
2020-21	239	57	29	28	182	102	80
2021-22	227	64	44	20	163	105	58
2022-23	239	70	35	35	169	99	70
Average	225	225	16	15	225	100	94

Nichols College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.92%. The percentage was 82.93% 10 years ago and Nichols still has a high percentage of white students. 1.50% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.48% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Nichols College over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	6	18	78	99	3	1,210	35
2014-15	3	21	88	95	2	1,230	44
2015-16	2	21	95	88	0	1,187	49
2016-17	0	20	104	100	0	1,190	45
2017-18	1	21	112	128	0	1,289	58
2018-19	3	21	102	124	1	1,249	52
2019-20	6	22	98	140	2	1,202	55
2020-21	3	18	99	147	1	1,148	52
2021-22	3	15	117	148	1	1,041	45
2022-23	2	21	133	151	1	995	51
Average	3	20	103	122	1	1,174	49

Nichols College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

286 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has increased 128.80% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Nichols College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,495	125	25	1,345
2015-16	1,454	132	30	1,292
2016-17	1,480	56	37	1,387
2017-18	1,634	71	341	1,222
2018-19	1,592	97	334	1,161
2019-20	1,560	143	327	1,090
2020-21	1,518	604	914	0
2021-22	1,434	91	393	950
2022-23	1,403	286	120	997
Average	1,508	178	280	1,049

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