- The Inkwell
- Massachusetts
- Nichols College
Dudley, MASuburb: largeZIP 01571Founded 1815
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1815
- Carnegie class
- Master's: medium programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.nichols.edu
MassachusettsPrivate nonprofit
Nichols College
Nichols College is a private nonprofit college in Dudley, Massachusetts, with 1,163 undergraduates. It admits 81% of applicants, graduates 54% within six years and costs $31,983 a year after aid.
54%graduate
Admission rate81%
Retention72%
4-year graduation49%
Pell Grant share32%
Federal loans75%
$31,983net price / year
81%admission rate
1140average SAT
54%graduate in 6 years
$66,716median earnings, 10 yrs
$26,046median debt
#496 of 1,704 for earnings#1,514 of 1,739 for lowest net price#913 of 1,738 for graduation rate#883 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $61,425tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $44,950
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $44,950
- Average net price
- $31,983national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$29,698
$30,001–48,000$27,466
$48,001–75,000$32,569
$75,001–110,000$31,725
$110,001+$33,136
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 81%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1140
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 528–623
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 500–613
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college81%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college72%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college54%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college32%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 54%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 49%
- First-year retention
- 72%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 65%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $57,055
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $66,716middle 50%: $48,443–$93,979
- Median debt at graduation
- $26,046
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$93,979
Median, Nichols College$66,716
Lower quarter$48,443
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,163
- Part-time
- 7.8%
- Women / men
- 34% / 66%
- Average age at entry
- 20.6
- First-generation students
- 32%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 32%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 35%
- Average faculty salary
- $9,714 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $6,461
- Endowment, end of year
- $31,678,442
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White73%
Hispanic10%
Black7.7%
Asian1.3%
Two or more races3.4%
U.S. nonresident2.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%
Unknown1.0%
6 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management61%
Parks, recreation & fitness17%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting9.4%
Psychology7.5%
Communication & journalism2.6%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies2.6%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 167260. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7026557.