Nichols College Business Programs

Nichols College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Dudley, Massachusetts. Nichols is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

Nichols College Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Nichols.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#2	Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Nichols has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#55	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Accounting	College Factual
#57	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Accounting	College Factual
#118	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for General Business Administration and Management	College Factual
#131	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual
#132	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Business Administration & Management	College Factual

Where Is Nichols College?

Contact details for Nichols are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	Center Rd, Dudley, MA 01571-5000
Phone:	800-470-3379
Website:	www.nichols.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/Nichols.College
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/Nichols_College

How Do I Get Into Nichols?

You can apply to Nichols online at: https://www.nichols.edu/admission/requirements

Admission Requirements for Nichols

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	recommended
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	recommended
TOEFL	recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Nichols?

Nichols has an acceptance rate of 80%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 66% of accepted students are men and 34% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 77%, and the acceptance rate for women is 88%.

Can I Afford Nichols College?

The overall average net price of Nichols is $32,270. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Nichols, approximately 80% of students took out student loans averaging $9,953 a year. That adds up to $39,812 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Nichols is 7.7%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Nichols College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,279 undergraduate students at Nichols, with 1,152 being full-time and 127 being part-time.

There are also 239 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,152 full-time undergraduates at Nichols, 66% are male and 34% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Nichols College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	12
Black or African American	79
Hispanic or Latino	113
White	874
International Students	25
Other Races/Ethnicities	49

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Nichols College. At this time, 15 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 18 countries are represented at Nichols. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Brazil, and Netherlands.

Online Learning at Nichols College

In 2019-2020, 1,518 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Nichols has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 4th most popular in Massachusetts for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Nichols

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Nichols College was $36,540 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Nichols is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
International Business	#31	#31
International Business/Trade/Commerce	#31	#31
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#54	#54
Marketing	#63	#63

Online Growth Rankings of Nichols

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Nichols College was 108.3%. This is the #334 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Nichols regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Nichols ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Nichols.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#16
General Business/Commerce	#24
General Business/Commerce	#24
Human Resource Management	#26
Accounting	#37
Organizational Leadership	#39
Accounting	#59
General Business Administration and Management	#156
Business Administration & Management	#192

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Nichols College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	0	22	83	105
General Business/Commerce	1	83	0	84
Accounting	0	38	25	63
Organizational Leadership	0	0	39	39
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	30	0	30
Finance	0	16	0	16
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	13	0	13
General Hospitality Administration/Management	0	10	0	10
General Organizational Communication	0	9	0	9
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	7	0	7
Business Economics	0	6	0	6
Investments and Securities	0	1	0	1
Business/Corporate Communications	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1	235	147	383

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.