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.

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

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	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Nichols?

The acceptance rate at Nichols College is 85%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 67% of accepted students are men and 33% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 84%, and the acceptance rate for women is 87%.

Average Test Scores

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.

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 93% of students took out student loans averaging $9,522 a year. That adds up to $38,088 over four years for those students.

Nichols College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,207 undergraduate students at Nichols, with 1,111 being full-time and 96 being part-time.

There are also 227 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,111 full-time undergraduates at Nichols, 69% are male and 31% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	9
Black or African American	97
Hispanic or Latino	124
White	798
International Students	37
Other Races/Ethnicities	46

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

There are 6 bachelor’s degree and 12 master’s degree programs available online at Nichols. In 2022-2023, 406 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 2022-2023.

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/Commerce	4	70	0	74
General Business Administration and Management	0	23	48	71
Accounting	0	36	22	58
Organizational Leadership	0	0	28	28
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	26	0	26
Finance	0	12	0	12
Investments and Securities	0	8	0	8
Business Economics	0	7	0	7
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	7	0	7
General Hospitality Administration/Management	0	5	0	5
General Organizational Communication	0	3	0	3
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	2	0	2
Digital Marketing	0	2	0	2
Marketing Research	0	2	0	2
General Economics	0	1	0	1
TOTAL	4	204	98	306

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.