College · Private nonprofit · Dudley, MA · Suburb
Nichols College
Dudley, MA
Admit rate81%
6-yr median pay$48k
Net price / yr$33k
Undergrad size1,163
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $33k/yr for a shot at a $48k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 81% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1140 · ACT 23.
If you get in
1,163 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $58k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $33k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$233k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$132k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$101k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $42.7k
- Room & board
- $15.8k
- Books & supplies
- $1,400
How students pay for it.
Pell grants26%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans69%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention72%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr63%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$48k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$58k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out8%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,163
- Location
- Dudley, MA
- Region
- New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- Nichols
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White73%
- Hispanic10%
- Black8%
- Two or more races3%
- International3%
- Asian1%
- Unknown1%
First-gen students32%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time8%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$69k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 20
What you can study.