The 287-section of land (1.16 km2) grounds, once a portion of notable Acadia Plantation, fronts on Bayou Lafourche, around 50 miles (80 km) southwest of New Orleans and 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Baton Rouge. Nicholls is situated in the Acadiana area, otherwise called "Cajun Country." It is additionally inside of the land limits of the Mississippi River Delta, and near the Mississippi River, its distributaries, Louisiana's wetlands, and the Gulf of Mexico. The school is once in a while alluded to as "Our Harvard on the Bayou;" with the college book shop offering shirts brandishing this happy epithet. The Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) at Nicholls, is an activity concentrating on basic considering.
The University of Louisiana System has distinguished the accompanying territories as Unique Areas of Excellence at Nicholls State University. These are ranges of study that, in view of either their one of a kind classes or their administration in Louisiana instruction, have been chosen for this exceptional honor. John Folse Culinary Institute, Biological Sciences - Marine and ecological sciences accentuation, Nursing, Allied Health Sciences, Teacher Education, Accounting and Information Systems, and Child, Family and Social Services. Other remarkable degree programs include: Bachelor of Arts in Art, English, Mass Communication, and Music; Bachelor of Science in Geomatics; and Master degrees in Biology, Education, and Business Administration notwithstanding an Executive MBA program.
Nicholls is one of the primary foundations in the United States to offer four year certifications in Culinary Arts. Understudies pick up aptitude in both Cajun and French cooking. The Chef John Folse Culinary Institute is the main American individual from the prestigious Institut Paul Bocuse. Understudies additionally have the chance to win a four year college education in Culinary Arts and after that work towards acquiring the MBA.
Nicholls' workforce have been perceived broadly and universally by the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the National Endowment for the Humanities, Phi Kappa Lambda, the Renaissance Society of America, and different associations and affiliations. In the previous three years, a few employees have been recompensed stipends from the Louisiana Board of Regents. The college has the main guaranteed geneticist in the South. It additionally has the most astounding rate of administrators with PhDs in both open and private colleges and schools in the state. Nicholls is likewise the home of the Louisiana Center for Women and Government and in addition the Dyslexia Center of Louisiana.
Princeton Review measurements from 2010 rundown the understudy to-workforce proportion at Nicholls as 20:1. Affirmation has gotten to be specific. The normal GPA upon passage is 3.2 with an ACT score of 21. The normal GPA of Honors understudies is 3.6 with an ACT score of 26. Very nearly 62 percent of the understudy body are ladies; and almost 3 percent are universal understudies. Similarly as with almost all scholarly organizations in Louisiana, Hurricane Katrina has affected Nicholls' finish rate and general positioning. Amid the result of Katrina, Nicholls suspended its confirmations selectivity keeping in mind the end goal to suit understudies from storm influenced organizations. The college additionally had numerous registering understudies who were influenced by the storm and did not return.
In April 2014, Dr. Bruce Murphy was initiated as Nicholls State University's fifth president. Nicholls has been putting forth online classes subsequent to 2000 and have had separation training courses of different sorts before that including Course by Cassette, Satellite courses, and Video Conferencing. Nicholls State offers more than 100 online courses through its Division of Distance Learning. Understudies enrolled with the University can get to these courses from anyplace on the planet. In January 2013, Nicholls State started to offer complete degrees online through another activity known as Nicholls Online. Situated in the Division of Distance Education, Nicholls Online gives complete degrees online in an assortment of orders. Nicholls Online is not the same as customary online courses at Nicholls in that the courses are offered through 8-week sessions and have a one of a kind expense structure.
The College of Education is the "instructive supplier" for two scholastic divisions: Teacher Education and Psychology and Counselor Education. A few undergrad and graduate projects are offered in every division. A large portion of our projects are broadly perceived through the National Council on the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), and the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS).
The Nicholls State University Specialist in School Psychology program gets ready future school analysts to serve as advisors to the whole school group. The graduate project, which is perceived by the National Association of School Psychologists, trains understudies to give an assortment of mental administrations inside instructive settings. Understudies get hands-on experience amid directed field encounters in government funded schools and at the Psychology Training Clinic on grounds.
The Nicholls State University Master of Arts in Psychological Counseling program gets ready understudies to end up authorized proficient guides in Louisiana and different wards. The educational modules likewise concentrates on controlling and deciphering mental tests and in addition utilizing research methods to tackle viable directing issues. Nicholls State University's Mass Communication Department is one of five mass correspondence programs in Louisiana certify by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (ACEJMC). The office offers 2 focuses: reporting and advertising. Nicholls mass correspondence understudies and personnel utilize two PC labs and a show studio for learning and direction in correspondence standards. Understudies inside of the office are likewise urged to apply for occupations with the KNSU radio station and Student Publications, delivering the yearbook or distributed the week by week daily paper, the Nicholls Worth.