{"id":10043,"date":"2025-10-02T09:37:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/?p=10043"},"modified":"2025-10-02T09:55:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:55:41","slug":"u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s 2026 Rankings for ÐÓ°É´«Ã½"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">THIBODAUX, La. \u2013 ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ ranks at No. 2 in Louisiana for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-colleges\/la?schoolType=regional-universities-south&amp;ranking=top-public&amp;myCollege=regional-universities-south&amp;_sort=rank&amp;_sortDirection=asc&amp;userLocationOfStudy=Louisiana\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Top Public Regional Universities in the South<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-colleges\/rankings\/regional-universities-south\/veterans?myCollege=regional-universities-south&amp;_sort=myCollege&amp;_sortDirection=asc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Best Regional Universities for Veterans in the South<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> according to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-colleges\/nicholls-state-university-2005\/overall-rankings\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s 2026 rankings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Overall, U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s 2026 rankings hold ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ at:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-colleges\/rankings\/regional-universities-south\/top-public?myCollege=regional-universities-south&amp;_sort=myCollege&amp;_sortDirection=asc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No. 33<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Top Public Regional Universities in the South, moving up 3 spots from last year<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-colleges\/rankings\/regional-universities-south?myCollege=regional-universities-south&amp;_sort=myCollege&amp;_sortDirection=asc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No. 64<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Regional Universities in the South, moving up 8 spots from last year<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-colleges\/rankings\/regional-universities-south\/veterans?myCollege=regional-universities-south&amp;_sort=myCollege&amp;_sortDirection=asc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No. 34<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Best Colleges for Veterans in Southern Regional Universities, a new stat provided by U.S. News &amp; World Report<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThese rankings represent the university\u2019s commitment to academic excellence and student success, and the rise in rankings is a result of the hard work and dedication of our faculty, staff and students,\u201d said ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ President Jay Clune, PhD. \u201cOur improvement in these categories proves we are consistently improving our academic programs and student services, in turn producing Career-Ready Colonels.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ is also ranked at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-colleges\/rankings\/regional-universities-south\/social-mobility?myCollege=regional-universities-south&amp;_sort=myCollege&amp;_sortDirection=asc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No. 120<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Top Performers on Social Mobility for Regional Universities in the South, moving up 4 spots from last year. This represents the university\u2019s commitment to providing an accessible education and advancing social mobility by enrolling and graduating large portions of disadvantaged students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition, ÐÓ°É´«Ã½\u2019 Bachelor of Science in Nursing is ranked at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-colleges\/rankings\/nursing-overall?myCollege=nursing&amp;_sort=myCollege&amp;_sortDirection=asc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No. 385<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> nationally, moving up 70 spots compared to last year\u2019s rankings, highlighting the quality of education being provided at its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/nursing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thibodaux Regional School of Nursing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To learn more about ÐÓ°É´«Ã½, visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.nicholls.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thursday, October 2, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>MEDIA CONTACT: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Payton Suire<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Media Relations &amp; Publications Coordinator,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">985.448.4141<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or <\/span><a href=\"mailto:payton.suire@nicholls.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">payton.suire@nicholls.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIBODAUX, La. \u2013 ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ ranks at No. 2 in Louisiana for Top Public Regional Universities in the South and Best Regional Universities for Veterans in the South according to the U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s 2026 rankings.\u00a0 Overall, U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s 2026 rankings hold ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ at: No. 33 in Top Public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":10044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12,909],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nicholls","category-thibodaux-regional-health-system-school-of-nursing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s 2026 Rankings for ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ - ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s 2026 Rankings for ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ - ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"THIBODAUX, La. \u2013 ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ ranks at No. 2 in Louisiana for Top Public Regional Universities in the South and Best Regional Universities for Veterans in the South according to the U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s 2026 rankings.\u00a0 Overall, U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s 2026 rankings hold ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ at: No. 33 in Top Public [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nicholls.state.university\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-02T14:37:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-02T14:55:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-02-at-9.36.39-AM.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1248\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"830\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Payton Suire\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ÐÓ°É´«Ã½State\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ÐÓ°É´«Ã½State\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Payton Suire\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Payton Suire\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7a76ef88029fc6f7a8837a56cb90e949\"},\"headline\":\"U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s 2026 Rankings for ÐÓ°É´«Ã½\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-02T14:37:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-02T14:55:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/\"},\"wordCount\":283,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-02-at-9.36.39-AM.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"ÐÓ°É´«Ã½\",\"Thibodaux Regional Health System School of Nursing\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/\",\"name\":\"U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s 2026 Rankings for ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ - ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-02-at-9.36.39-AM.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-02T14:37:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-02T14:55:41+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-02-at-9.36.39-AM.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-02-at-9.36.39-AM.png\",\"width\":1248,\"height\":830},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ÐÓ°É´«Ã½\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/category\/nicholls\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s 2026 Rankings for ÐÓ°É´«Ã½\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/\",\"name\":\"ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ News\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ÐÓ°É´«Ã½\",\"alternateName\":\"ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ State\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2019\/08\/cropped-ÐÓ°É´«Ã½-sword-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2019\/08\/cropped-ÐÓ°É´«Ã½-sword-logo.png\",\"width\":975,\"height\":513,\"caption\":\"ÐÓ°É´«Ã½\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nicholls.state.university\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/ÐÓ°É´«Ã½State\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7a76ef88029fc6f7a8837a56cb90e949\",\"name\":\"Payton Suire\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00efc0d56845346eecef6d0c185238cf3b40b7d578a337a609acb66932300cf7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00efc0d56845346eecef6d0c185238cf3b40b7d578a337a609acb66932300cf7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00efc0d56845346eecef6d0c185238cf3b40b7d578a337a609acb66932300cf7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Payton Suire\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/author\/psuire1\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s 2026 Rankings for ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ - ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s 2026 Rankings for ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ - ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ News","og_description":"THIBODAUX, La. \u2013 ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ ranks at No. 2 in Louisiana for Top Public Regional Universities in the South and Best Regional Universities for Veterans in the South according to the U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s 2026 rankings.\u00a0 Overall, U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s 2026 rankings hold ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ at: No. 33 in Top Public [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/","og_site_name":"ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nicholls.state.university","article_published_time":"2025-10-02T14:37:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-10-02T14:55:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1248,"height":830,"url":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-02-at-9.36.39-AM.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Payton Suire","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ÐÓ°É´«Ã½State","twitter_site":"@ÐÓ°É´«Ã½State","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Payton Suire","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/"},"author":{"name":"Payton Suire","@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7a76ef88029fc6f7a8837a56cb90e949"},"headline":"U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s 2026 Rankings for ÐÓ°É´«Ã½","datePublished":"2025-10-02T14:37:45+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-02T14:55:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/"},"wordCount":283,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-02-at-9.36.39-AM.png","articleSection":["News","ÐÓ°É´«Ã½","Thibodaux Regional Health System School of Nursing"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/","url":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/","name":"U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s 2026 Rankings for ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ - ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-02-at-9.36.39-AM.png","datePublished":"2025-10-02T14:37:45+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-02T14:55:41+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-02-at-9.36.39-AM.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-02-at-9.36.39-AM.png","width":1248,"height":830},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/u-s-news-world-reports-2026-rankings-for-nicholls-state-university\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ÐÓ°É´«Ã½","item":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/category\/nicholls\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s 2026 Rankings for ÐÓ°É´«Ã½"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/","name":"ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#organization","name":"ÐÓ°É´«Ã½","alternateName":"ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ State","url":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2019\/08\/cropped-ÐÓ°É´«Ã½-sword-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2019\/08\/cropped-ÐÓ°É´«Ã½-sword-logo.png","width":975,"height":513,"caption":"ÐÓ°É´«Ã½"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nicholls.state.university","https:\/\/x.com\/ÐÓ°É´«Ã½State"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7a76ef88029fc6f7a8837a56cb90e949","name":"Payton Suire","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00efc0d56845346eecef6d0c185238cf3b40b7d578a337a609acb66932300cf7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00efc0d56845346eecef6d0c185238cf3b40b7d578a337a609acb66932300cf7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00efc0d56845346eecef6d0c185238cf3b40b7d578a337a609acb66932300cf7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Payton Suire"},"url":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/author\/psuire1\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}