{"id":10068,"date":"2025-10-20T08:26:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/?p=10068"},"modified":"2025-11-17T11:25:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T17:25:42","slug":"nicholls-state-university-no-1-best-value-college-in-louisiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/20\/nicholls-state-university-no-1-best-value-college-in-louisiana\/","title":{"rendered":"ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ No. 1 Best Value College in Louisiana"},"content":{"rendered":"

THIBODAUX, La. \u2013 ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ ranks as the <\/span>No. 1 Best Value College in Louisiana<\/span><\/a> according to <\/span>Niche.com<\/span><\/a>\u2019s 2026 College Rankings. The Best Value Colleges ranking is <\/span>based on<\/span><\/a> net price, alumni earnings, graduation rates and student debt using data from the U.S. Department of Education and millions of student and alumni reviews.<\/span><\/p>\n

ÐÓ°É´«Ã½’ average cost and tuition are significantly lower than the national and state averages, with its in-state and out-of-state tuition being very close in cost at $8,173 and $9,266 per year, almost half of Louisiana\u2019s average in both categories.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Niche\u2019s net price to attend ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ averaged $11,029, compared to the $17,821 national and $17,033 state averages. ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ alumni median earnings 5 years after graduation average $49,367 per year, $3,848 more than the national average, with 95% of alumni employed one year after graduation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Niche\u2019s student polls on ÐÓ°É´«Ã½:<\/span><\/p>\n