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nicholls state university

Nicholls State University, located in Thibodaux, Louisiana, is a comprehensive, regional University serving south central Louisiana. The university is coeducational and tax supported, it opened its doors on the 23rd of September, 1948, as the Francis T. Nicholls Junior College of Louisiana State University.

In 1956, the Louisiana Legislature separated Nicholls from Louisiana State University and authorized it to develop full 4 year curricula. In September 1956, the former junior college began operation as Francis T. Nicholls State College. The college granted its 1st degrees in May 1958. Act 93 of the State Legislature in 1970 changed the name to Nicholls State University.

The 210 acre campus, once part of historic Acadia Plantation, fronts on Bayou Lafourche, about Fifty miles southwest of New Orleans and Sixty miles southeast of Baton Rouge.

Nicholls is located in the heart of Cajun country, an area rich in culture and tradition. It is also located in the heart of the Mississippi River delta, allowing easy access to the river, its tributaries, Louisiana's wetlands, and the Gulf of Mexico.

Most full-time undergraduate students at Nicholls depend upon financial aid to pay their educational costs. A student unable to meet the cost of an education at Nicholls with personal or family resources should apply for financial aid.

Nicholls State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award degrees at the associate, baccalaureate, master and specialist levels.