Master's · Thibodaux, Louisiana
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Nicholls State University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $73,099
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $107,172
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $19,079
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $20k (likely $20k – $20k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $51k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in LA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.5 years (likely 1.0–2.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $318k (likely $165k – $505k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $937k (likely $588k – $1.37M)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Nicholls State University
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$120,260
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$79,428
- Mining and Petroleum Technologies/Technicians (Associate's)$79,041
- Mining and Petroleum Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$74,167
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$66,499
- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$65,635
- Curriculum and Instruction (Master's)$56,621
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$54,927
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$54,071
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$53,871
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$53,746
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$53,673
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Louisiana
- Tulane University of Louisiana$124,014
- Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College$120,107
- Louisiana State University-Shreveport$87,130
- University of New Orleans$85,215
- Louisiana Tech University$81,197
- University of Louisiana at Monroe$80,675
- Southeastern Louisiana University$79,499
- McNeese State University$74,948
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette$73,988
- Southern University and A & M College$73,081