Bachelor's · Thibodaux, Louisiana
Is Psychology, General at Nicholls State University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $33,681
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $46,199
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $23,250
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $57k (likely $57k – $79k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $11k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in LA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 9 years (likely 6.4–13.8)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$139k (likely −$210k – −$78k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $9k (likely −$105k – $147k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 51%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Tulane University of Louisiana$60,260
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- Loyola University New Orleans$49,380
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette$44,574
- Northwestern State University of Louisiana$44,492
- University of Louisiana at Monroe$44,255
- Louisiana State University at Alexandria$44,069
- Grambling State University$43,561
- Southern University and A & M College$41,901
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