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CLICK HERE to apply. Check your application Status
Please note that you will have to CREATE a user name and password to apply to the university. Remember this as it will allow you to continue your application later if you get interrupted and most importantly, to log back in and check the status of your application.
Please note that the application fee ($20 US Citizen, $30 Non-US Citizen) is still required before we process your application. Note that completing the wrong application will result in a delay of your admission and may require you to submit a new application. You will have to select the type of application to complete. Please read this section below in entirety before selecting an application type.
Undergraduate Applications
(Seeking Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree)
If you are interested in the Early Start/Dual Enrollment Program, do not fill out ANY of these applications. You must come to the Office of Admissions to enroll in these programs.
| Select “First-time College Student” if you have NEVER attended a university, college, or other post-secondary institution after graduating from high school. If you have earned credit through Dual Enrollment, Early Start, or Concurrent Enrollment, and not attended some other school after graduating high school, you would select this option. |
| Select “Transfer Student” if you have attended some university, college, or other post-secondary institution after graduating from high school, regardless of your age. Even if you went to a college but withdrew during your first semester, you would still apply using this application type. You will complete this application even if you have earned a degree from another institution. |
| Select “New Adult Student-25 or older” if you are aged 25 or older and have never attended some other university, college, or other post-secondary institution after graduating high school. |
| Select “Reapply as Undergraduate” if you are a former Nicholls Student that did not attend for a Fall or Spring semester. Choose this application if you attended Nicholls, went somewhere else, and are now returning. |
| Select “International Undergraduate” if you are from outside the United States of America and plan on attending Nicholls State University. Note that this application type is for Undergraduate International students, or not seeking Masters level programs. |
| Select “Nondegree Visiting Undergrad” if you are interested in attending Nicholls State University as a Visitor student. Examples of those that would apply in this category include Transient students, Senior Citizens, and those wishing to attend Nicholls for only a Summer Semester. |
| Select “Cross Enroll from Fletcher” if you wish to cross enroll for a certain semester with Nicholls State University from Fletcher Technical Community College. (You are taking more courses at FTCC than at Nicholls.) |
GRADUATE APPLICATIONS
(Seeking Certifications, Master’s Degree or seeking Graduate level credit)
| Select “Educ – Alt Certification” if you are applying into the NonMasters Alternative Certification Program |
| Select “Master in Business Admin” if you are interested in attending Nicholls State University and pursuing a Masters in Business Administration. This is for the on-campus degree, and NOT the executive program. |
| Select “Master(Exec) in Busin Admin” if you are interested in attending Nicholls State University and pursing the Executive Masters in Business Administration program. This is different from the regular MBA program in it’s delivery method is intensive coursework over several months. |
| Select “Master Marine & Envir Biol” if you are interested in pursuing the Masters in Marine & Environmental Biology program. |
| Select “Master Programs in Mathematics” if you are interested in pursuing the Masters in Mathematics program here at Nicholls. |
| Select “Masters in Education or Psyc” if you are interested in pursuing a Masters program in Education or a Masters in Psycological Counseling or School Counseling. Non-Masters Alternative Certification is done via this application. |
| Select “Specialist in School Psyc” if you are interested in pursuing the Specialist in School Psychology program. Note that applying to this program does not guarantee admission to the program. |
| Select “International Graduate” if you are an international student who wishes to pursue a graduate level program. |
| Select “International Exchange Graduate” if you are an international student coming to Nicholls as part of a recognized EXCHANGE program. |
NOTE: A Bachelor’s Degree is REQUIRED to apply for one of these degree programs.
Admission to graduate school does not guarantee admission to the program of which you have applied.