About Nicholls State University

Nicholls State University is a public academic world in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Founded in 1948, Nicholls is ration of the University of Louisiana System. Originally named Francis T. Nicholls Junior College, the university is named for Francis T. Nicholls, a former executive of Louisiana and advocate of the Louisiana Supreme Court.

The 287-acre (1.16 km2) campus, once portion of Acadia Plantation, fronts on Bayou Lafourche, about 50 miles (80 km) southwest of New Orleans and 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Baton Rouge. Its oldest structure, Elkins Hall, was completed in 1948 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Nicholls is located in the Acadiana region. It is after that within the geographical bounds of the Mississippi River Delta, and close to the Mississippi River, its distributaries, Louisiana’s wetlands, and the Gulf of Mexico.

Thibodaux (/ˈtɪbədoʊ/ TIB-ə-doh) is a city in and the parish seat of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States, along the banks of Bayou Lafourche in the northwestern share of the parish. The population was 14,567 at the 2010 census. Thibodaux is a principal city of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Thibodaux is nicknamed “Queen City of Lafourche.”