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Lamar University Overview

Located in Beaumont, Texas, Lamar University is a public institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Lamar University Known For?

1,751 Undergraduate Awards
$25,913 Avg Cost After Aid
83% Acceptance Rate
  • Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Lamar University.
  • In 2017-2018, 79% of the faculty were full-time.

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Lamar University Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Lamar University.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#1 Best Value American Sign Language Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#3 Best Value Linguistics & Literature Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#5 Best American Sign Language Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#6 Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#7 Best Value Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#8 Best Value Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#11 Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#12 Best Value General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#34 Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#85 Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Lamar University has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for American Sign Language College Factual
#5 Best Value Colleges for Environmental Engineering College Factual
#6 Best Value Colleges for Linguistics & Comparative Literature College Factual
#6 Best Value Colleges for Chemical Engineering College Factual
#7 Best American Sign Language Schools College Factual
#26 Best Value Colleges for Foreign Languages & Linguistics College Factual

Where Is Lamar University?

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Contact details for Lamar University are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 4400 Mlk Blvd, Beaumont, TX 77705
Phone: 409-880-7011
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LamarUniversity
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lamaruniversity

How Do I Get Into Lamar University?

You can apply to Lamar University online at: www.applytexas.org/

Admission Requirements for Lamar University

Submission Required?
High School GPA neither required nor recommended
High School Rank required
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program recommended
Recommendations neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores considered but not required
TOEFL required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Lamar University?

83% Acceptance Rate
64% Of Accepted Are Women
73% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 83%, Lamar University may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 81%, and the acceptance rate for women is 84%.

Average Test Scores

About 73% of students accepted to Lamar University submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 473 and 580. Math scores were between 470 and 560.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Lamar University  ( 473 to 580 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Lamar University  ( 470 to 560 )
200
800
Lamar University received ACT scores from 22% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 15 and 23. Math scores were between 16 and 23. Composite scores were between 17 and 23.

ACT English Scores for Lamar University  ( 15 to 23 )
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ACT Math Scores for Lamar University  ( 16 to 23 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Lamar University  ( 17 to 23 )
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36

Can I Afford Lamar University?

$25,913 Net Price
47% Take Out Loans
7.6% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Lamar University is $25,913. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Lamar University, approximately 47% of students took out student loans averaging $7,111 a year. That adds up to $28,444 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Lamar University is 7.6%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Lamar University Undergraduate Student Diversity

4,657 Full-Time Undergraduates
57% Women
57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 8,588 undergraduate students at Lamar University, with 4,657 being full-time and 3,931 being part-time.

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There are also 8,049 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,657 full-time undergraduates at Lamar University, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Lamar University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 255
Black or African American 1,211
Hispanic or Latino 1,014
White 1,841
International Students 72
Other Races/Ethnicities 264

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at Lamar University. At this time, 9 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 69 countries are represented at Lamar University. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.

Online Learning at Lamar University

9,487 Took All Classes Online
13,097 Took At Least One Class Online
11.1% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
There are 7 bachelor’s degree and 13 master’s degree programs available online at Lamar University. In 2019-2020, 13,097 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Lamar University has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 4th most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Lamar University

The following table shows how Lamar University is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Industrial Engineering #1 #1
Linguistics & Comparative Literature #4 #7
Entrepreneurial Studies #7 #9
Engineering #10 #13
Social Work #13 #19
Mental & Social Health Services #16 #25
Engineering-Related Fields #19 #22
Management Information Systems #20 #33
Industrial Production Technology #22 #22
Foreign Languages & Linguistics #22 #16
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology #34 #31
Public Health #34 #16
Psychology #40 #50
Communication & Media Studies #40 #50
Communication & Journalism #43 #50
Engineering Technologies #46 #37
General Business/Commerce #56 #77
Health & Physical Education #61 #82
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies #61 #88
Sociology #61 #52
Computer Information Systems #70 #85
Computer & Information Sciences #73 #88

Online Growth Rankings of Lamar University

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Lamar University was 11.1%. This is the #753 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Lamar University regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Lamar University majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Criminal Justice & Corrections 6%
Education 22%
Educational Administration 12%
Engineering Technologies 12%
Engineering-Related Fields 30%
Health Professions 1%
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 6%
Industrial Production Technology 8%
Instructional Media Design 30%
Management Information Systems 12%
Mental & Social Health Services 7%
Public Administration & Social Service 22%
Public Health 5%
Social Sciences 17%
Social Work 28%
Sociology 12%
Special Education 76%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Lamar University ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Lamar University.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Industrial Production Technology #18
Engineering-Related Fields #29
Student Counseling #49
Social Work #61
Sociology #63
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies #85
Public Administration #93
Management Information Systems #101
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology #102
Mental & Social Health Services #111
Instructional Media Design #114
Public Health #125
Engineering Technologies #140
Special Education #161
Educational Administration #197
Social Sciences #202
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies #206
Public Administration & Social Service #207
Psychology #208
Nursing #252
Criminal Justice & Corrections #413

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Lamar University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Educational Administration 0 937 1,227 46 2,210
Special Education 0 212 134 6 352
Nursing 199 0 14 0 213
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 188 0 0 0 188
Criminal Justice & Corrections 97 0 86 0 183
Instructional Media Design 0 0 180 0 180
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 179 0 179
Business Administration & Management 52 0 97 0 149
Liberal Arts General Studies 146 0 0 0 146
Mental & Social Health Services 0 0 122 0 122
General Engineering 0 0 73 7 80
Communication Sciences 33 0 35 9 77
Communication & Media Studies 64 0 0 0 64
Mechanical Engineering 64 0 0 0 64
Chemical Engineering 47 0 0 10 57
Health & Physical Education 46 0 6 0 52
General Biology 49 0 2 0 51
General Psychology 50 0 0 0 50
Industrial Production Technology 49 0 0 0 49
Social Work 47 0 0 0 47
General Business/Commerce 44 0 0 0 44
Accounting 21 0 22 0 43
Sociology 41 0 0 0 41
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 23 0 16 0 39
Music 34 0 4 0 38
Computer Science 0 0 37 0 37
Electrical Engineering 37 0 0 0 37
Computer Information Systems 35 0 0 0 35
Industrial Engineering 33 0 0 0 33
Finance & Financial Management 27 0 0 0 27
General English Literature 20 0 7 0 27
Health Sciences & Services 26 0 0 0 26
Management Information Systems 25 0 0 0 25
Mathematics 18 0 6 0 24
Entrepreneurial Studies 22 0 0 0 22
Marketing 22 0 0 0 22
American Sign Language 22 0 0 0 22
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 7 0 14 0 21
Public Health 0 0 21 0 21
Design & Applied Arts 21 0 0 0 21
Business/Managerial Economics 17 0 0 0 17
Civil Engineering 16 0 0 0 16
Human Resource Management 15 0 0 0 15
Information Science 0 0 15 0 15
Construction Engineering 13 1 0 0 14
Chemistry 8 0 6 0 14
Political Science & Government 12 0 0 0 12
History 9 0 2 0 11
Engineering-Related Fields 0 1 9 0 10
Physics 10 0 0 0 10
Geological & Earth Sciences 9 0 0 0 9
Drama & Theater Arts 8 0 0 0 8
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 6 0 0 0 6
Environmental Engineering 0 0 6 0 6
Natural Resources Conservation 5 0 0 0 5
Fine & Studio Arts 5 0 0 0 5
Human Development & Family Studies 4 0 0 0 4
Textile & Apparel Studies 3 0 0 0 3
General Family & Consumer Sciences 0 0 3 0 3
Public Administration 0 0 2 0 2
Public Relations & Advertising 1 0 0 0 1
Computer Programming 1 0 0 0 1
General Sales & Marketing 0 0 0 0 0
Information Technology 0 0 0 0 0
Student Counseling 0 0 0 0 0
Other Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
Arts & Media Management 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 1,751 1,151 2,325 78 5,305

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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