by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Lamar University was awarded 468 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is special education.
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Lamar University is ranked #539 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Lamar University held the #1,083 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 115 colleges in Texas, Lamar University is ranked at #26.
With an acceptance rate of 88%, Lamar University has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
About 42% 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 460 and 560. Math scores were between 450 and 540.
With a student to faculty ratio of 18 to 1, Lamar University is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Lamar University is 78%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Lamar University this rate is 57%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 15% for first-time, full-time students at Lamar University, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 8,588 undergraduates at Lamar University with 4,657 being full-time and 3,931 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,996 | $9,632 | $13,580 | $17,159 | $18,853 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Lamar University, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Lamar University, approximately 47% of students took out student loans averaging $6,699 a year. That adds up to $26,796 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Lamar University is 4.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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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 |
| Website: | www.lamar.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/LamarUniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/lamaruniversity |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 245 | $35,341 |
| Business Administration & Management | 93 | $43,871 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 84 | $38,297 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 81 | $71,107 |
| General Business/Commerce | 79 | $34,919 |
| Chemical Engineering | 58 | $73,299 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 58 | $26,178 |
| Health & Physical Education | 56 | $33,573 |
| Social Work | 47 | $37,792 |
| General Psychology | 47 | $25,519 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 14,339 students took at least one online class at Lamar University. This is an increase from the 13,097 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 14,339 | 9,710 |
| 2019-2020 | 13,097 | 9,487 |
| 2018-2019 | 11,310 | 8,372 |
| 2017-2018 | 10,518 | 7,109 |
| 2016-2017 | 9,501 | 6,491 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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