Lamar State College - Port Arthur
About
Lamar State College Port Arthur is a public community college in Port Arthur, Texas. The college has 2,740 students as of the Fall 2019 semester. It is a member of the Texas State University System.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients here graduate at a 9.4-point higher rate than non-Pell students, unusual and worth a closer look.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 51 Title IV programs, 1 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 50 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing1 · 2.0%
- No Data50 · 98.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Action history · 10
- Aug 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Nov 2024Grant Substantive Change: OtherSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Mar 2024Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jan 2024Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2023Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,175 students received $5.5M in Pell grants, alongside $2.7M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 292 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (0.6%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Lamarpa
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 2
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus2
- Non-campus1
Includes 2 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Data quality: 1 report was later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Lamarpa vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Lamarpa selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectLamar State College-Port Arthur | 45% | — | 4,680 | $2,846 | Community College |
| — | — | 5,680 | $13,866 | Community College | |
| — | — | 5,504 | $4,666 | Community College | |
| — | — | 8,323 | $6,879 | Community College | |
| — | — | 10,256 | $3,399 | Community College | |
| — | — | 12,077 | $13,508 | Community College | |
| Peer group median | 45% | — | 7,002 | $5,773 |
Institutions like Lamarpa
Explore the federal data for institutions in Lamarpa's comparison group.
- Community CollegeTexas
Lamar Institute of Technology
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment5,680Net price$13,866View data - Community CollegeTexas
Wharton County Junior College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment5,504Net price$4,666View data - Community CollegeTexas
Lee College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment8,323Net price$6,879View data - Community CollegeTexas
Del Mar College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment10,256Net price$3,399View data - Community CollegeTexas
Texas State Technical College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment12,077Net price$13,508View data
Lamarpa Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness supports the college’s mission and goals by providing data to internal and external stakeholders; collaborating across campus for assessment, accountability, and improvement efforts; and promoting data-informed decision making.
Visit IR office page- Petra UzoruoDirector of Institutional Research and Effectiveness
- Ginny HaightAssistant Director of Institutional Research and Effectiveness
Research funding
External research funding from NSF, NIH, HERD, and federal spending sources.
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