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Lamar University

Beaumont, Texas·Public, 4-year or above·Southwest·lamar.edu
6-yr Graduation
37%
-13.5pp vs Doctoral/Professional
Total enrollment
17,772
peer median 16,567
Avg net price
$9,366
-$4.4k vs Doctoral/Professional
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About

Lamar University is a public university in Beaumont, Texas, United States. Lamar has been a member of the Texas State University System since 1995. It was the flagship institution of the former Lamar University System. As of the fall of 2024, the university enrollment was 17,850 students. Lamar University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and named for Mirabeau B. Lamar, the second president of the Republic of Texas.

Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
8,990
8,990 candidates competed
Admitted
7,768
86.4% acceptance rate
Enrolled
1,703
21.9% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
37%-13.5pp vs Doctoral/Professional
4-year graduation
19%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
37%
Full-time retention
62%

Pell equity

8.0pp gap
Pell recipients
33%229 of 688
Non-Pell (all)
41%305 of 743
Subsidized loan, no Pell
0%0 of 6
No Federal Aid
41%305 of 737

Non-Pell students graduate at a 8.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

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.

FVT/GE

Of 144 Title IV programs, 43 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 2 fail. 99 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
144
Passing
43
29.9% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
2
1.4% of portfolio
Fail rate
1.4%
+0.8pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

144programs
  • Passing43 · 29.9%
  • No Data99 · 68.8%
  • Failing2 · 1.4%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
1
Recoverable
1
At Risk
0
Watch
2
Safe
41
No data
99

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.

45
Public Health
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
-12.5%
$53,206 vs $60,823
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
-1.0%
$60,234 vs $60,823
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+12.1%
$68,173 vs $60,823
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Master's Degree · Security And Protective Services
+18.4%
$63,452 vs $53,607
Mathematics
Bachelor Degree · Mathematics And Statistics
+30.9%
$43,598 vs $33,298
Sociology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
+33.0%
$44,286 vs $33,298
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
+36.8%
$66,540 vs $48,653
Special Education and Teaching
Master's Degree · Education
+39.2%
$64,598 vs $46,391

Near the line (±5%)

Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.

1
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
-1.0%
−$589

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

38
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
69%
$41,357 debt · $60,234 earn
Sociology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
62%
$27,631 debt · $44,286 earn
Public Health
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
61%
$32,684 debt · $53,206 earn
Social Work
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
61%
$31,000 debt · $50,453 earn
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences General
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
54%
$31,000 debt · $57,524 earn
Communication and Media Studies
Bachelor Degree · Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs
52%
$26,075 debt · $49,746 earn
Business/Commerce General
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
52%
$28,991 debt · $56,206 earn
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
49%
$33,441 debt · $68,173 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 1929Next review Dec 2029

Programmatic accreditations · 11

Action history · 20

  1. Dec 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  2. Apr 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  3. Jan 2025Deny Substantive Change: Other
    Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Didactic Program in Dietetics
  4. Jan 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Dietetics (DIETI) - Dietetic Internship
  5. Jan 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Didactic Program in Dietetics

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$7,568
$30–48k$8,261
$48–75k$8,545
$75–110k$13,689
$110k+$16,292

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$9,366
-$4,397vs Doctoral/Professional median $13,763
Federal loans
41.8%
In-state tuition
$8,905
Out-of-state
$18,745

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 4,738 students received $27.6M in Pell grants, alongside $105.1M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
4,738
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$27.6M
$27,626,508 total
Direct Loans
$105.1M
12,339 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

4k
’20
4k
’21
4k
’22
4k
’23
5k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$11.4M
3,014 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$14.5M
3,100 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$75.1M
5,800 loan awards
Parent PLUS$1.8M
176 loan awards
Grad PLUS$2.3M
249 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 4,181 borrowers who entered repayment, 25 (0.5%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
0.5%
-1.8pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
4,181
Defaulted
25
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
6.1%
2017
7.6%
2018
4.3%
2019
0.5%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Lamar

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs82
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

5,251 total completions
01Education
1,36125.9%
02Business
97518.6%
03Computer Sciences
67512.9%
04Psychology
4929.4%
05Health Professions
4779.1%
06Multi/Interdisciplinary
4618.8%
07Engineering
3687.0%
08Security/Protective
1993.8%
09Family/Consumer Sci
1342.6%
10Engineering Tech
1092.1%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
17,772
12-mo unduplicated
23,572
Undergraduate
9,701
Graduate
13,871

Gender split

Men
34%7,951
Women
66%15,621

Race / ethnicity composition

White
37.7%
Black
29.9%
Hispanic
22.2%
Asian
5.0%
Unknown
2.2%
Two or more
1.6%
Non-resident
1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
377
232 M · 145 W
Women athletes
38.5%
Athletic aid
$6.7M
Total student aid
Budget
$23.9M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$3.9M
$2.8M
Recruiting expense
$206K
$80K
Head-coach salaries
$173K
$96K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 9

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
103 M · 102 W
$1.7M
Football
119 M · —
$5.6M
Baseball
40 M · —
$1.6M
Soccer
— · 33 W
$1.0M
Basketball
14 M · 12 W
$3.4M
Softball
— · 25 W
$901K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
1.32
23 offenses · 17,473 students

3-year trend

0.922 yrs ago1.671 yr ago1.32Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
66
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
66
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
4
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Fondling
14
Rape
4
Burglary
2
Aggravated assault
2
Motor vehicle theft
1

By location

23total
  • On campus23

Includes 17 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

2
Domestic violence
10
Dating violence
9
Stalking
21 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons40
Drugs19
Liquor186

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Data quality: 1 report was later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
20.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
412

Lamar vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Lamar selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

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 University
37%—17,772$9,366Doctoral/Professional
Texas Woman's University
49%96.1%15,361$11,963Doctoral/Professional
East Texas A&M University
43%92.2%13,252$11,841Doctoral/Professional
University of Houston-Clear Lake
52%90.5%8,137$15,563Doctoral/Professional
Grand Valley State University
67%83.0%22,011$16,317Doctoral/Professional
Missouri State University-Springfield
58%90.5%24,360$17,613Doctoral/Professional
Peer group median51%90.5%16,567$13,763

Institutions like Lamar

Explore the federal data for institutions in Lamar's comparison group.

IPEDS

Research funding

External research funding from NSF, NIH, HERD, and federal spending sources.

NSF
USA Spending
$11,428,425
All sources
$11,428,425

Frequently asked questions about Lamar University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Lamar.

What is the graduation rate at Lamar University?

Lamar University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 37% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Lamar University?

Lamar University reports a total enrollment of 17,772 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Lamar University?

The average net price at Lamar University is $9,366 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Lamar University?

Lamar University's yield rate is 21.9%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Lamar University located?

Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas 77705.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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