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Lamar University
Beaumont, TX · Public · 8,150 students · mostly bachelor degrees
68th-cheapest of 340 Texas colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$9,366
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$22,254
Graduation rate
37%
Admission rate
86%
Median graduate earnings
$49,652
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$21,250
Average SAT
1061
Median ACT
20
Pell grant recipients
46%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
101 programsBusiness Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree425 grads/yr$109,579Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Doctoral Degree43 grads/yr$105,682Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree24 grads/yr$103,037Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering · Bachelor's Degree50 grads/yr$101,018Accounting · Master's Degree4 grads/yr$98,886Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree49 grads/yr$97,159Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree133 grads/yr$93,709Industrial Engineering · Bachelor's Degree21 grads/yr$91,806Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · Bachelor's Degree24 grads/yr$89,250Accounting · Bachelor's Degree31 grads/yr$87,924Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology/Technician · Bachelor's Degree45 grads/yr$87,113Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree36 grads/yr$85,680Management Information Systems, General · Bachelor's Degree28 grads/yr$74,165Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Graduate/Professional Certificate390 grads/yr$73,046Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies · Bachelor's Degree9 grads/yr$70,799Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Master's Degree1,008 grads/yr$70,026Communication Disorders Sciences and Services, Other · Master's Degree25 grads/yr$68,173Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General · Master's Degree$67,813Educational/Instructional Technology · Master's Degree143 grads/yr$66,550Industrial and Organizational Psychology · Master's Degree520 grads/yr$66,540Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree98 grads/yr$66,279Education/Teaching of Individuals with Orthopedic and Other Physical Health Impairments · Master's Degree288 grads/yr$64,598Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Master's Degree116 grads/yr$63,452Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree41 grads/yr$63,429Clinical/Medical Social Work · Master's Degree31 grads/yr$60,234
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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