unitid 226091 · Beaumont, TX · public 4-year · city (midsize)
Lamar University
- enrollment 2023
- 21,648
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
86%
56th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
8,150
66th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
46%
undergrads on Pell grants
83rd pctl among public 4-years
completion
37%
finish within 150% time
32nd pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$22,254
50th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$9,366
after aid, aided students
28th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$49,652
after entry, Title IV students
49th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$21,250
66th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $7,568 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k39%
- 30-48k20%
- 48-75k15%
- 75-110k11%
- 110k+14%
- Median family income
- $35,526
- First-generation students
- 43%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $8,905
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.3× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | 1,008 | $70,412 | — |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 520 | $64,154 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 425 | $83,308 | — |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | 390 | — | — |
| Special Education and Teaching. | 288 | $63,456 | — |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 280 | $50,109 | $31,000 |
| Special Education and Teaching. | 212 | — | — |
| Computer Science. | 192 | — | — |
| Engineering, General. | 146 | — | — |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design. | 143 | $64,586 | — |
| Information Science/Studies. | 142 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 133 | $94,100 | $25,196 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.