Lamar University

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Lamar University Summary

Lamar University is a four-year university located in Beaumont, Texas, and a member of the Texas State University System. Lamar University first started on September 17, 1923, as South Park Junior College. South Park Junior College became the first college in Texas to receive Texas Department of Education approval during the first year of operation, and became fully accredited in 1925. In about 1932, recognizing that the junior college had grown beyond serving a small portion of the city of Beaumont, and was now serving the region, the college renamed itself Lamar College, after Mirabeau B. With the end of World War II, an influx of war veterans boosted enrollment, and the Lamar board of trustees decided to ask the Texas Legislature to promote Lamar College to a four-year state college. In 1969, Lamar State College opened its first branch in Orange, Texas. In 1970, Lamar State College began offering its first doctoral program, the Doctor of Engineering, and in 1971 the college’s name was officially changed to Lamar University. 1975 brought another branch for the university, with it merging with Port Arthur College in Port Arthur, Texas, creating Lamar University-Port Arthur. In 1983, state Senator Carl Parker sponsored a bill creating the Lamar University System, and in 1986, Lamar University-Orange and Lamar University-Port Arthur were granted accreditation separate from the main campus. In 1993, an audit by the state of Texas revealed numerous shortfalls in the Lamar University System budget. In 1995, the Lamar University System was incorporated into the Texas State University System, with the Orange and Port Arthur campuses becoming separate entities within the system.

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Lamar University Academics

Lamar University is unique in its study options. In particular, the university has a Accelerated Program, Distance Learning, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, ESL, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, Study Abroad and Teacher Certification. Additionally, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, On-Campus Daycare, Personal Counseling, Placement Service and Veterans Counselor can help. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Extensive Undergraduate Evening or Early Morning Classes, Learning Center, Pre-Admission Summer Program, Reduced Course Load, Remedial Instruction, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Lamar University.

Mathematics:

Applied Mathematics, Mathematics – General

Education:

Art Teacher Education, Counselor Education, Early Childhood Education, Education of Deaf/Hearing Impaired, Elementary Education, Family/Consumer Sciences – Education, Health Teacher Education, Mathematics Education, Music Teacher Education, Physical Education, Science Teacher Education, Secondary Education, Social Studies Teacher Education, Special Education

Social Sciences:

Economics, Political Science/Government, Sociology

Foreign Language and Literature:

French, Spanish

Physical Sciences:

Chemistry, Geology, Physics, Planetary Sciences

English Language and Literature:

English, Speech/Rhetorical Studies

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Art – General, Commercial/Advertising Art, Dance, Drama/Theater Arts, Music – General, Music – Voice/Opera

Parks, Recreation, and Fitness:

Health/Physical Fitness

Popular majors:

one hundred percent health professions, twenty-three percent business per marketing, fifteen percent interdisciplinary studies, ten percent health professions, ten percent liberal arts, seven percent engineering, five percent communications per journalism

Public Administration and Service:

Social Work

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Business – General, Business Administration/Management, Business/Managerial Economics, Finance/Banking, Human Resources Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing Management, Office Management, Sales and Distribution

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Clinical Laboratory Science, Nursing (RN), Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology

Communications & Journalism:

Advertising, Communications/Rhetoric

Computer Science:

Computer/Information Sciences – General

Psychology:

Psychology – General

History:

History – General

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biology, Marine/Aquatic Biology

Security and Protective Services:

Criminal Justice Studies

Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 15th of May. The cost per credit hour (overall) was $391 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for need-based aid last fall. Other additional expenses amounted to $1,806 Costs per credit hour $391 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for need-based aid. Otherwise, for non-international students, tutition fees are $12,930 Room & Board (on-campus) $5,254 Additional estimated expenses $1,806 Costs per credit hour $391 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for need-based aid.

Lamar University Admissions

This school did not report their application fee. Transfer student are not ignored. An instance of this, there were one thousand, six hundred and eighteen total number of transfer students who applied and one thousand, one hundred and seventy-nine total number of transfer students who were admitted. Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 68%. Remember that this can change at any time.

For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 1st of April. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 1st of August and For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 15th of May. the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. The regular application is due the 1st of August. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place.

Lamar University Financial Aid

Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. Financial aid distribution is at forty-four percent scholarships per grants and fifty-six percent loans per jobs. Financial aid forms are FAFSA and Institution’s own financial aid form.

Lamar University Students

Lamar University offers Associate, Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees. Again, the student body consists of ninety-nine percent in-state students, one percent out-of-state students, six percent part-time students, sixty percent women, forty percent men, one percent american indian per alaskan native, two percent asian per pacific islander, thirty-seven percent black per non-hispanic, seven percent hispanic, forty-eight percent white per non-hispanic, less than one percent non-resident alien, four percent race per ethnicity unreported, twelve percent in top 10th of graduating class, thirty-four percent in top quarter of graduating class and seventy-five percent in top half of graduating class. The university is a Public, University, Four-year, Coed, where 68 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member. Besides, it is part of an Urban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Commuter campus. The school’s size is approximately nine thousand, six hundred and eighty-two degree-seeking undergrads, one thousand, six hundred and eighty-three first-time degree-seeking freshmen and nine hundred and eleven graduate enrollment.

This school features the Urban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Commuter campus. Additionally, the university has many unique facilites such as coastal and marine studies center, space exploration center, environmental chemistry laboratory, criminal justice studies center, hazardous substance research center, Spindletop/Gladys City Museum. Students should note the housing policies: First-Year Students Guaranteed On-Campus Housing, forty-three percent of first-year students live in college housing, seventeen percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Men’s Housing, Women’s Housing, Special Housing For Disabled Students, Wellness housing (alcohol/drug/smoke-free), one-AUG deadline for housing deposit, one hundred dollars amount of housing deposit, and First-time first-year students allowed to have car. In any event, the school is located 75 miles from Houston.

Lamar University Athletics

The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Golf
• Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club and Women’s Club Racquetball
• Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club and Women’s Club Soccer
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Softball
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Table_tennis
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Track_and_field
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_indoor
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_outdoor
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball