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Lamar University

Lamar University
4400 Martin Luther King Parkway
Beaumont, TX 77710

Official telephone: (409) 880-7011
Fax number: (409) 880-8463
Website: https://www.lamar.edu/
Screen last updated on: December 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 8,257
Full-time undergraduates: 6,154
Part-time undergraduates: 2,103
Total graduate students: 8,657
Full-time graduate students: 4,962
Part-time graduate students: 3,695
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.3% American Indian or Alaskan Native
4.9% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
26.7% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
23.5% Hispanic/Latino
39.5% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.6% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
0.9% Nonresident Alien
0.7% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 292 acres
Nearest major city: Houston

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 85%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 26%
Percent of students who live off campus: 71%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 1104
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
health service
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, television station

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballyes 
Men's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cheerleading NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's footballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golfyes 
Men's tennisyes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and fieldyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketballyes 
Women's cheerleading NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's golfyes 
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's socceryes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyes 

Intramural/Recreational sports:
badminton; baseball; basketball; football; golf; racquetball; rugby; sailing; soccer; softball; tennis; volleyball; weight lifting; swimming and diving; track and field; table tennis; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Jack Brooks Regional

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