LAMAR UNIVERSITY I-24

4400 Martin Luther King Parkway
Beaumont, TX 77710
Tel: (409)880-7011
Admissions: (409)880-8354
Fax: (409)880-8463
E-mail: hunterre@hal.lamar.edu
Web Site: http://www.lamar.edu/

Description:

State-supported, university, coed. Part of Texas State University System. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Founded 1923. Setting: 200-acre suburban campus with easy access to Houston. Total enrollment: 10,804. Faculty: 525 (371 full-time, 154 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 20:1. 3,901 applied, 96% were admitted. 11% from top 10% of their high school class, 35% from top quarter, 74% from top half. 3 valedictorians. Full-time: 6,771 students, 58% women, 42% men. Part-time: 2,849 students, 65% women, 35% men. Students come from 30 states and territories, 27 other countries, 1% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 5% Hispanic, 24% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 26% 25 or older, 7% transferred in. Retention: 69% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Texas A&M University. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: electronic application, early admission. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Required for some: essay, SAT Subject Tests. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: 8/1. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Area resident tuition: $864 per term part-time. State resident tuition: $2304 full-time. Nonresident tuition: $9552 full-time, $3582 per term part-time. Mandatory fees: $852 full-time, $373.50 per term part-time. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. College room and board: $5706. College room only: $3225. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: national fraternities, national sororities; 5% of eligible men and 5% of eligible women are members. Major annual events: Midnight Madness, Homecoming, Springfest. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service. Option: coed housing available. Mary and John Gray Library with 698,285 books, 268,825 microform titles, 2,900 serials, 6,572 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. 120 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Beaumont and the surrounding area form one of the largest concentrations of petroleum refineries in the nation. Top manufactures of the area include deep sea and dry-land oil-drilling equipment and oil-processing apparatus. The city is located on the Neches River approximately 20 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico. The climate is mild the year round. Airlines, railroad, and bus lines serve the community. The community has many churches representing various faiths, three libraries, YMCA, and YWCA, several hospitals, and various civic and fraternal organizations. Part-time employment is available.