Student Population at Lamar

A total of 16,320 students have enrolled at Lamar University - 8,377 undergraduate and 7,943 graduate.

By gender, 5,436 male and 10,884 female students are attending the school. By attendance status, there are 5,351 full-time students and 10,969 part-time students.

The number of students at Lamar University is average compared to Public, 4-Years Colleges in Texas. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as Texas Southern University and Texas A & M University-Commerce, its population is large (average population is 12,639).

Lamar University offers online degree/certificate programs and 9,710 students enrolled in online programs.

By gender, there are 5,436 male and 10,884 female students attending the school. The male-to-female ratio is 0.50 to 1 and the ratio is very lower (more women students at the school) (the average male-to-female ratio over all U.S. colleges is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status.

By age, there are 6,812 students whose age under twenty five and 7,113 students whose age is over thirty years old at Lamar University.

Especially, 373 students are younger than eighteen and 25 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Lamar University.

At Lamar University, 14,339 students (87.86% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 9,710 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 9,032 students live in Texas where Lamar University is located in and 20 students have enrolled from other states.