Student Population at Lamar

The following chart compares Lamar's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in Texas.

Lamar has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 15,882 students). The enrollment is close to the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Texas average (16,031 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Lamar University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 6,190 male and 11,582 female students attending Lamar. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.53 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

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

At Lamar University, 15,229 students (85.69% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 10,722 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, 10,067 students live in Texas where Lamar University is located in and 630 students have enrolled from other states.