Financial Aid at Lamar

Financial Aid Amount Received

$8,951 (48.43% of tuition & fees)

Percent of Financial Aid Received

68% of 8,377 students

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid

5,873 undergraduate students (68% of all students) have received grants, scholarships, and/or federal student loans at Lamar University. The percentage of students who received financial aid higher compared to Public, 4-Years Colleges in Texas.

Compare to similar schools in rankings such as Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi and The University of Texas at El Paso, the percentage of students who received financial aid is higher (the average of the schools is 79.60%).

The average amount of grants of scholarship aid is $8,951 and the average loan amount is $7,265. The average financial aid amount is 48.43% of tuition & fees based on out-of-state rate (tuition & fees: $18,482).

Undergraduate Financial Aid by Type

	Number Receiving Aid	Percent Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
Grant or scholarship aid	5,873	68%	$52,568,844	$8,951
Pell Grants	3,629	42%	$17,242,877	$4,751
Federal Students Loans	3,597	42%	$26,132,310	$7,265

Undergraduate Student Financial Aid Comparison Chart

First-time (full-time) Undergraduate Students Financial Aid

For the full-time, first-time undergraduate students (freshmen, in most cases), 754 students have received one or more types of financial aid at Lamar University.

The average amount of federal, state, local or institutional grant aid is $12,082 and the average amount of student loans awarded to full-time first-time undergraduate students is $6,699.

The following table shows the financial data by type of aid at Lamar University.

First-time Undergraduate Financial Aid by Type

	Number Receiving Aid	Percent Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
Any Financial Aid	874	73%	-	-
Grant or scholarship aid	754	63%	$9,109,479	$12,082
Federal Grants	699	58%	$3,721,737	$5,324
Pell Grants	633	53%	$3,114,469	$4,920
Other Federal Grants	281	23%	$607,268	$2,161
State/Local Grants	522	43%	$2,472,594	$4,737
Institutional Grants	468	39%	$2,915,148	$6,229
Student Loans	570	47%	$3,818,486	$6,699
Federal Student Loans	555	46%	$3,363,599	$6,061
Other Student Loans	37	3%	$454,887	$12,294

Financial Aid by Income Level

The following table summarizes the number of schools receiving financial aid and its average amount by income levels at Lamar University.

Income Level	# of Students	# of Students Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
All Income Level	-	-	$6,660,461	$8,005
0 - $30,000	386	318	$3,408,427	$8,830
$30,001 - $48,000	143	142	$1,592,349	$11,135
$48,001 - $75,000	117	108	$942,572	$8,056
$75,001 - $110,000	76	66	$337,065	$4,435
$110,001 - more	110	72	$380,048	$3,455

Paid Tuition Rates by Residency

At Lamar University, for the first-time/full-time students, 1,167 students have paid in-state rate of tuition and 35 students have paid out-of-state tuition rate.

	# of Students
In-District Rate	0
In-State Rate	1,167
Out-of-State Rate	35
Un-known	1

Number of Students by Living Arrangement (Freshmen)

At Lamar University, 464 full-time/first-time students live on-campus such as dormitory and campus-owned apartments, and 52 students live off-campus. In addition, 181 students live with their family.