Lamar University
Beaumont, Texas · Public
Graduate earnings
32of 32 assessed undergraduate programs
have graduates earning more than a typical Texas high-school graduate (about $34,809 a year).
32 of 51 undergraduate programs could be assessed. The other 19 have no earnings published. The 50 graduate programs are in the table.
Average net price, all families$9,366 a year By family income
What it would cost
Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, as reported for students who received federal aid.
Average for all families
$9,366 a year
About $37,464 over 4 years, if price and aid stay the same.
This multiplies the reported yearly net price by the years you choose. It is not a quote or a prediction: it leaves out interest, price rises and the chance of taking longer to finish.
Net price for every income band
| Family income | Net price per year |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | $7,568 |
| $30k to $48k | $8,261 |
| $48k to $75k | $8,545 |
| $75k to $110k | $13,689 |
| $110k and up | $16,292 |
| All families (average) | $9,366 |
College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Bands with no figure were not reported by the school.
Program earnings
Median earnings of each program’s graduates against a typical Texas high-school graduate ($34,809 a year).
45 of 101 programs could be assessed 45% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Debt as years of gain | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Educational Administration | Master's Degree | $70,026 | +$35,217 | above HS line | $20,500 | 0.6 yrs | 1,008 |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Master's Degree | $66,540 | +$31,731 | above HS line | $29,355 | 0.9 yrs | 520 |
| Business Administration | Master's Degree | $109,579 | +$74,770 | above HS line | $29,799 | 0.4 yrs | 425 |
| Educational Administration | Graduate/Professional Certificate | $73,046 | +$38,237 | above HS line | $13,679 | 0.4 yrs | 390 |
| Special Education | Master's Degree | $64,598 | +$29,789 | above HS line | $19,608 | 0.7 yrs | 288 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $54,116 | +$19,307 | clears the bar | $24,750 | 1.3 yrs | 280 |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design | Master's Degree | $66,550 | +$31,741 | above HS line | $20,500 | 0.6 yrs | 143 |
| Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $93,709 | +$58,900 | clears the bar | $20,014 | 0.3 yrs | 133 |
| Criminal Justice | Master's Degree | $63,452 | +$28,643 | above HS line | $17,207 | 0.6 yrs | 116 |
| Business Administration | Bachelor's Degree | $66,279 | +$31,470 | clears the bar | $24,956 | 0.8 yrs | 98 |
| Criminal Justice | Bachelor's Degree | $54,509 | +$19,700 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 1.3 yrs | 94 |
| Public Health | Master's Degree | $53,206 | +$18,397 | above HS line | $32,654 | 1.8 yrs | 74 |
| Business | Bachelor's Degree | $56,206 | +$21,397 | clears the bar | $26,915 | 1.3 yrs | 64 |
| Communications and Media | Bachelor's Degree | $49,746 | +$14,937 | clears the bar | $24,233 | 1.6 yrs | 60 |
| Chemical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $101,018 | +$66,209 | clears the bar | $19,500 | 0.3 yrs | 50 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $97,159 | +$62,350 | clears the bar | $27,500 | 0.4 yrs | 49 |
| Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | $87,113 | +$52,304 | clears the bar | $21,297 | 0.4 yrs | 45 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $44,286 | +$9,477 | clears the bar | $26,370 | 2.8 yrs | 44 |
| Educational Administration | Doctoral Degree | $105,682 | +$70,873 | above HS line | $52,728 | 0.7 yrs | 43 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Bachelor's Degree | $48,609 | +$13,800 | clears the bar | $24,750 | 1.8 yrs | 43 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $50,674 | +$15,865 | clears the bar | $21,500 | 1.4 yrs | 41 |
| Finance | Bachelor's Degree | $63,429 | +$28,620 | clears the bar | $19,795 | 0.7 yrs | 41 |
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $53,038 | +$18,229 | clears the bar | $22,574 | 1.2 yrs | 39 |
| Computer and Information Science | Bachelor's Degree | $85,680 | +$50,871 | clears the bar | $26,071 | 0.5 yrs | 36 |
| Social Work | Bachelor's Degree | $50,453 | +$15,644 | clears the bar | $31,000 | 2.0 yrs | 32 |
| Communication Disorders | Bachelor's Degree | $54,087 | +$19,278 | clears the bar | $19,125 | 1.0 yrs | 31 |
| Mental Health and Counseling Services | Master's Degree | $60,234 | +$25,425 | above HS line | $41,197 | 1.6 yrs | 31 |
| Accounting | Bachelor's Degree | $87,924 | +$53,115 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 31 |
| Management Information Systems | Bachelor's Degree | $74,165 | +$39,356 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 0.7 yrs | 28 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $50,753 | +$15,944 | clears the bar | $22,781 | 1.4 yrs | 26 |
| Communication Disorders | Master's Degree | $68,173 | +$33,364 | above HS line | $36,553 | 1.1 yrs | 25 |
| Civil Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $89,250 | +$54,441 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 24 |
| Electrical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $103,037 | +$68,228 | clears the bar | $18,301 | 0.3 yrs | 24 |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | $57,355 | +$22,546 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 22 |
| Industrial Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $91,806 | +$56,997 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 0.4 yrs | 21 |
| American Sign Language | Bachelor's Degree | $54,319 | +$19,510 | clears the bar | $22,856 | 1.2 yrs | 21 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | $43,598 | +$8,789 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 20 |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | $58,631 | +$23,822 | clears the bar | $18,760 | 0.8 yrs | 16 |
| Design | Bachelor's Degree | $46,341 | +$11,532 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Health Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | $57,524 | +$22,715 | clears the bar | $21,358 | 0.9 yrs | 13 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | $52,897 | +$18,088 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | $53,904 | +$19,095 | clears the bar | $20,768 | 1.1 yrs | 10 |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $70,799 | +$35,990 | clears the bar | $26,160 | 0.7 yrs | 9 |
| Accounting | Master's Degree | $98,886 | +$64,077 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General | Master's Degree | $67,813 | +$33,004 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | not published |
| Special Education | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 212 |
| Computer Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 192 |
| Engineering, General | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 146 |
| Information Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 142 |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 71 |
| Mental Health and Counseling Services | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 59 |
| Engineering-Related Fields | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 26 |
| Data Analytics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 22 |
| Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 22 |
| Human Resources | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 18 |
| Public Administration | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Nursing | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Engineering, General | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 14 |
| Construction Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 14 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 14 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Human Development and Family Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| Theatre | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| Communication Disorders | First Professional Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Chemistry | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| English | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Special Education | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Apparel and Textiles | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Mathematics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Music | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Geology and Earth Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Biology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Public Relations and Advertising | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Chemical Engineering | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Communication Disorders | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Computer Programming | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Civil Engineering | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Geology and Earth Science | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| History | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Geology and Earth Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Business Administration | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Master's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services | Master's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Construction Engineering | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Communication Disorders | Doctoral Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Accounting | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
Sources and definitions
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid. Debt is federal loans only.
- The high-school line is ED’s state benchmark, $34,809 a year.
- Earnings not published: ED reports the program but no earnings figure, usually because too few graduates were measured. Nothing reported: ED lists the program with no figures at all. Neither is a judgement of the program.
- Debt as years of gain is median federal debt divided by how much more graduates earn per year than a typical high-school graduate. It is not a repayment time.
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