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Lamar University

Beaumont, TX 8,150 Undergrads 46.0% Grad Rate
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Total Cost
$21,777
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$7,984
After Aid
Median Earnings
$64,966
5yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$7,984
Peer Midpoint: $19,969
Earnings (5yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$64,966
Peer Midpoint: $61,632
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$53,857
Peer Midpoint: $58,891
Graduation Rate46.0%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Warning: The majority of students at this institution do not graduate. Non-completers typically earn significantly less and face higher debt risks.
Average starting age (2015-17)25.4
Warning: High average starting age indicates non-traditional students with prior work experience, which may inflate the median earnings shown.
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients49.3%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time77.9%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS71.2%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance
86.4%
SAT Avg
1,061
SAT Reading
25th: 48053075th: 580
SAT Math
25th: 45052075th: 560
ACT Composite
25th: 182275th: 25

ROI Sensitivity Analysis
Assuming 4 Years to Graduation

This analysis tests three cost scenarios (Scholarship, Average Net Price, Full Sticker Price) to show how college costs impact your long-term return compared to the average student and a high school graduate.

Lifetime Value Added (NPV)

Institution Lifetime NPV
Vs Median Peer
Vs HS Grad
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
+$568k
+$98k
+$82k
Median Cost$8k/yr
+$540k
+$69k
+$53k
Full Cost$22k/yr
+$490k
+$20k
+$4k

ROI Efficiency Metrics

Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
34
∞
Median Cost$8k/yr
40
185%
Full Cost$22k/yr
61
4%
Analysis Assumptions:
  • Starting Salary: Estimated from the median earnings five years after graduating, with four years of 2% raises taken out.⚠️ Warning: The high average starting age or low completion rate may inflate the Median earnings and ROI shown.
  • Comparisons: "Vs Median Peer" compares to the median student nationwide in a similar level program. "Vs HS Grad" compares to a median high school graduate.
  • Break-Even: The age at which the college investment net income exceeds the median high school graduate's lifetime earnings.
  • NPV: Net Present Value of all future earnings minus costs and taxes, discounted at 7.8%.

Social Impact ROINew

Measures the societal return on a donor's investment. Calculated as the incremental pre-tax lifetime earnings vs. HS grad, divided by the tax-adjusted donation cost.

Donor Return106%

Gov. Pell Grant ROINew

Measures the government's return on Pell Grants via increased tax revenue. Calculated as the portion of incremental lifetime taxes (discounted at 5.4%) attributed to the Pell Grant investment.

Taxpayer Return-20%

Program ROI Analysis

These figures are medians for past graduates who received federal aid. Your cost and pay will differ. Run your own numbers in the Guided ROI Interview →

Bachelor's Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$87,924
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$240k
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Median Debt
$20,808
Earnings (4yr)
$54,319
Natl Median: $45,044
Lifetime Value Added
-$23k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,640
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,466
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$27,500
Earnings (4yr)
$50,674
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
-$54k
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Median Debt
$22,099
Earnings (4yr)
$66,279
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
+$74k
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Median Debt
$24,032
Earnings (4yr)
$56,206
Natl Median: $68,407
Lifetime Value Added
-$8k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $77,981
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$24,939
Earnings (4yr)
$101,018
Natl Median: $98,158
Lifetime Value Added
+$340k
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Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Civil Engineering
BachCIP: 1408
Median Debt
$22,600
Earnings (4yr)
$89,250
Natl Median: $86,517
Lifetime Value Added
+$250k
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Median Debt
$22,300
Earnings (4yr)
$49,746
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
-$62k
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Median Debt
$15,962
Earnings (4yr)
$54,087
Natl Median: $58,928
Lifetime Value Added
-$25k
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Median Debt
$19,380
Earnings (4yr)
$85,680
Natl Median: $92,374
Lifetime Value Added
+$223k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $97,303
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$19,511
Earnings (4yr)
$54,509
Natl Median: $55,378
Lifetime Value Added
-$22k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$46,341
Natl Median: $51,490
Lifetime Value Added
-$91k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$18,600
Earnings (4yr)
$103,037
Natl Median: $100,647
Lifetime Value Added
+$355k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$52,897
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
-$35k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$70,799
Natl Median: $61,027
Lifetime Value Added
+$109k
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Median Debt
$21,266
Earnings (4yr)
$63,429
Natl Median: $83,343
Lifetime Value Added
+$51k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$32,925
Natl Median: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
-$195k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$58,631
Natl Median: $54,945
Lifetime Value Added
+$12k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $75,399
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $60,190
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$57,524
Natl Median: $61,296
Lifetime Value Added
+$3k
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History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$18,387
Earnings (2yr)
$35,060
Natl Median: $48,568
Lifetime Value Added
-$176k
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Median Debt
$20,750
Earnings (2yr)
$37,568
Natl Median: $68,069
Lifetime Value Added
-$153k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$91,806
Natl Median: $98,442
Lifetime Value Added
+$269k
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Median Debt
$21,247
Earnings (4yr)
$87,113
Natl Median: $80,890
Lifetime Value Added
+$234k
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Median Debt
$33,875
Earnings (4yr)
$50,753
Natl Median: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
-$53k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,984
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$24,740
Earnings (4yr)
$74,165
Natl Median: $83,290
Lifetime Value Added
+$135k
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Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$19,375
Earnings (4yr)
$57,355
Natl Median: $69,303
Lifetime Value Added
+$2k
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Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
$22,437
Earnings (4yr)
$43,598
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$114k
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Median Debt
$23,503
Earnings (4yr)
$97,159
Natl Median: $92,135
Lifetime Value Added
+$310k
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Median Debt
$21,012
Earnings (4yr)
$54,116
Natl Median: $55,693
Lifetime Value Added
-$25k
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Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$53,904
Natl Median: $42,892
Lifetime Value Added
-$27k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,012
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Physics
BachCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $76,786
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$18,178
Earnings (4yr)
$53,038
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$34k
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Median Debt
$23,036
Earnings (4yr)
$93,709
Natl Median: $88,910
Lifetime Value Added
+$284k
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Social Work
BachCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$26,500
Earnings (4yr)
$50,453
Natl Median: $51,790
Lifetime Value Added
-$56k
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Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$31,044
Earnings (4yr)
$44,286
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$108k
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Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$22,050
Earnings (4yr)
$48,609
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$71k
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Master's Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$98,886
Natl Median: $95,833
Lifetime Value Added
+$217k
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Biology, General
MastCIP: 2601
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,830
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$27,066
Earnings (4yr)
$109,579
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$310k
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Chemistry
MastCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,937
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$46,825
Earnings (4yr)
$66,540
Natl Median: $65,184
Lifetime Value Added
-$68k
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Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$68,173
Natl Median: $67,030
Lifetime Value Added
-$53k
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Computer Science
MastCIP: 1107
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $145,571
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$22,146
Earnings (4yr)
$63,452
Natl Median: $66,714
Lifetime Value Added
-$96k
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Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$70,026
Natl Median: $71,685
Lifetime Value Added
-$36k
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Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$66,550
Natl Median: $70,644
Lifetime Value Added
-$67k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$71,015
Natl Median: $120,215
Lifetime Value Added
-$2k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,512
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $92,629
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities
MastCIP: 5132
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $100,487
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
History
MastCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,360
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,093
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Mathematics
MastCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $72,654
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$43,999
Earnings (4yr)
$60,234
Natl Median: $59,571
Lifetime Value Added
-$126k
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Music
MastCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,285
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $81,408
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Public Health
MastCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$36,794
Earnings (4yr)
$53,206
Natl Median: $82,751
Lifetime Value Added
-$192k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $120,193
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$27,332
Earnings (4yr)
$64,598
Natl Median: $64,397
Lifetime Value Added
-$85k
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Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
MastCIP: 3105
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,033
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Graduate Certificates

Median Debt
$13,666
Earnings (4yr)
$73,046
Natl Median: $86,288
Lifetime Value Added
+$60k
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Median Debt
$19,318
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,147
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Doctoral Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $88,343
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$57,278
Earnings (4yr)
$105,682
Natl Median: $100,573
Lifetime Value Added
+$108k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $133,630
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $90,739
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate (for undergraduate programs) or a median bachelor's degree holder (for graduate programs), accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes. Computed over a career to retirement age.

For graduate programs (Master's, Doctoral, etc.), the calculation assumes a starting age of 22 (after undergraduate completion) and does not include the sunk costs of prior degrees. It represents the value added of the graduate decision moving forward. Note that the institution's average undergraduate net price is used as a proxy for annual cost, which may differ from actual graduate tuition. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.

Completers Only: Federal median earnings data strictly reflects outcomes for students who successfully graduated. Students who do not complete their degree typically earn significantly less and face higher risks of debt default.