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2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Lamar Community College is $7,052 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.
Lamar Community College offers the alternative tuition plans .
100% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $5,052 (exclude student loans).
| Tuition & Fees | $7,052 |
|---|---|
| Average Financial Amount | $5,052 |
Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers
Lamar Community College offers 18 vocational programs for Less than 12-Week Certificate, Less than 1-Year Certificate, and 1-2 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.
Last year, 246 students have completed their career programs.
| Award Level | Total Number of Programs | Available Online Class | Number of Completers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 12 Weeks Certificate | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| Less than 1 Year Certificate | 9 | 0 | 72 |
| 2 Years Certificate | 7 | 0 | 33 |
| Total | 18 | 0 | 246 |
Programs by Award Level
The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.
- 18 students have earned/completed Less than 12 Weeks Certificate program.
- 72 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
- 33 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
- 123 students have earned/completed Associate's program.
| Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education [+] | ✕ | 5 completers | - |
| Early Childhood Education and Teaching | ✕ | 5 | - |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] | ✕ | 13 completers | - |
| Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide | ✕ | 13 | - |
| Total | 18 |
| Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture [+] | ✕ | 16 completers | - |
| Agricultural Business and Management | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Animal Training | ✕ | 15 | - |
| Personal and Culinary Services [+] | ✕ | 6 completers | - |
| Cosmetology/Cosmetologist | ✕ | 6 | - |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+] | ✕ | 5 completers | - |
| Physical Fitness Technician | ✕ | 5 | - |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] | ✕ | 6 completers | - |
| Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance) | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) | ✕ | 5 | - |
| Business [+] | ✕ | 5 completers | - |
| Accounting | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry | ✕ | 5 | - |
| Total | 72 |
| Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture [+] | ✕ | 2 completers | - |
| Agricultural Business and Management | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant | ✕ | 2 | - |
| Personal and Culinary Services [+] | ✕ | 12 completers | - |
| Cosmetology/Cosmetologist | ✕ | 12 | - |
| Education [+] | ✕ | 4 completers | - |
| Early Childhood Education and Teaching | ✕ | 4 | - |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] | ✕ | 15 completers | - |
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse | ✕ | 15 | - |
| Business [+] | ✕ | 0 completers | - |
| Accounting | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Total | 33 |
| Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture [+] | ✕ | 26 completers | - |
| Agricultural Business and Management | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Animal Training | ✕ | 25 | - |
| Personal and Culinary Services [+] | ✕ | 2 completers | - |
| Cosmetology/Cosmetologist | ✕ | 2 | - |
| Engineering Technology [+] | ✕ | 0 completers | - |
| Energy Management and Systems Technology/Technician | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+] | ✕ | 75 completers | - |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies | ✕ | 33 | - |
| General Studies | ✕ | 21 | - |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (other) | ✕ | 21 | - |
| Science Technologies/Technicians [+] | ✕ | 0 completers | - |
| Science Technologies/Technicians (other) | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] | ✕ | 15 completers | - |
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse | ✕ | 15 | - |
| Business [+] | ✕ | 3 completers | - |
| Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry | ✕ | 3 | - |
| Total | 123 |
Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation
Total 668 students are attending at Lamar Community College. There are 19 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 19 part-time faculty teaching for the school.
The students to faculty ratio is 18 to 1 (5.56%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 70 (full-time) and 35 (part-time).
The graduation rate of Lamar Community College is 44% and transfer-out rate is 25%. The retention rate is 65% at the school.
| Student Population | 668 |
|---|---|
| Graduation Rate | 44% |
| Number of Faculty | 38 |
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 18 to 1 |
Student Population at LCC
For the academic year 2021-2022, total 696 students enrolled into Lamar Community College. By gender, 278 male and 418 female students are attending the school.
The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Lamar Community College.
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 696 | 278 | 418 |
| Full-time | 350 | 153 | 197 |
| Part-tme | 346 | 125 | 221 |
There are 376 White (54.02%), 32 Black/African American (4.60%), 231 Hispanic (33.19%), 1 Asian (0.14%), and 287 students with other races attending Lamar Community College. 13 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 696 | 278 | 418 |
| American Indian/Native American | 13 | 6 | 7 |
| Asian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Black/African American | 32 | 24 | 8 |
| Hispanic | 231 | 92 | 139 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| White | 376 | 139 | 237 |
| Two More | 21 | 9 | 12 |
| Un-Known | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| Non-resident Alien | 13 | 5 | 8 |
Lamar Community College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.
61 students (8.76% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 74 students (10.63% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Lamar Community College.
| Number of Students | |
|---|---|
| Total | 696 |
| Enrolled Online Exclusively | 61 |
| Enrolled Some Online Courses | 74 |
| Not in Online Courses | 561 |
By age range, at Lamar Community College, 108 students are aged 20 to 24 (15.52% of total students), 526 students are aged below 20 (75.57%), 1 students are aged above 50 (0.29%).
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 696 | 278 | 418 |
| Under 18 | 242 | 96 | 146 |
| Age 18-19 | 284 | 114 | 170 |
| Age 20-21 | 67 | 40 | 27 |
| Age 22-24 | 41 | 15 | 26 |
| Age 25-29 | 25 | 7 | 18 |
| Age 30-34 | 14 | 1 | 13 |
| Age 35-39 | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| Age 40-49 | 12 | 3 | 9 |
| Age 50-64 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Directory and Accreditation Information
Lamar Community College is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1976 - Current).
The following list shows the contact and directory information of Lamar Community College.