Student Population at Lamar University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
16,803	8,264	8,539

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 16,803 students have enrolled in Lamar University with 8,264 undergraduate and 8,539 graduate students.

By gender, 5,723 male and 11,080 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (12,612 students in average - public Doctoral / Research University).

9,132 students are enrolled exclusively, and 4,445 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Lamar University has a total of 16,803 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 8,264 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 8,539 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 5,723 male and 11,080 female students (the male-female ratio is 34:66) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	16,803	8,264	8,539
Men	5,723	3,367	2,356
Women	11,080	4,897	6,183

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 6,649 White, 4,322 Black, and 723 Asian students out of a total of 16,803 are attending at Lamar University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	47	13	34
Asian	723	313	410
Black	4,322	1,189	3,133
Hispanic	3,609	1,150	2,459
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	6	5	1
White	6,649	2,178	4,471
Two or more races	64	14	50
Race Unknown	341	113	228

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	22	10	12
Asian	453	231	222
Black	2,297	799	1,498
Hispanic	1,911	767	1,144
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	1	0
White	3,215	1,415	1,800
Two or more races	37	12	25
Race Unknown	235	90	145

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	25	3	22
Asian	270	82	188
Black	2,025	390	1,635
Hispanic	1,698	383	1,315
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	5	4	1
White	3,434	763	2,671
Two or more races	27	2	25
Race Unknown	106	23	83

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Lamar University, 9,132 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,445 students are enrolled in some online courses.

8,366 students lived in Texas or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 766 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	16,803	9,132	4,445
Undergraduate	8,264	2,165	3,748
Graduate	8,539	6,967	697

Online Student Population by Locality
	Texas Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	8,366	746	20
Undergraduate	2,065	99	1
Graduate	6,301	647	19

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 8,264 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 760 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 9.20%.464 students have transferred in as full-time status and 296 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	5,698
Transfer-in Full-time	464
Regular Part-time	1,806
Transfer-in Part-time	296