17,000+
Students
53%
First Gen
62
countries
$20 Million in Aid
2000 scholarships
Rankings
Lamar University is a nationally recognized institution that stresses academic achievement through building meaningful relationships between students and faculty. LU is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, and is one of 29 universities recognized as a Doctoral/Research University by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
OVERALL
ARTS & SCIENCES
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Criminal Justice
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BUSINESS
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ENGINEERING
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ACCREDITATIONS | RECOGNITIONS
Accreditations
Lamar University
College of Arts and Sciences
- JoAnne Gay Dishman School of Nursing – Accreditation Committee for Education in Nursing
- Social Work – Council on Social Work Education
- Computer Science – Accreditation Board of Electronics and Technology
College of Business
- College of Business – Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business-International
- Reese Construction Management Program – American Council for Construction Education
College of Education and Human Development
College of Engineering
- Dan F. Smith Department of Chemical Engineering
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Phillip M. Drayer Department of Electrical Engineering
- Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering