Psychology at Lamar University

If you are interested in studying psychology, you may want to check out the program at Lamar University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas and has a total student population of 16,637. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 283 students received their master's degree in psychology.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

Lamar University Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Psychology

Lamar University Psychology Rankings

Psychology Student Demographics at Lamar University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Lamar University.

Lamar University Psychology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 283 students earned a master's degree in psychology from Lamar University. About 92% of these graduates were women and the other 8% were men.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from Lamar University, 54% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Lamar University with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	61
Hispanic or Latino	64
White	152
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at Lamar University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Lamar University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	283

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Education

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Lamar University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	6,680	$73,650
Psychology Professors	3,080	$78,270
Psychologists	740	$90,780

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.