Lamar Community College

Overview

Rankings

• #2 Best Nursing Colleges in Colorado
• #4 Most Affordable Colleges in Colorado
• #8 Best Online Colleges in Colorado
• #9 Best Colleges in Colorado
• #12 Best Business Colleges in Colorado
• #24 Best Colleges in Rocky Mountains

Academics & Admissions

Is It Hard to Get Into Lamar Community College? Acceptance Rate & Requirements

As a public institution in Lamar, Colorado, Lamar Community College enrolls students across a range of programs. The graduation rate is roughly 48%.

Retention Rate

56%

Full-Time Faculty

100%

Faculty Salary (mo)

$5,401

Student–Faculty Ratio

18:1

Diversity Index

0.65

First-Gen Students

47%

Cost & Financial Aid

How Much Does It Cost to Attend Lamar Community College? Tuition, Net Price & Aid

Published tuition at Lamar Community College is $7,260, but few families pay that. The number to watch is net price, what students actually pay each year after federal grants and institutional scholarships. Here it averages about $9,161. Students from families earning under $30,000 typically pay closer to $7,513 after need-based grants. The median graduate leaves with about $8,750 in federal student loans.

In-State Tuition

$4,550

Out-of-State

$7,260

Avg Net Price

$9,161

Median Debt

$8,750

Pell Grant Rate

29%

Federal Loan Rate

9%

Students Like You

Tell us a little about yourself to see what students like you have typically experienced at Lamar Community College — the net price for your income, your admission odds, and the outcomes that follow. These are patterns from federal data, not predictions.

Graduate Outcomes

Is Lamar Community College Worth It? Graduate Earnings & ROI

Ten years out, alumni of Lamar Community College report median earnings of $38,719, a figure worth comparing against the cost of attendance before enrolling.

6 Years After Entry

$31,813

8 Years

$34,824

10 Years

$38,719

Debt-to-Earnings

0.23x

Earning > $25K

46%

Social Mobility

Data: Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card · 30M+ anonymized tax records

Does Lamar Community College Drive Upward Mobility? Economic Mobility & Low-Income Outcomes

Lamar Community College is a genuine engine of upward mobility. Its mobility rate, the share of students who start in the bottom income quintile and climb to the top, is 2.16%, among the highest in the country. Access is a real strength here. Roughly 21.7% of students come from families in the bottom income quintile, a high share that gives low-income students a real foothold. Among bottom-quintile students who attend, roughly 10% go on to reach the top of the income ladder. The median family income of students sits near $48,500, a snapshot of the campus's socioeconomic mix.

Mobility Rate

2.16%

Bottom 20% → Top 20%

Success Rate

10.0%

If bottom 20% get in

From Bottom 20%

21.7%

Share of students

Parent Median Income

$65,895

today's $ (2015 cohort data)

Social Capital

Data: Opportunity Insights Social Capital Atlas

How Connected Is Lamar Community College? Social Capital & Cross-Class Networks

Social capital, the web of cross-class friendships that researchers link to long-run upward mobility, runs above average at Lamar Community College. Its economic connectedness score is 1.02, where about 1.0 is the national norm. Its friending bias sits near the middle of the range (0.06). Around 7% of students take part in civic and volunteering activity.

Economic Connectedness

1.02

Cross-class friendships

Friending Bias

0.06

Lower = more inclusive

Volunteering Rate

7.2%

Support Ratio

1.00

Community support

Top Programs

The fields Lamar Community College awards the most degrees in, by share of completions. Where federal field-of-study data exists, we show what graduates in that major earned early in their careers. Each links to its degree guide — or see what someone with your income, scores, and major would pay and earn here in the Students Like You simulator.

• Humanities 29%
• Health Professions 24% $63,802 early-career
• Culinary & Personal Services 11%
• Business & Marketing 5%
• Construction Trades 3% $31,312 early-career
• Education 3%
• Precision Production 3%
• Psychology 1%

Early-career median earnings by major (typically 1–2 years after completion, bachelor's level where available), in today's dollars (CPI-adjusted). Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard field of study. Distinct from the school-wide 10-year median; suppressed for small programs.