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Community college · Public

Lamar State College-Orange

Orange, TX924 online only

Lamar State College-Orange is a public community college in Orange, TX, with about 2,238 students on campus.

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Students on campus
2,238
plus 924 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$1,655
tuition and fees $3,540; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
37%
lower than at 82% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$36,587
lower than at 64% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Lamar State College-Orange?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Lamar State College-Orange is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $7,264 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $17,280

Tuition & fees (in state) $3,540Books & supplies $1,000Other costs $2,724

After grants, the average family on aid pays $1,655.

Tuition and fees are $3,540 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$1,836

About $3,672 over 2 years · 75% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
37%
within 3 years · Pell students 34%
Come back for year two
69%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$36,587
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$10,959
about $116 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

3.9%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$116 a month against about $2,963 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

41%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 41% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$32k
Middle income$30–75k
$46k
Higher incomeover $75k
$45k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 38%Health professions 13%Science technicians 10%Business 8%Culinary & personal services 7%Engineering tech 6%Everything else 18%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities62 graduates a year
—not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing55 graduates a year · typical debt $19,146
$83k4 yrs out
Physical Science Technologies/Technicians33 graduates a year · typical debt $10,787
$92k4 yrs out
Business/Commerce, General33 graduates a year
—not reported
Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians30 graduates a year
—not reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods20 graduates a year
—not reported
Sociology13 graduates a year
—not reported
Computer and Information Sciences, General10 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

1,391 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 61%Hispanic 12%Black 23%Asian 1%Two or more 2%

Women and men

Women 70%Men 30%
23 : 1
students per teacher
22%
get Pell grants (lower income)
10%
take federal loans
21%
undergrads 25 or older
46%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Orange

4% of Orange’s 19,419 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Orange pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

Straight-line distances from Lamar State College-Orange; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

Lamar State College-Port ArthurCommunity college · Public · Port Arthur
18.7 mi3,199 students
Lamar UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Beaumont · mostly online
20.6 mi6,879 students
Lamar Institute of TechnologyCommunity college · Public · Beaumont
20.8 mi3,816 students

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.