Lamar University Rankings by Salary Score

I attended the online public health undergraduate degree program. The instruction was good, but communication is awful! When the semester was over I had to register for classes but could not register due to a hold. I had to have an advising appointment. No one knew who my advisor was! I went through 7 people and not one of them was my advisor, I just kept getting sent to different people in different departments. I looked at my university profile to see if they were listed and no advisor was mentioned anywhere.... Read More How do you expect students to succeed when this is the service you provide them?! Avoid this school, this was a waste of my time! I went through 7 different people and 3 different departments and no one could assist me. What a joke!

I earned my B.Sc. in Criminal Justice from Lamar (Brick and Mortar) and am currently enrolled in their online MBA-Criminal Justice Management degree. Pros: The dorms are fantastic--very private and spacious. Facilities are overall in good condition and clean. Student life and sporting events are available if you want them, but they are not as in-your-face as A&M or UT. Prices are extremely competitive, especially for their online programs. The class sizes are small, so most professors really care about you... Read More and take time to answer your questions and get to know you. Their application/enrollment process is streamlined, easy, and fast. Lamar advisors call at least twice a semester to check up on you and make sure your degree progression is running smoothly. Their MBA program is AASCB accredited which is a very prestigious accreditation. The LU PD are present and respond quickly to disorder and crime on campus. Cons: While some online classes are thought provoking and engaging, others have an extremely heavy workload and have absent professors who do the bare minimum (30-40% of classes are like this). Crime in the surrounding area is relatively high, so be cautious if you are off campus at night. Their engineering program (which I dropped out of in 2015) was chock full of disengaged, tenured professors who simply read a powerpoint and did not care about student success. Their criminal justice and business programs, on the other hand, are staffed by experienced professionals who personally helped me find internships. Overall Lamar is a high-quality public university. I had a job waiting for me after college and almost all of my classmates had jobs waiting for them upon graduation or were hired within a few months. This institution has enhanced my life by gaining me many close friends and wonderful memories, raising my salary, and making me highly employable. I highly recommend that you consider this school. Peck 'em.