Largest Enrollment at Lamar Since 1991 BEAUMONT, February 13, 2008 - Final headcount and semester-credit-hour totals for spring 2008 are in and Lamar University officials are pleased with figures that are the best since 1991.

After taking tabulations on the 20th class day, the official day for reporting purposes, Lamar University’s headcount for spring stands at 10,562, an increase of 16.1 percent over spring 2007 and the largest since 1991, and semester credit hours total 109,036, up 5.4 percent over the preceding year. Headcount for spring 2007 totaled 9,098 and the total semester hours for spring 2007 were 103382.

The growth is due in part to Lamar’s new Master’s of Education program that attracted more than 1,500 distance education students since it began in October 2007. Growth was seen in other areas as well, including the College of Engineering that experienced a substantial increase in majors, up 9.1 percent over the previous spring.

Since it was first offered, public school teachers employed in more than 200 partner school districts across the state have enrolled in the 18-month electronically delivered Master’s of Education program from the College of Education and Human Development.

Lamar offers the degree program through a public-private partnership with Higher Education Holdings, LLC of Dallas and is delivering its Master’s in Educational Leadership degree statewide. It is the same degree offered on Lamar’s campus in the traditional face-to-face method. Whether offered electronically or face-to-face, the courses are taught by Lamar University faculty members.

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