The real 2-year cost of Lamar State College-Port Arthur

Published tuition and required fees at Lamar State College-Port Arthur went from $4,122 in 2008 to $1,770 in 2023, but it moved in large steps rather than a steady climb. Projecting that pattern forward would overstate the cost, so we use a national average of 2.6% a year instead.

Read with care: this school's history shows large jumps in published price, so a smooth projection may not hold.

2008–2025: history and projection

Published tuition + feesProjected (estimate)Likely rangeAxis trimmed to the data range

Published and projected tuition and fees by year
Year	Published	Projected estimate	Estimate range
2008	$4,122	–	–
2009	$4,122	–	–
2010	$4,232	–	–
2011	$4,955	–	–
2012	$5,052	–	–
2013	$5,091	–	–
2014	$5,295	–	–
2015	$5,533	–	–
2016	$5,698	–	–
2017	$5,924	–	–
2018	$6,013	–	–
2019	$4,331	–	–
2020	$4,331	–	–
2021	$1,770	–	–
2022	$1,770	–	–
2023	$1,770	$1,770	–
2024	–	$1,816	$1,509–$2,122
2025	–	$1,862	$1,287–$2,544

If you pay full sticker

Projected tuition + fees, entering fall 2026.

Year 1	$1,910
Year 2	$1,959
2-year total	$3,869

Two aid scenarios

2-year out-of-pocket total.

$10,000/yr flat scholarship: $0; Flat aid doesn't grow, so it covers less each year.
50%-of-tuition scholarship: $2,558; Percentage aid keeps pace with tuition.

On-campus housing & meals

Room & board (housing plus the standard meal plan), on top of tuition.

Latest (2017): $8,370/ yr; rising 3.1% / yr
Projected 2-year add-on: $22,379

Books & supplies typically add ~$1,200/yr (national median, not included).

Housing here is rising faster than tuition.

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