Incoming first-year students and transfer institutional scholarships are used for recruiting purposes and will follow a fair and equitable process. These awards are based solely on GPA, class rank and/or test scores. 

The general scholarship awards include:

• Presidential Scholarship
• Cardinal Elite Scholarship
  • Cardinal Elite Room Scholarship
• Academic Excellence Scholarship
  • Academic Excellence Room Scholarship
• Distinguished Scholarship
• University Scholars
• Transfer Excellence Scholarship

Students that receive a room scholarship must accept going into their first semester at Lamar University. If the scholarship is not accepted, declined, or a student does not live on campus, the room portion of the scholarship is forfeited, and cannot be re-offered at a later date. If a student chooses to forgo the housing portion, it will be removed from the scholarship offer and will not be reoffered later.

Any student enrolled in an accelerated program will be ineligible to receive university funds.

The Lamar University Foundation works to ease funds to assist current and future LU students. Each scholarship is set up to be offered according to the donor's wishes. Scholarships funded through endowments at the Lamar University Foundation require the recipient to write a thank you letter and attend a donor event either in the fall or spring, depending on the scholarship.

A large amount of scholarship funding for our students comes from outside of Lamar University. Students seek out, apply for and are offered these scholarships from local, state, and national organizations. Students then bring these awards with them to Lamar University and utilize them toward the total cost of attendance. All outside scholarships should be reported to Student Aid at Lamar University every year via the Resource form and Self Service Banner.

Outside/external scholarship checks can be sent to the following address:

Lamar University 

Attn: Scholarships/Student Aid

PO Box 10042

Beaumont, TX 77710

The Transfer Excellence Scholarship is university funded and available to students transferring from a four-year Texas institution. For eligibility, a student must have a minimum of 3.0 cumulative GPA, enroll 12 credit hours each semester and maintain an overall 3.0 GPA or higher. This award can be offered for up to four semesters (two academic years).

Note: Due to federal regulations regarding aid eligibility, receiving additional scholarship funds (either from inside or outside the university) may impact your eligibility for certain aid programs. Your current financial aid package may require adjustment. If the Student Aid Office receives a scholarship after aid has been disbursed for the semester, you may be required to repay any aid for which you no longer qualify.

Any student enrolled in an accelerated program will be ineligible to receive university funds.

Athletic scholarship recipients are selected by LU coaches, along with the LU Athletics Department. All incoming freshman student athletes are eligible for Lamar University incoming freshman scholarship as indicated above, as long as they meet the priority deadline by applying through myScholarships. Athletic scholarship students must not be awarded over their Cost of Attendance and may have their funds reduced to stay in compliance with aid.