Lamar U.
 
                    
      Rankings
| Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | Research space | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |||||
| 2024 | 366 | 21.1 | 459 | |||||||||||||
| 2023 | 338 | 27.2 | 459 | 84 | 87.9 | 679 | 371 | 59.9 | 914 | 245 | 59.8 | 602 | ||||
| 2022 | 346 | 25.1 | 457 | 86 | 87.6 | 680 | 429 | 52.9 | 900 | |||||||
| 2021 | 306 | 32.3 | 447 | 89 | 87.4 | 691 | 420 | 54.3 | 908 | 235 | 60.2 | 583 | ||||
| 2020 | 318 | 30.1 | 450 | 87 | 87.8 | 698 | 427 | 53.9 | 916 | |||||||
| 2019 | 330 | 27 | 447 | 119 | 83.2 | 697 | 413 | 55.3 | 914 | 239 | 59.9 | 589 | ||||
| 2018 | 323 | 25.3 | 428 | 288 | 59.4 | 700 | 443 | 51.9 | 911 | |||||||
| 2017 | 311 | 27.6 | 425 | 236 | 65.9 | 684 | 427 | 53 | 898 | 264 | 54.6 | 575 | ||||
| 2016 | 329 | 24.3 | 430 | 171 | 75.8 | 697 | 473 | 47.8 | 896 | |||||||
| 2015 | 292 | 32.2 | 426 | 161 | 77.1 | 693 | 463 | 49 | 898 | 388 | 32.7 | 570 | ||||
| 2014 | 180 | 74.2 | 688 | 484 | 46.2 | 889 | ||||||||||
  NOTES:
  
- 1. This table only show data for past 10 years from each survey.
- 2. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 3. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 4. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Selected data for this institution are provided in the profile tables listed below.
| Data Tables | 
|---|
| Earned doctorates: 2024–15 | 
| by trend major field of study | 
| Graduate students in science, engineering, and health: 2023–14 | 
| by characteristic | 
| full-time students | 
| part-time students | 
| full-time students with financial support | 
| from federal sources, by field | 
| by type and source of support | 
| Postdoctorates in science, engineering, and health: 2023–14 | 
| by characteristic | 
| federally supported | 
| R&D expenditures | 
| total | 
| by field: 2023–14 | 
| by source of funds and R&D field: 2023 | 
| federally funded, by agency: 2023–14 | 
| head count of R&D personnel: 2023–17 [temporarily discontinued] | 
| Research space and costs for repair and renovation of research space | 
| science and engineering research space by field: 2023–14 | 
| new construction of science and engineering research space, by field and time of construction | 
| costs for repair and renovation of science and engineering research space by field and time of repair and renovation | 
