Lamar Community College
Lamar Community College offers hands-on training in skilled trades like Construction Trades, Welding Fabrication, and Horse Training & Management, with certificate programs often completable in about a year. The college emphasizes practical experience, with the Construction Trades program providing technical knowledge and hands-on experience in carpentry, computer-aided drafting, and tools. LCC also partners with local businesses for workforce training and offers "stackable" certificates that can lead to Associate of Applied Science degrees, preparing students for direct entry into the workforce.
Programs Analyzed
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Tuition (In-State)
All Programs at Lamar Community College
1 trade program at Lamar CC, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.
| Program | Score | Earnings | Debt |
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Liberal Arts & Humanities
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43 | $25,669/yr | $7,892 |
Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.
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About This Data
TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 1 trade and vocational programs at Lamar Community College using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).
The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.