/Institutions/Lamar-State-College---Port-Arthus/json/2024-2025/Academic-Catalog-local.json

/Institutions/Lamar-State-College---Port-Arthus/json/2024-2025/Academic-Catalog.json

Admission Criteria

Students enrolling in college for the first time who fit one of these categories may apply for admission:

1. Graduate of an accredited high school or earned a GED certificate or a state-authorized high school equivalent test.
2. Those who are at least eighteen (18) years of age and do not have a high school diploma, GED or state-authorized high school equivalent test may be admitted upon individual approval if it can be determined there is an ability to benefit in the course of study they propose to enter.
3. Those younger than eighteen (18) years of age and do not have a diploma, GED, or state-authorized high school equivalent test may be admitted upon the written recommendation of the principal or superintendent of their last high school.