Lamson Institute
For-profit College in San Antonio, TX. Six-year graduation rate 80%. Median 10-year earnings $38,015.
Students who entered Lamson Institute reach a median of $38,015 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 80% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $7,853.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.21 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 80% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion runs to 80% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention of 88% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. A 28:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. As a for-profit two-year institution, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers. This is a small school — 745 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 745 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $25,901 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $25,650 at $0–30k against $30,873 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 54% of students at an average of $6,325. Most students borrow — 56% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 372 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $25,650 |
| $30–48k | $26,108 |
| $48–75k | $26,118 |
| $75–110k | $30,162 |
| $110k+ | $30,873 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 416 of these 745 students, totalling $3,578,673 — an average of $8,603 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bexar County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)