Nursing Program

The nursing program at Lamar State College – Orange prepares students for careers in hospitals, convalescent centers, clinics, home care, and physician's offices. The program focuses on knowledge, techniques and procedures for promoting health, providing care for the sick, disabled, infirmed, or other individuals or groups. Program courses include: administration of medication and treatments, assisting and physician during treatments and examinations, referring patients to physicians and other health care specialists, and planning education for health maintenance. Get more details below including other Texas colleges that offer nursing program.

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Lamar State College – Orange

4400 MLK Blvd, Beaumont, TX

Lamar State College's Orange Campus is located on the eastern coast region of Texas, in the city of Orange. LSC-O is nestled in between a number of nearby metropolitan areas, including Beaumont, TX, Lafayette, LA, and Houston, TX. The Orange campus is a small campus with a very diverse student body, and is rated one of the safest college campuses in the US.

In addition to the locales, the Orange Campus is just a short drive from its sister location, Lamar State College Port Arthur Campus, this is convenient factor for students who might be interested in signing up for classes not offered at the Orange Campus.

LSC-O serves a student body of some 2600 students, with a little more than half the student population studying part time and the remainder enrolled as full time students. The college offers students a variety of extracurricular activities, including a recreation center with two types of gyms.

Lamar State College Orange Campus offers in-state annual tuition rates of less than $2300 a year, and out of state students will be looking at over $9000 a year.

LSC-O offers a variety of interesting majors covering a wide range of career fields, including general business administration and management, emergency medical technology, administrative assistant and secretarial sciences, dental assistant, licensed practicing and vocational nurse, and even a liberal arts program.

Also, like many state community colleges, Lamar State College Orange Campus also offers vocational certifications for those unwilling or unable to devote two or more years to earning an associate's degree.

Those interested in learning more about the educational opportunities offered at LSC Orange can do so here.

Students Enrolled in the Nursing Program

Get more details below regarding enrollment, academics, and school demographics. Lamar State College – Orange offers an associate's degree program in nursing.

Students by Gender (2019)

Students by Race (2019)

Source: IPEDS Survey 2012-2020: Data obtained from the US Dept. of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Data may vary depending on school and academic year.

Career Options for Graduates

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary

Description

Demonstrate and teach patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Registered Nurses

Description

Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required.

Source: Job descriptions, estimated salary and wages, and projected job growth are taken from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).