Editing Texas State University System (section)

===State colleges===
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All three of the TSUS' two-year institutions offering associate degrees and professional certifications are located in the state's two most southeastern counties, [[Jefferson County, Texas|Jefferson]] and [[Orange County, Texas|Orange]], in the [[Golden Triangle (Texas)|Golden Triangle]] region where the [[Gulf Coast]] meets the [[Louisiana]] state line. All were formerly components of the now-defunct Lamar University System before the former system was incorporated into the TSUS. The three institutions, along with LIT's extension center in [[Silsbee, Texas|Silsbee]] located in [[Hardin County, Texas|Hardin County]], are within the [[Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area]].
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Official Name
! Location<br />(Population)
! Founded
! Joined<br />system
! Enrollment<br />Fall 2015<ref name="Enrollment"/><ref name="Enrollments"/>
! [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|Carnegie classification]]
! Nickname
! Athletic<br />conference
|-
| [[Lamar Institute of Technology]]
| [[Beaumont, Texas|Beaumont]]<br />118,296
| 1990
| 1995
| 5,035
| [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education#Associates colleges|Associate's Colleges]]:<br />High Career & Technical-High Traditional
| rowspan=2 colspan=2| No intercollegiate athletics
|-
| [[Lamar State College Orange]]
| [[Orange, Texas|Orange]]<br />18,595
| 1969
| 1995
| 3,022
| Associate's Colleges:<br />High Career & Technical-High Traditional
|-
| [[Lamar State College Port Arthur]]
| [[Port Arthur, Texas|Port Arthur]]<br />53,818
| 1909
| 1995
| 2,988
| [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education#Special-focus institutions|Special Focus Two-Year]]:<br />Health Professions
| [[Lamar State College–Orange#Athletics|Seahawks]]
| [[Southwest Junior College Conference|Southwest JCC]]<br />[[National Junior College Athletic Association|NJCAA]] Div. I
|}