Prairie View A & M University Overview

Prairie View A & M University is a public institution located in Prairie View, Texas. Students who love country life may enjoy the rural location of PVAMU.

What Is Prairie View A & M University Known For?

• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at PVAMU.
• During a recent academic cycle, 82% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, PVAMU bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $45,411 a year. That's about 11% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is Prairie View A & M University?

Contact details for PVAMU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	Fm 1098 Road & University Drive, Prairie View, TX 77446
Phone:	936-261-3311
Website:	www.pvamu.edu

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How Do I Get Into PVAMU?

You can apply to PVAMU online at: www.applytexas.org/adappc/gen/c_start.WBX?s_logon_msg=Y

Admission Requirements for PVAMU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	1
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	1
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into PVAMU?

PVAMU has an acceptance rate of 76%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 30% of accepted students are men and 70% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 72%, and the acceptance rate for women is 78%.

Average Test Scores

About 93% of students accepted to PVAMU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 440 and 530. Math scores were between 420 and 520.

PVAMU received ACT scores from 28% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 15 and 21. Math scores were between 15 and 0. Composite scores were between 16 and 21.

Can I Afford Prairie View A & M University?

The overall average net price of PVAMU is $28,604. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At PVAMU, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $6,520 a year. That adds up to $26,080 over four years for those students.

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Prairie View A & M University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 8,372 undergraduate students at PVAMU, with 7,571 being full-time and 801 being part-time.

There are also 876 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 7,571 full-time undergraduates at PVAMU, 33% are male and 67% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Prairie View A & M University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	84
Black or African American	6,519
Hispanic or Latino	597
White	72
International Students	104
Other Races/Ethnicities	195

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at Prairie View A & M University. At this time, 28 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 46 countries are represented at PVAMU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nigeria, India, and Jamaica.

Prairie View A & M University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	105	71	0	176
Nursing	119	9	8	136
Health & Physical Education	117	0	0	117
Criminal Justice & Corrections	104	7	5	116
Health Sciences & Services	108	0	0	108
General Psychology	94	0	0	94
General Biology	91	0	0	91
General Architecture	44	21	0	65
Social Work	43	18	0	61
General Agriculture	58	0	0	58
Communication & Media Studies	55	0	0	55
Mechanical Engineering	52	0	0	52
Computer Information Systems	41	7	0	48
Teacher Education Grade Specific	44	0	0	44
Marketing	41	0	0	41
Electrical Engineering	16	20	3	39
Accounting	24	14	0	38
Chemical Engineering	35	0	0	35
Liberal Arts General Studies	30	0	0	30
Sociology	13	14	0	27
Political Science & Government	26	0	0	26
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	25	0	0	25
Chemistry	19	6	0	25
Finance & Financial Management	24	0	0	24
Educational Administration	0	19	5	24
Construction Engineering Technology	23	0	0	23
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	19	0	19
Information Science	0	17	0	17
Management Information Systems	15	0	0	15
General Engineering	0	15	0	15
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	9	5	14
Urban & Regional Planning	0	13	0	13
Civil Engineering	12	0	0	12
Design & Applied Arts	12	0	0	12
Music	11	0	0	11
Computer Engineering	9	0	0	9
General English Literature	9	0	0	9
Curriculum & Instruction	0	8	0	8
Mathematics	8	0	0	8
History	6	0	0	6
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	6	0	0	6
General Family & Consumer Sciences	0	5	0	5
Special Education	0	3	0	3
Physics	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,439	295	26	1,760

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.