General Architecture at Prairie View A & M University

What traits are you looking for in a architecture school? To help you decide if Prairie View A & M University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's architecture program.

PVAMU is located in Prairie View, Texas and approximately 9,248 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,474 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Prairie View A & M University in 2021, 45 of them were general architecture majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Architecture section at the bottom of this page.

PVAMU General Architecture Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture
• Master’s Degree in Architecture

PVAMU General Architecture Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks architecture programs across the country. The following shows how PVAMU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The architecture major at PVAMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Architecture. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools	10
Most Focused General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
Best Value General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools	13
	23
Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools	32
	48

In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in architecture from PVAMU. This makes it the #18 most popular school for architecture master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Architecture Graduates from PVAMU Make?

The median salary of architecture students who receive their bachelor's degree at PVAMU is $40,652. This is less than $46,312, which is the national average of all architecture majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Architecture Student Demographics at PVAMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the architecture majors at Prairie View A & M University.

PVAMU General Architecture Bachelor’s Program

Of the 45 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Architecture from PVAMU in 2020-2021, 60% were men and 40% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 56% more racial-ethnic minorities in its architecture bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Prairie View A & M University with a bachelor's in architecture.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	29
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	0
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

PVAMU General Architecture Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students earned a master's degree in architecture from PVAMU. About 47% of these graduates were women and the other 53% were men.

In the architecture master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 76% of degree recipients. That is 37% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Prairie View A & M University with a master's in architecture.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	2
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

PVAMU also has a doctoral program available in architecture. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Urban & Regional Planning

Careers That Architecture Grads May Go Into

A degree in architecture can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Prairie View A & M University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Architects	8,560	$99,580
Architecture Professors	700	$87,360

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
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.