Accounting at Prairie View A & M University

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what Prairie View A & M University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

PVAMU is located in Prairie View, Texas and has a total student population of 9,248. Of the 1,474 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Prairie View A & M University in 2021, 22 of them were accounting majors.

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

PVAMU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

PVAMU Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at PVAMU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at PVAMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. 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 Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	143
Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	299
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	374
Most Popular Accounting Schools	520
	614
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	766
Best Accounting Schools	986

In 2021, 27 students received their master’s degree in accounting from PVAMU. This makes it the #191 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from PVAMU Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at PVAMU is $45,426. This is less than $46,292, which is the national average of all accounting majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Accounting Student Demographics at PVAMU

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

PVAMU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at PVAMU awarded 22 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 45% of these degrees went to men with the other 55% going to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at PVAMU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 64% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting 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 accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

PVAMU Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 27 students who graduated with a master’s in accounting from PVAMU in 2021, 26% were men and 74% were women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 89% of degree recipients. That is 53% 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 accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	1
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Finance & Financial Management
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing
• Business Administration & Management

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting 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
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	131,250	$41,390
Accountants and Auditors	115,270	$80,200
Financial Managers	39,580	$149,990
Financial Analysts	26,850	$94,980
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	13,300	$44,390

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.