Engineering at Prairie View A & M University

91% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying engineering, you may want to check out the program at Prairie View A & M University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

PVAMU is located in Prairie View, Texas and has a total student population of 9,248.

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

PVAMU Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Master’s Degree in Engineering

PVAMU Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at PVAMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. 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.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #213 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at PVAMU

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

PVAMU Engineering Bachelor’s Program

34% Women

91% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 34% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at PVAMU since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 61% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	91
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	2
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

PVAMU Engineering Master’s Program

23% Women

69% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 77% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 23% went to women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 69% of degree recipients. That is 38% 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Prairie View A & M University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	77
Chemical Engineering	54
Electrical Engineering	41
Civil Engineering	20
General Engineering	16
Computer Engineering	13

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Software Applications Developers	71,260	$108,760
Systems Software Developers	28,720	$110,740
Civil Engineers	24,460	$102,990
Mechanical Engineers	20,820	$105,570
Petroleum Engineers	19,260	$169,010

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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