Chemical Engineering at Prairie View A & M University

What traits are you looking for in a chem eng 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 chem eng program.

PVAMU is located in Prairie View, Texas and approximately 9,248 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 54 chem eng majors received their bachelor's degree from PVAMU.

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

PVAMU Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chem Eng

PVAMU Chemical Engineering Rankings

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

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 chem eng major at PVAMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Chemical 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	36
	41
Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools	94

How Much Do Chem Eng Graduates from PVAMU Make?

The median salary of chem eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at PVAMU is $69,804. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 6% higher than the national average of $66,101 for all chem eng bachelor's degree recipients.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at PVAMU

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

PVAMU Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 54 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in chem eng from PVAMU in 2021, 54% were men and 46% were women. The typical chem eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% women. So female students are more repesented at PVAMU since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 50% more racial-ethnic minorities in its chem eng 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 chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	34
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• General Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

Careers That Chem Eng Grads May Go Into

A degree in chem eng 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
Engineers	10,710	$113,370
Chemical Engineers	7,870	$147,720
Engineering Professors	3,890	$123,200

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.