Civil Engineering at Prairie View A & M University

If you are interested in studying civil 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. In 2021, 20 civil 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 Civil Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

PVAMU Civil Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Eng

PVAMU Civil Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The civil eng major at PVAMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Civil 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
Best Value Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	202
Best Civil Engineering Schools	224

Earnings of PVAMU Civil Eng Graduates

The median salary of civil eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at PVAMU is $53,955. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $61,387 for all civil eng students.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at PVAMU

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

PVAMU Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in civil eng from PVAMU. About 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical civil eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at PVAMU since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	0
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• General Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

Careers That Civil Eng Grads May Go Into

A degree in civil 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
Civil Engineers	24,460	$102,990
Petroleum Engineers	19,260	$169,010
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Engineers	10,710	$113,370
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.