Mechanical Engineering at Prairie View A & M University

Every mechanical engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the ME program at Prairie View A & M University stacks up to those at other schools.

PVAMU is located in Prairie View, Texas and approximately 9,248 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 77 students received a bachelor's degree in ME from PVAMU.

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

PVAMU Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

PVAMU Mechanical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks ME 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 ME major at PVAMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mechanical 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
	18
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	69
Best Mechanical Engineering Schools	123
Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	125
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	170

Earnings of PVAMU ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at PVAMU is $73,650. This is 13% higher than $65,190, which is the national average for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

ME Student Demographics at PVAMU

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

PVAMU Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 77 ME majors earned their bachelor's degree from PVAMU. Of these graduates, 78% were men and 22% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at PVAMU since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 60% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ME 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 ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	46
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	3
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• General Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering

Careers That ME Grads May Go Into

A degree in ME 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
Mechanical Engineers	20,820	$105,570
Cost Estimators	17,240	$73,950
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Aerospace Engineers	6,770	$122,570
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.