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Health Sciences & Services at Prairie View A & M University

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

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, 84 of them were health sciences and services majors.

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

PVAMU Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science

PVAMU Health Sciences & Services Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health science 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 health science major at PVAMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Sciences & Services. 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 Popular Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools 58
Best Health Sciences & Services Schools 432
Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools 492

Earnings of PVAMU Health Science Graduates

The median salary of health science students who receive their bachelor's degree at PVAMU is $22,787. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,369 for all health science students.

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Health Science Student Demographics at PVAMU

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

PVAMU Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Program

89% Women
99% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 84 health science students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from PVAMU, about 11% were men and 89% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 47% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health science 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 health science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 79
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 0
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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

Careers That Health Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in health science 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
Community Health Workers 2,820 $41,640

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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