History at Prairie View A & M University

Every history school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the history 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, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in history from PVAMU.

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

PVAMU History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

PVAMU History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history 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 history major at PVAMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for History. 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 Focused History Schools	1,001

History Student Demographics at PVAMU

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

PVAMU History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at PVAMU since its program graduates 27% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 72% more racial-ethnic minorities in its history 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 history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within History

History majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Prairie View A & M University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	10

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Education
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology

Careers That History Grads May Go Into

A degree in history 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
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Managers	20,710	$122,130
History Professors	2,150	$82,360
Curators	680	$57,150
Museum Technicians and Conservators	500	$44,090

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.