Chemistry at Prairie View A & M University

If you are interested in studying chemistry, 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 approximately 9,248 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,474 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Prairie View A & M University in 2021, 26 of them were chemistry majors.

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

PVAMU Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry
• Master’s Degree in Chemistry

PVAMU Chemistry Rankings

The chemistry major at PVAMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Chemistry. 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.

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in chemistry from PVAMU. This makes it the #104 most popular school for chemistry master’s degree candidates in the country.

Chemistry Student Demographics at PVAMU

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

PVAMU Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 26 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from PVAMU in 2020-2021, 27% were men and 73% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

PVAMU Chemistry Master’s Program

Of the 6 students who graduated with a master’s in chemistry from PVAMU in 2021, 17% were men and 83% were women.

In the chemistry master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 83% of degree recipients. That is 48% better 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 master's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

Careers That Chemistry Grads May Go Into

A degree in chemistry 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
Chemists	5,160	$87,490
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,170	$80,880
Natural Sciences Managers	2,620	$127,270
Chemistry Professors	1,700	$95,070

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.