General Psychology at Prairie View A & M University

If you plan to study general psychology, take a look at what Prairie View A & M University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

PVAMU is located in Prairie View, Texas and has a total student population of 9,248. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 98 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from PVAMU.

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

PVAMU General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

PVAMU General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology 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 psychology major at PVAMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Psychology. 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 General Psychology Schools	539
Best Value General Psychology Schools	669
Best General Psychology Schools	752

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from PVAMU Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at PVAMU is $26,867. This is less than $28,637, which is the national average of all psychology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Psychology Student Demographics at PVAMU

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

PVAMU General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 98 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from PVAMU. Of these graduates, 17% were men and 83% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 50% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	88
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	1
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	6,680	$73,650
Psychology Professors	3,080	$78,270
Psychologists	740	$90,780

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.