Prairie View A & M University
Cost & Tuition
In-State Tuition: $11,299
In-State Cost of Attendance: $25,958
Out-of-State Tuition: $26,874
Out-of-State Cost of Attendance: $41,533
Student Debt
Median total debt: $17,500
Students with federal loans: 58.1%
Students with Pell grants: 62.4%
Career Outcomes
All graduates median earnings:
After 1 year: $41,904
After 5 years: $57,526
Majors(40 programs)
- Health and Physical Education/Fitness.(126 graduates)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections.(94 graduates)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.(90 graduates)
- Psychology, General.(74 graduates)
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.(71 graduates)
- Mechanical Engineering.(70 graduates)
- Communication and Media Studies.(68 graduates)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations.(63 graduates)
- Biology, General.(60 graduates)
- Chemical Engineering.(58 graduates)
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.(52 graduates)
- Social Work.(47 graduates)
- Agriculture, General.(37 graduates)
- Architecture.(35 graduates)
- Construction Engineering Technologies.(29 graduates)
- Accounting and Related Services.(29 graduates)
- Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.(27 graduates)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General.(24 graduates)
- Political Science and Government.(22 graduates)
- Marketing.(22 graduates)
- Civil Engineering.(19 graduates)
- Finance and Financial Management Services.(19 graduates)
- Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services.(15 graduates)
- Mathematics.(15 graduates)
- Chemistry.(12 graduates)
- English Language and Literature, General.(11 graduates)
- Sociology.(11 graduates)
- Management Information Systems and Services.(11 graduates)
- Design and Applied Arts.(7 graduates)
- Music.(6 graduates)
- Computer Engineering.(5 graduates)
- History.(5 graduates)
- Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians.(2 graduates)
- Animal Sciences.
- Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians.
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General.
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.
- Physics.
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.
Institution Details
Undergraduate Enrollment: 8,527 students
Admission Rate: 75.3%
Retention Rate: 74.1%
Graduation Rate: 43.2%
Student Demographics
White (1.2%)
Hispanic (7.4%)
Black (85.2%)
Asian (0.8%)
Two or More (3.5%)
International (0.8%)
Gender Distribution
Men (33.1%)
Women (67.0%)