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Prairie View A & M University is a public institution located in Prairie View, Texas. The surrounding location of Prairie View is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

177 Undergraduate Degrees
88 Graduate Degrees
$28,604 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
76% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Prairie View A & M University?

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Contact details for PVAMU are given below.

Contact Details
Address: Fm 1098 Road & University Drive, Prairie View, TX 77446
Phone: 936-261-3311
Website: www.pvamu.edu
Facebook: http://facebook.com/pvamu
Twitter: http://twitter.com/pvamu

How Do I Get Into PVAMU?

You can apply to PVAMU online at: www.applytexas.org/adappc/gen/c_start.WBX?s_logon_msg=Y

Admission Requirements for PVAMU

Submission Required?
High School GPA required
High School Rank required
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program recommended
Recommendations recommended
SAT or ACT Scores required
TOEFL required

How Hard Is It To Get Into PVAMU?

76% Acceptance Rate
72% Of Accepted Are Women
82% Submit SAT Scores
PVAMU has an acceptance rate of 76%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 28% of accepted students are men and 72% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 69%, and the acceptance rate for women is 80%.

Average Test Scores

About 82% of students accepted to PVAMU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 440 and 520. Math scores were between 430 and 520.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Prairie View A & M University  ( 440 to 520 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Prairie View A & M University  ( 430 to 520 )
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800
PVAMU received ACT scores from 36% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 14 and 20. Math scores were between 16 and 20. Composite scores were between 16 and 20.

ACT English Scores for Prairie View A & M University  ( 14 to 20 )
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ACT Math Scores for Prairie View A & M University  ( 16 to 20 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Prairie View A & M University  ( 16 to 20 )
1
36

Can I Afford Prairie View A & M University?

$28,604 Net Price
76% Take Out Loans
10.6% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of PVAMU is $28,604. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At PVAMU, approximately 76% of students took out student loans averaging $5,850 a year. That adds up to $23,400 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at PVAMU is 10.6%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Prairie View A & M University Undergraduate Student Diversity

7,571 Full-Time Undergraduates
67% Women
97% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 8,372 undergraduate students at PVAMU, with 7,571 being full-time and 801 being part-time.

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There are also 876 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 7,571 full-time undergraduates at PVAMU, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Prairie View A & M University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 84
Black or African American 6,519
Hispanic or Latino 597
White 72
International Students 104
Other Races/Ethnicities 195

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at Prairie View A & M University. At this time, 28 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 46 countries are represented at PVAMU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nigeria, India, and Jamaica.

Online Learning at Prairie View A & M University

3,134 Took All Classes Online
8,819 Took At Least One Class Online
275.0% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 8,819 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at PVAMU has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 29th most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of PVAMU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Prairie View A & M University was 275.0%. This is the #185 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at PVAMU regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at PVAMU ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at PVAMU.

Major Growth Rate Rank
General Business Administration and Management #77
Business Administration & Management #92

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Prairie View A & M University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Master’s TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management 69 61 130
Accounting 22 27 49
Marketing/Marketing Management, General 48 0 48
General Management Information Systems 23 0 23
Finance 15 0 15
TOTAL 177 88 265

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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