College · Public · Prairie View, TX · Rural
Prairie View A & M University
Prairie View, TX
HBCU
Admit rate79%
6-yr median pay$36k
Net price / yr$14k
Undergrad size8,877
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $14k/yr for a shot at a $36k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 79% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 980 · ACT 19.
If you get in
8,877 undergrads. Medium. Clubs matter for finding your people.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $26k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $14k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$105k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$54k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$51k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.5x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $11.3k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $26.9k
- Room & board
- $10.3k
- Books & supplies
- $1,571
How students pay for it.
Pell grants66%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans68%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention75%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr43%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$36k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$45k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out25%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 8,877
- Location
- Prairie View, TX
- Region
- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity (R2)
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
- Also known as
- PVAMU
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black84%
- Hispanic7%
- Two or more races4%
- International2%
- Unknown1%
- White1%
- Asian1%
First-gen students33%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time8%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Veterans0%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$29k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 37
What you can study.