Founded in 1876, Prairie View A&M University is a historically black, co-educational, non-denominational, comprehensive, public university and the second-oldest public institution of higher learning in the state of Texas. With an established reputation for producing engineers, nurses and educators and a member of The Texas A&M University System, the university is dedicated to fulfilling its land-grant mission of achieving excellence in teaching, research and service. Prairie View is also known for its specialized programs and services in juvenile justice, architecture, teacher education, social work and agricultural and natural resource sciences. 

 

undergraduate enrollment                      6,118
% male/female                                          38/62
% African American                                        89
% American Indian                                           0
% Asian                                                              1
% Caucasian                                                    4
% Hispanic                                                        4
% Pell grant recipients                              54.5
First-generation and minority alumni Lafayette Collins, special agent, U.S. Secret Service; Charles Brown, singer; Dave Webster, professional football player; Craig Washington, former United States congressman; Frederick Douglass Patterson, founder, United Negro College Fund

ACADEMICS
full-time faculty                                    359
student-faculty ratio                          17:1
average class size                               18
% first-year retention rate                75.7
% graduation rate (6 years)            39.1
Popular majors Business, Agriculture, Nursing, Engineering, Education

CAMPUS LIFE
% live on campus (% freshmen)                   60 (95)
Multicultural student clubs and organizations African Student Association, Muslim Student Association. League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Athletics NCAA Division I, Southwestern Athletic Conference (football I-AA); baseball, m/w basketball, m/w cross country, football, m/w golf, m/w tennis, m/w track and field (indoor and outdoor), w bowling, w soccer, softball, volleyball More on Athletics...

 

# of applicants                                        4,049
% accepted                                                56.8
SAT Critical Reading range             370-460
SAT Math range                                  370-470
ACT range                                                17-20
average HS GPA                                       2.94
Deadlines
regular admission                                      6/1
regular admission                                     yes

 

COST & AID
tuition                                                  in-state $6,046         out-of-state $15,406
room & board                                       $6,477
% of students receiving aid                     62
% receiving need-based scholarship
or grant aid                                                  77
% receiving aid whose need was
fully met                                                      76
average aid package                     $10,903
average student loan debt
upon graduation                             $20,000