Prairie View A & M University
Prairie View, Texas · Also known as PVAMU · Website
$45,411
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$45,411
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Prairie View A & M University is a public 4-year college in Prairie View, Texas with 8,877 undergraduates and 1,045 graduate students. Its average net price after grants is $13,570 a year (tuition and fees $11,299 in-state, $26,874 out-of-state). It admits 79% of applicants and 43% of students finish within 6 years. Former students earn a median $45,411 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $27,000 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$13,570
US median $17,138
Tuition in-state
$11,299
Out-of-state $26,874
Admission rate
79%
US median 78%
Completion rate
43%
Within 6 years, US 58%
Median debt
$27,000
About $286 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$45,411
Rank 1,946 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $13,570
- Tuition in-state
- $11,299
- Tuition out-of-state
- $26,874
- Cost of attendance
- $26,362
- Students with a need-based grant
- 66%
- Students with federal loans
- 68%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $12,120
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $13,465
- Net price, family income $48K to $75K
- $16,024
- Net price, family income $75K to $110K
- $17,753
- Net price, family income over $110K
- $16,376
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Tuition and fees went from $9,745 in 2015-16 to $11,299 in 2024-25.
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- 79%
- Average SAT
- 980
- SAT reading, middle
- 480
- SAT math, middle
- 465
- ACT, middle
- 19
- Undergraduates
- 8,877
- Graduate students
- 1,045
- Part-time students
- 8.1%
- Women
- 66%
- Students per teacher
- 17
- Completion rate
- 43%
- Retention rate
- 76%
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Programs
- 64
- Endowment
- $150.1M
- Other
- Historically Black college
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 1,946 of 5,094 US colleges and 99 of 324 in Texas (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | TX median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $13,570 | $18,447 | $12,792 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | $11,299 | $9,940 | $8,626 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | 79% | 84% | 83% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 43% | 59% | 46% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 76% | 74% | 76% | 75% |
| Median debt | $27,000 | $10,667 | $19,500 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $36,350 | $32,765 | $43,105 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $45,411 | $38,474 | $50,314 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US public 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 29% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 61% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
64 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's | Bachelor's | 119 | $22,958 | $83,218 | $91,910 | $88,910 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's | Bachelor's | 117 | $27,000 | $25,594 | $46,693 | $54,562 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 108 | $29,000 | $32,266 | $50,657 | $61,296 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 105 | $30,820 | $38,662 | $53,715 | $68,257 |
| Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 104 | $24,975 | $31,823 | $47,743 | $55,378 |
| Psychology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 94 | $28,000 | $28,047 | $44,240 | $50,706 |
| Biology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 91 | $29,068 | $28,947 | $51,499 | $57,214 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's | Master's | 71 | $41,478 | $73,269 | $98,290 | $103,485 |
| Agriculture, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 58 | $27,750 | $38,063 | $49,403 | $53,676 |
| Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 55 | $27,750 | $22,269 | $48,887 | $56,359 |
| Mechanical EngineeringBachelor's | Bachelor's | 52 | $28,812 | $66,678 | $88,708 | $92,135 |
| ArchitectureBachelor's | Bachelor's | 44 | $30,000 | Withheld | $62,540 | $66,914 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 44 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Social WorkBachelor's | Bachelor's | 43 | $30,869 | $40,667 | $45,742 | $51,790 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 41 | $27,392 | $77,763 | $75,631 | $92,374 |
| MarketingBachelor's | Bachelor's | 41 | $29,909 | $37,493 | $58,810 | $69,303 |
| Chemical EngineeringBachelor's | Bachelor's | 35 | $29,606 | $58,627 | $92,591 | $98,158 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 30 | - | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's | Bachelor's | 26 | $23,258 | Withheld | $41,831 | $63,293 |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related ServicesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 25 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $54,945 |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 24 | $27,375 | $46,222 | $67,964 | $76,194 |
| Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 24 | $32,500 | $56,791 | Withheld | $83,343 |
| Construction Engineering Technology/TechnicianBachelor's | Bachelor's | 23 | $31,000 | $61,068 | $64,359 | $93,843 |
| ArchitectureMaster's | Master's | 21 | $23,801 | $53,504 | $65,641 | $74,139 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringMaster's | Master's | 20 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $133,654 |
In the area
- Jobs, pay and new homes: the county of Prairie View and Texas on Local Economy
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Questions and answers
How much does Prairie View A & M University cost?
$13,570 a year is the average net price at Prairie View A & M University after grants and scholarships. Tuition and fees are $11,299 for in-state students and $26,874 for out-of-state students, and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $26,362. Families earning under $30,000 pay $12,120 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Prairie View A & M University?
79% of applicants are admitted to Prairie View A & M University. The average SAT score of admitted students is 980 and the middle ACT score is 19. The median admission rate of colleges in Texas is 84%.
How much do Prairie View A & M University graduates earn?
$45,411 a year is the median pay of former Prairie View A & M University students who work, 10 years after they started ($36,350 after 6 years). That ranks 1,946 of 5,094 US colleges and 99 of 324 in Texas. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's) at $115,452.
How much student debt do Prairie View A & M University graduates have?
$27,000 is the median federal student loan debt of Prairie View A & M University graduates, about $286 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 68% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Prairie View A & M University?
43% of first-time, full-time students at Prairie View A & M University finish within 6 years. 76% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of public 4-year colleges is 46%.
What are the most popular majors at Prairie View A & M University?
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (119 bachelor's graduates), Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (117 bachelor's graduates), Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (108 bachelor's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 64 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.