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Prairie View A & M University

Prairie View, Texas Public 4-year Rural area

Overview

Prairie View A & M University is a public four-year institution in Prairie View, Texas. Its campus is in a rural area. Fall 2024 enrollment was 9,922, made up of 8,877 undergraduates and 1,045 graduate students. It is a historically Black college or university and a land-grant institution. It holds the Carnegie R2 designation for high research activity. It is part of Texas A&M University System.

Prairie View A & M University offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees across 53 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business Administration and Management, Psychology, General, and Exercise Science and Kinesiology. It awarded 1,786 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

76% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1.

Key figures

9,922
Students enrolled
76%
First-year retention
1,786
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
53
Programs and majors
17:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

BachelorMasterPhD

Programs and majors offered 53

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Business, Management and Marketing 5
Health Professions 6
Psychology 3
Engineering 6
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 1
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Education 7
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
Public Administration and Social Services 1
Computer and Information Sciences 2
Architecture 2
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 1
Communication and Journalism 1
Social Sciences 2
Engineering Technologies 1
Physical Sciences 2
Visual and Performing Arts 2
Family and Consumer Sciences 2
History 1
English Language and Literature 1
Mathematics and Statistics 1
Area, Ethnic, Cultural and Gender Studies 1
Natural Resources and Conservation 1

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
76%
First-year retention, part-time students
67%
Student-to-faculty ratio
17:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
1,419
Master's degrees
335
Doctoral degrees (research)
32

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
9,922
Undergraduates, fall 2024
8,877
Graduate students, fall 2024
1,045
Full-time, fall 2024
89%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
10,968
Undergraduates, 2024-25
9,582
Graduate students, 2024-25
1,386
Full-time, 2024-25
88%
Size category
10,000 to 19,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
66%
Men
34%
White
1%
Hispanic or Latino
7%
Black or African American
83%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
3%
International (U.S. nonresident)
2%
Race or ethnicity unknown
2%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs with a fully online option
4
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
8%
Students taking some online courses
70%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Rural area
Academic calendar
Semester
Part of
Texas A&M University System
Carnegie classification
Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity
Research designation
Research 2: High Spending and Doctorate Production
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Southwestern Athletic Conference
President
Tomikia P. LeGrande
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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