By the numbers

Undergraduate Enrollment	5,755
In-state Tuition (per semester hour, unless noted)	$50
Out-of-state Tuition (per semester hour, unless noted)	$326
Yearly Room and Board	$5,001-7,000
% of Students on Financial Aid	88
Median ACT	16
% of African American Students	89
% of Asian American Students	1
% of Hispanic Students	3
% of International Students	2
Student/Teacher Ratio	16:1
Number of Full-time Faculty	486
Student Male/Female Ratio	62/38
Greek System?	Yes
% of Students Who Live on Campus?	41
% of Students Who Graduate in Four Years	11
% Who Graduate Overall	34.7
% of Freshmen Who Return	11
% Of Alumni Who Give $$ to School	N/A

Prairie View A&M University

Team Name:

Panthers

Address:

P.O. Box 519
Prairie View, TX 77446

Web:

pvamu.edu

Phone:

936-857-3311

Undergraduate Enrollment

5,755

Points of Distinction

Specialized programs and services in juvenile justice, architecture, teacher education, social work, and the food, agricultural, and natural resource sciences
$1 million National Science Foundation grant given to school to fund research to study gifted black students
Panthers at Work week is an annual all-school and community-wide cleanup project to foster service-learning

Approximately 8,000 students attend Prairie View A&M University, which is the second-oldest public institution of higher learning in Texas, behind its sister school, Texas A&M. Both universities are members of the A&M University System, whose original mission was to educate its students in agriculture, military tactics, and the mechanical arts. Today students choose from 50 different majors, and Prairie View is known for its education, nursing, and engineering programs.

Nicknamed “the Hill,” the university’s 1,500-acre campus provides plenty of green spaces. The freshman experience is enhanced by the fact that all first-year students live together in their own residential college. Upperclassmen reside on campus in two- and four-bedroom apartment complexes. The university’s popular Greek system provides many social opportunities, and students also participate in the more than 90 honor societies, clubs, and other special- interest groups sponsored by the university. Student athletes compete in the NCAA and the Southwest Athletic Conference (SWAC). Many students prefer to spend weekends on campus or in the town of Prairie View, which hosts rodeo events and various festivals throughout the year. Nearby lakes and recreational areas offer water sports and horseback riding. Downtown Houston, with its museums, cosmopolitan restaurants, and student hangouts like Little Woodrow’s, is less than an hour’s drive from campus.