Prairie View A & M University Computer Science Programs

Located in Prairie View, Texas, Prairie View A & M University is a public institution. The surrounding location of Prairie View is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

Where Is Prairie View A & M University?

Contact details for PVAMU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	Fm 1098 Road & University Drive, Prairie View, TX 77446
Phone:	936-261-3311
Website:	www.pvamu.edu

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How Do I Get Into PVAMU?

You can apply to PVAMU online at: www.applytexas.org/adappc/gen/c_start.WBX?s_logon_msg=Y

Admission Requirements for PVAMU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	1
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	1
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into PVAMU?

With an acceptance rate of 76%, PVAMU may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 30% of accepted students are men and 70% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 72%, and the acceptance rate for women is 78%.

Average Test Scores

About 93% of students accepted to PVAMU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 440 and 530. Math scores were between 420 and 520.

PVAMU received ACT scores from 28% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 15 and 21. Math scores were between 15 and 0. Composite scores were between 16 and 21.

Can I Afford Prairie View A & M University?

The overall average net price of PVAMU is $28,604. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At PVAMU, approximately 68% of students took out student loans averaging $6,018 a year. That adds up to $24,072 over four years for those students.

Prairie View A & M University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 8,444 undergraduate students at PVAMU, with 7,578 being full-time and 866 being part-time.

There are also 956 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 7,578 full-time undergraduates at PVAMU, 32% are male and 68% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Prairie View A & M University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	66
Black or African American	6,551
Hispanic or Latino	574
White	66
International Students	108
Other Races/Ethnicities	213

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at Prairie View A & M University. At this time, 28 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 46 countries are represented at PVAMU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nigeria, India, and Jamaica.

Online Learning at Prairie View A & M University

In 2022-2023, 4,955 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at PVAMU has changed over the last few years.

Prairie View A & M University Computer Science Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Computer & Information Sciences	30	6	36
General Information Science	0	17	17
TOTAL	30	23	53

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.