General Computer & Information Sciences at Prairie View A & M University

If you are interested in studying general computer and information sciences, you may want to check out the program at Prairie View A & M University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

PVAMU is located in Prairie View, Texas and approximately 9,248 students attend the school each year. Of the 38 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Prairie View A & M University in 2021, 38 of them were general computer and information sciences majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Computer & Information Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

PVAMU General Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences
• Master’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences

PVAMU General Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the computer and information sciences progam at PVAMU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The computer and information sciences major at PVAMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Computer & Information Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	46
Best Value General Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	53
	78
Best General Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	89
Most Focused General Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	96
	121
Most Popular General Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	124
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	149
Best General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	159
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	171
Best Value General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	184
Best General Computer Science Schools	205
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	213
Best Value General Computer Science Schools	245
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	270

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in computer and information sciences from PVAMU. This makes it the #125 most popular school for computer and information sciences master’s degree candidates in the country.

Computer and Information Sciences Student Demographics at PVAMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information sciences majors at Prairie View A & M University.

PVAMU General Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 38 computer and information sciences students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from PVAMU, about 58% were men and 42% were women. The typical computer and information sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at PVAMU since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 64% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer and information sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Prairie View A & M University with a bachelor's in computer and information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	31
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

PVAMU General Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Program

The computer and information sciences program at PVAMU awarded 8 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 75% of these degrees went to men with the other 25% going to women.

In the computer and information sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Prairie View A & M University with a master's in computer and information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

PVAMU also has a doctoral program available in computer and information sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Computer and Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Prairie View A & M University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Computer Systems Analysts	51,710	$97,900
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	35,100	$89,500
Computer Workers	25,620	$90,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers	22,350	$154,650
Computer Network Architects	12,560	$119,340

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
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.