unitid 227526 · Prairie View, TX · public 4-year · rural (distant)
Prairie View A & M University
- enrollment 2023
- 10,095
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
79%
43rd pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
8,877
68th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
66%
undergrads on Pell grants
96th pctl among public 4-years
completion
43%
finish within 150% time
45th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$26,362
72nd pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$13,570
after aid, aided students
56th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$45,411
after entry, Title IV students
36th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$27,000
97th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $12,120 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k46%
- 30-48k21%
- 48-75k15%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $28,812
- First-generation students
- 33%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $11,299
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.7× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 119 | $97,495 | $27,392 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 117 | — | $28,621 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | 108 | $45,372 | $29,457 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 105 | $47,522 | $31,000 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 104 | $47,806 | $26,750 |
| Psychology, General. | 94 | $45,883 | $28,500 |
| Biology, General. | 91 | $48,711 | $31,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 71 | $80,276 | — |
| Agriculture, General. | 58 | $45,073 | $28,500 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 55 | $37,973 | $29,750 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 52 | $96,773 | $31,000 |
| Architecture. | 44 | $63,882 | $30,429 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.