PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY I-21

PO Box 519
Prairie View, TX 77446-0519
Tel: (936)857-3311
Admissions: (936)857-2626
Fax: (936)857-2699
Web Site: http://www.pvamu.edu/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of Texas A&M University System. Awards bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Founded 1878. Setting: 1,440-acre small town campus with easy access to Houston. Endowment: $33.9 million. Research spending 2003-04: $11.2 million. Total enrollment: 8,350. Faculty: 467 (381 full-time, 86 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 18:1. 2,803 applied, 98% were admitted. 4% from top 10% of their high school class, 8% from top quarter, 63% from top half. Full-time: 5,758 students, 54% women, 46% men. Part-time: 566 students, 69% women, 31% men. Students come from 21 states and territories, 21 other countries, 6% from out-of-state, 0.1% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 92% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 28% 25 or older, 52% live on campus, 6% transferred in. Retention: 67% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Naval.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, electronic application, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.5 high school GPA, recommendations, SAT or ACT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 6/1. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. State resident tuition: $1440 full-time, $48 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $9180 full-time, $306 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $2762 full-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load and degree level. Part-time tuition varies according to course load and degree level. College room and board: $6068. College room only: $3788. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 30 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 8% of eligible men and 8% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: National Society of Black Engineers, National Association of Black Accountants, National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, Toastmasters International, Baptist Student Movement. Major annual events: homecoming, The Yard Show, Miss Prairie View. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols. 3,291 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2003-04. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. John B. Coleman Library with 347,477 books, 710,429 microform titles, 25,911 serials, 3,836 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $2.2 million. 500 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.