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Prairie View A&M University

Prairie View A&M University
700 University Drive, PO Box 519
Prairie View, TX 77446

Official telephone: (936) 261-3311
Website: https://www.pvamu.edu/
Screen last updated on: December 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total graduate students: 876
Full-time graduate students: 393
Part-time graduate students: 483

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 1,502 acres
Nearest major city: Houston

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 93%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 53%
Percent of students who live off campus: 47%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 10000
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Student Government Association; Campus Activities Board; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; National Society of Black Engineers; Peer Advisors to Leadership Students

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1; NAIA

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballyes 
Men's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cheerleading NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cheerleadingyes 
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's football NCAA Division 1-AA, NCAA Div. I-AA
Men's footballyes 
Men's golfyes 
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's tennisyes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and fieldyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketballyes 
Women's bowlingyes 
Women's bowling NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cheerleading NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cheerleadingyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's golf  
Women's golfyes 
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softballyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyes 
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyes 

Intramural/Recreational sports:
basketball; football; rugby; soccer; tennis; volleyball; weight lifting; swimming and diving

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Houston Intercontinental

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 45% within six months of graduation

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