Affordability for Prairie View A&M University
Tuition and Fees
Average tuition and fees for 30 semester credit hours: $6,118
Median family income by region, by ethnicity.
| Region | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median Income | Percent T&F | Median Income | Percent T&F | Median Income | Percent T&F | Median Income | Percent T&F | Median Income | Percent T&F | Median Income | Percent T&F | |
| High Plains | $46,811 | 13.1% | $23,133 | 26.4% | $27,694 | 22.1% | $52,598 | 11.6% | $28,115 | 21.8% | $39,987 | 15.3% |
| Northwest | $41,423 | 14.8% | $25,405 | 24.1% | $26,442 | 23.1% | $38,308 | 16.0% | $26,569 | 23.0% | $37,693 | 16.2% |
| Metroplex | $65,041 | 9.4% | $36,594 | 16.7% | $34,976 | 17.5% | $61,260 | 10.0% | $36,291 | 16.9% | $54,032 | 11.3% |
| Upper East Texas | $43,743 | 14.0% | $24,903 | 24.6% | $27,999 | 21.9% | $51,327 | 11.9% | $30,080 | 20.3% | $39,700 | 15.4% |
| Southeast Texas | $44,397 | 13.8% | $24,739 | 24.7% | $31,914 | 19.2% | $44,345 | 13.8% | $31,873 | 19.2% | $39,615 | 15.4% |
| Gulf Coast | $67,885 | 9.0% | $35,211 | 17.4% | $33,398 | 18.3% | $56,901 | 10.8% | $33,860 | 18.1% | $50,955 | 12.0% |
| Central Texas | $58,189 | 10.5% | $33,184 | 18.4% | $36,874 | 16.6% | $57,789 | 10.6% | $35,577 | 17.2% | $49,907 | 12.3% |
| South Texas | $53,694 | 11.4% | $35,426 | 17.3% | $28,487 | 21.5% | $50,069 | 12.2% | $28,439 | 21.5% | $36,673 | 16.7% |
| West Texas | $47,399 | 12.9% | $24,815 | 24.7% | $27,378 | 22.3% | $47,765 | 12.8% | $27,609 | 22.2% | $38,073 | 16.1% |
| Upper Rio Grande | $55,051 | 11.1% | $41,124 | 14.9% | $28,320 | 21.6% | $44,521 | 13.7% | $28,470 | 21.5% | $33,588 | 18.2% |
| Statewide | $57,194 | 10.7% | $33,276 | 18.4% | $30,840 | 19.8% | $56,792 | 10.8% | $30,266 | 20.2% | $45,132 | 13.6% |
Undergraduate Students from in-state
| Region | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian | Other | Male | Female | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Num | % | Num | % | Num | % | Num | % | Num | % | Num | % | Num | % | Num | % | |
| High Plains | 0 | 0.0% | 15 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 5 | 0.1% | 10 | 0.2% | 15 | 0.3% |
| Northwest | 1 | 0.0% | 17 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 6 | 0.1% | 12 | 0.2% | 18 | 0.3% |
| Metroplex | 8 | 0.1% | 1,172 | 21.6% | 6 | 0.1% | 7 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 578 | 10.7% | 615 | 11.3% | 1,193 | 22.0% |
| Upper East Texas | 0 | 0.0% | 111 | 2.0% | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 55 | 1.0% | 57 | 1.1% | 112 | 2.1% |
| Southeast Texas | 3 | 0.1% | 289 | 5.3% | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 136 | 2.5% | 158 | 2.9% | 294 | 5.4% |
| Gulf Coast | 105 | 1.9% | 2,757 | 50.8% | 183 | 3.4% | 87 | 1.6% | 17 | 0.3% | 1,302 | 24.0% | 1,847 | 34.0% | 3,149 | 58.0% |
| Central Texas | 16 | 0.3% | 378 | 7.0% | 26 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 154 | 2.8% | 269 | 5.0% | 423 | 7.8% |
| South Texas | 4 | 0.1% | 169 | 3.1% | 20 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.0% | 88 | 1.6% | 109 | 2.0% | 197 | 3.6% |
| West Texas | 0 | 0.0% | 12 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.1% | 9 | 0.2% | 12 | 0.2% |
| Upper Rio Grande | 0 | 0.0% | 10 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 7 | 0.1% | 6 | 0.1% | 13 | 0.2% |
| Statewide | 137 | 2.5% | 4,930 | 90.9% | 241 | 4.4% | 100 | 1.8% | 18 | 0.3% | 2,334 | 43.0% | 3,092 | 57.0% | 5,426 | 100.0% |
Prairie View A&M University is a historically black university (HBCU) which draws most of its undergraduate student base from the Houston/Gulf Coast.
Criteria for Admissions
- Top 10% of high school graduation class
- Academic record
- Standardized test scores
Analysis of the Criteria used to admit students
Our admissions standards are geared towards providing higher education access to the underrepresented and under served populations of Texas. Prairie View A&M University requires a minimum test score of 820 - SAT or 17 - ACT for incoming freshmen in addition to a cumulative GPA of 2.50 or above (unconditional admittance).
Criteria for Financial Aid
- Financial need
- Merit (grades, GPA, performance, other)
- Enrollment in a specific number of hours
- Submission of financial aid application by preset deadline
- Date of financial aid application (first-come; first-served)
- Expected family contribution
- Parental contribution
- Cost of attendance
- Other financial factors beyond need
Analysis of the criteria used to award financial aid
The primary criterion is financial need. The majority of students receive some form of financial aid, based on the above criteria. Grants are also available to assist students who have not yet earned or met the requirements for a first bachelor's degree and who are attending school at least part time. These grants include the Federal Pell Grant; Academic Competitiveness Grant; National SMART Grant for third and fourth years of full time undergraduate study for students majoring in physical, life, or computer sciences, mathematics, technology, or engineering or in a foreign language determined critical to national security; Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG); TEXAS (Toward Excellence, Access, & Success) Grants; and Texas Public Educational Grants (TPEGS) for resident and non-resident students.
Comparison of this institution to peer institutions in-state and out-of-state
Our costs for students are in line with our peers both in and out-of-state with respect to the level of affordability and access. The university was slightly above the state average based on the previous year's figures (excluding medical center programs) and only slightly higher than Stephen F. Austin State University, UT-El Paso, and Texas Southern University. Entrance requirements have been established to insure continued accessibility for Prairie View A&M University's historic student population. For our out-of- state peers, we fall in the middle of current tuition & fee charges ($6,118) compared to the University of Central Missouri ($6,584), Morgan State University ($6,438), Arkansas State University ($5,710), Jackson State University ($4,432), and North Carolina Central University ($4,438).
Updated 4/8/2009 from the THECB Affordability Survey
