Prairie View A & M University

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Prairie View A & M University

Prairie View A & M University operates as a public institution located in Prairie View, Texas (rural: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 8,877 students of which 9,725 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Prairie View A & M University is categorized as “16” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 79.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 980 and an ACT midpoint of 19. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $13,570, with published in-state tuition of $11,299 and a Pell grant recipient share of 65.6%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $27,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 43.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 75.6%. Graduates earn a median of $45,411 ten years after enrolling, compared with $36,350 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 417700.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 56.1% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.