Prairie View A&M University College Portrait

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Students
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Admissions
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College Costs & Financial Aid
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Classes and Campus Life
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Student Experiences
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Majors, Graduation and Next Steps
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Student Success & Progress
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Student Learning Outcomes
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PVAMU Classes & Instructors

Classroom Environment

Students per Faculty	17 to 1
Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students	55%
Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students	89%

Total Full-Time Instructional Faculty	394
% of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Female	39%
% of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Persons of Color	80%
% of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Have the Highest Academic Degree Offered in Their Field of Study	67%

Campus-based Housing

88% of new freshmen live in campus-based housing or residence halls.
50% of all undergraduates live on campus

Campus Safety

Prairie View A&M University Department of Public Safety takes the lead in providing a safe environment for the university community by protecting life and property. To achieve this protection, PVAMU DPS maintains patrols to deter and detect crime, report fires and safety hazards, and control traffic on campus.

The police department utilizes vehicle, foot and bicycle patrols to ensure the safety of all who work, visit, or attend Prairie View A&M University. The buildings on campus are periodically walked through and the residential areas of campus are also. The residential areas are patrolled by vehicles and the bicycle patrol for visibility and to promote community policing. The PVAMU DPS works closely with surrounding law enforcement agencies.

Campus Crime Statistics

Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics

The Carnegie Classification's were created "to reference the great diversity of colleges and universities in the United States, and ... enable [people] to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions." For information on the Carnegie Classifications system, please visit their website: http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/

Basic Type: Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs)
Size and Setting: Medium four-year, primarily residential
Enrollment Profile: High undergraduate
Undergraduate Profile: Full-time four-year, inclusive
Undergraduate Instructional Program: Professions plus arts & sciences, some graduate coexistence
Graduate Instructional Program: Doctoral, professional dominant

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