Prairie View A&M University
Built for athletes. The numbers a recruit needs and a coach won't volunteer: roster room, the money behind the program, admissions fit, what a family really pays, campus life and safety.
Prairie View A&M University is a public research university in Prairie View, TX (rural setting), with 8,527 undergraduates (67% women). It admitted 75% of 8,777 applicants — upper half for selectivity among Division I schools; the middle half of admitted students scored 850–1030 on the SAT and 16–20 on the ACT. Cost of attendance is $43,373 a year for out-of-state students and $27,798 in-state; aided first-year students paid $14,065 on average after grants (top quarter for affordability in its division). 43% of students graduate within six years. The most common bachelor's degrees are in business, health professions & nursing, kinesiology, parks & recreation. The campus reported 3.86 violent offences per 1,000 students a year over 2022–2024 — bottom quarter for safety among Division I schools.
Against Division I schools
Percentile among 366 Division I institutions; higher is better on every bar.
Selectivity, graduation, net price and safety (violent offences per 1,000 students, three-year average). Method.
Where Prairie View A&M University ranks
1 top-ten finish among Division I schools, across 64 data-built lists.
About the school
What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.Campus
Full picture →- Setting
- Rural
- Type
- Public · Research university
- Affiliation
- None
- HBCU
- Yes
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Scores required
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 43%
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $11,299 in-state · $26,874 out
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 138 burglaries · 47 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 18 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →Your coaches
Research Prairie View A&M University
School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.
Prairie View A&M University teams on the site
| Program | Conference | Roster | Cap | Coaches | Budget | Per player | APR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Soccer | Southwestern Athletic Conf. | 29 | 1 over | 3 | $390k | $13,445 | 958 | |
| Baseball | Southwestern Athletic Conf. | 43 | 9 over | 5 | $682k | $15,854 | 975 | |
| Men's Basketball | Southwestern Athletic Conf. | 18 | 3 over | 1 | $1.2M | $64,804 | 923 | |
| Women's Basketball | Southwestern Athletic Conf. | 14 | room 1 | 1 | $1M | $74,694 | 919 | |
| Men's Cross Country | Southwestern Athletic Conf. | 10 | room 7 | 1 | $141k | $14,077 | 986 | |
| Women's Cross Country | Southwestern Athletic Conf. | 12 | room 5 | 1 | $231k | $19,219 | 985 | |
| Football | Southwestern Athletic Conf. | 101 | room 4 | 7 | $3.6M | $35,733 | 910 | |
| Men's Golf | Southwestern Athletic Conf. | 11 | 2 over | 1 | $193k | $17,586 | 928 | |
| Women's Golf | Southwestern Athletic Conf. | 9 | at cap | 1 | $193k | $21,494 | 994 | |
| Softball | Southwestern Athletic Conf. | 33 | 8 over | 1 | $484k | $14,674 | 990 | |
| Men's Track & Field | Southwestern Athletic Conf. | 45 | at cap | 2 | $141k | $3,128 | 966 | |
| Women's Track & Field | Southwestern Athletic Conf. | 33 | room 12 | 2 | $231k | $6,988 | 991 | |
| Women's Volleyball | Southwestern Athletic Conf. | 15 | room 3 | 3 | $460k | $30,676 | 971 |
The whole athletics department — every team with staff and aid totals.