Prairie View A & M University which is located in Prairie View, Texas is a historically black university offering several courses to the students. Prairie View A & M University occupies a total area of about 1,440 acres. It was in 1876 when the Prairie View A & M University was founded. The motto of the Prairie View A & M University is Prairie View Produces Productive People and its official colors are royal purple and gold. The total enrolment stands at 8,940 (Fall 2019) students at Prairie View A & M University. Around 8,109 and 831 students take admission in various undergraduate and postgraduate courses of the university. The school has a total of 486 Full-time and 80 Part-time academic staff. These faculty teach different courses to the students. Around 65% of the students are females and 35% are males. Notably, Prairie View A & M University is also home to an ethnically diverse student population. At PVAMU around 84% are Black or African American, 9% belong to Hispanic ethnicity, and 2% are Asian. Moreover, around 92% of the students are 24 and under. The college has produced several achievers in its 144 years of existence and some of the notable alumni are Mr. T, Dewey Redman, DJ Premier, and Charles Brown. The school believes in the all-round growth of the students and, hence encourages students to take part in several sporting activities, conducted inside the campus. Students taking admission here will notice that the university boasts of a decent sports infrastructure. At PVAMU, 120 undergraduate and graduate-level programs, including both residential and online, are offered to the students. The university also has a long list of accreditations. It has been accredited by AAFCS (American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences), ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.), ADiA (American Dietetic Association), and CSAB (Computing Sciences Accreditation Board). The total endowment of the Prairie View A & M University is around $84 million.
