Enrollment Trends at PVAMU

The student population at Prairie View A & M University is 9,056 (8,103 undergraduate and 953 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 720 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at PVAMU is 89.48% which is increased by 1,279 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 559 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.06 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

746 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 65.04% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 8,866 where 9,056 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

89.48% of total students is undergraduate students and 10.52% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,279 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 559 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.06 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in PVAMU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Prairie View A & M University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,336	6,824	2,750	4,074	1,512	432	1,080
2013-14	8,283 -53	6,731 -93	2,805 55	3,926 -148	1,552 40	452 20	1,100 20
2014-15	8,429 146	6,905 174	2,829 24	4,076 150	1,524 -28	441 -11	1,083 -17
2015-16	8,315 -114	6,925 20	2,791 -38	4,134 58	1,390 -134	438 -3	952 -131
2016-17	8,782 467	7,417 492	3,009 218	4,408 274	1,365 -25	450 12	915 -37
2017-18	9,219 437	7,975 558	3,114 105	4,861 453	1,244 -121	471 21	773 -142
2018-19	9,516 297	8,524 549	3,074 -40	5,450 589	992 -252	358 -113	634 -139
2019-20	8,940 -576	8,109 -415	2,809 -265	5,300 -150	831 -161	302 -56	529 -105
2020-21	9,248 308	8,372 263	2,797 -12	5,575 275	876 45	321 19	555 26
2021-22	9,400 152	8,444 72	2,714 -83	5,730 155	956 80	355 34	601 46
2022-23	9,056 -344	8,103 -341	2,613 -101	5,490 -240	953 -3	342 -13	611 10
Average	8,866	7,666	2,846	4,820	1,200	397	803

Prairie View A & M University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 7,666 where 8,103 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Prairie View A & M University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,824	6,283	2,550	3,733	541	200	341
2013-14	6,731	6,234	2,593	3,641	497	212	285
2014-15	6,905	6,313	2,570	3,743	592	259	333
2015-16	6,925	6,305	2,524	3,781	620	267	353
2016-17	7,417	6,817	2,746	4,071	600	263	337
2017-18	7,975	7,341	2,840	4,501	634	274	360
2018-19	8,524	7,953	2,830	5,123	571	244	327
2019-20	8,109	7,501	2,559	4,942	608	250	358
2020-21	8,372	7,571	2,475	5,096	801	322	479
2021-22	8,444	7,578	2,395	5,183	866	319	547
2022-23	8,103	7,163	2,266	4,897	940	347	593
Average	7,666	7,666	2,577	4,428	7,666	269	392

Prairie View A & M University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,200 where 953 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Prairie View A & M University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,512	574	193	381	938	239	699
2013-14	1,552	594	197	397	958	255	703
2014-15	1,524	582	181	401	942	260	682
2015-16	1,390	570	199	371	820	239	581
2016-17	1,365	626	239	387	739	211	528
2017-18	1,244	540	228	312	704	243	461
2018-19	992	474	197	277	518	161	357
2019-20	831	386	159	227	445	143	302
2020-21	876	393	159	234	483	162	321
2021-22	956	520	220	300	436	135	301
2022-23	953	423	170	253	530	172	358
Average	1,200	1,200	195	322	1,200	202	481

Prairie View A & M University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 1.45% and the percentage of black students is 83.89% at Prairie View A & M University. 1.02% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Prairie View A & M University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	12	218	6,892	494	7	391	134
2013-14	16	241	6,959	458	3	277	84
2014-15	25	243	7,087	229	8	401	58
2015-16	16	249	6,984	486	6	255	53
2016-17	30	250	7,291	586	4	234	75
2017-18	27	215	7,549	798	9	196	112
2018-19	22	187	7,906	838	8	164	132
2019-20	21	174	7,424	776	6	144	146
2020-21	22	146	7,784	735	5	143	169
2021-22	17	105	7,942	721	5	132	195
2022-23	16	92	7,597	718	5	131	239
Average	20	193	7,401	622	6	224	127

Prairie View A & M University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

746 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has increased 65.04% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Prairie View A & M University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	8,429	452	998	6,979
2015-16	8,315	387	1,111	6,817
2016-17	8,782	430	1,218	7,134
2017-18	9,219	340	1,119	7,760
2018-19	9,516	269	1,655	7,592
2019-20	8,940	251	1,533	7,156
2020-21	9,248	3,134	5,685	429
2021-22	9,400	730	4,695	3,975
2022-23	9,056	746	4,209	4,101
Average	8,989	749	2,469	5,771

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