Enrollment Trends at PVAMU

The student population at Prairie View A & M University is 9,922 (8,877 undergraduate and 1,045 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,607 (19.33%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at PVAMU is 89.47% which is increased by 1,952 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 345 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 51 male students for every 100 female students, down from 63 in 2015.
842 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 117.57% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 9,192 where 9,922 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 9,922 students in 2025 and was lowest at 8,315 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 8,315 to 9,922 students, a net gain of 1,607 (19.3%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Prairie View A & M University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,315	6,925	2,791	4,134	1,390	438	952
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
2023-24	9,517 461	8,527 424	2,818 205	5,709 219	990 37	343 1	647 36
2024-25	9,922 405	8,877 350	3,001 183	5,876 167	1,045 55	362 19	683 36
Average	9,192	8,127	2,874	5,253	1,064	374	690

Prairie View A & M University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 8,127 where 8,877 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Prairie View A & M University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	8,527	7,862	2,548	5,314	665	270	395
2024-25	8,877	8,161	2,703	5,458	716	298	418
Average	8,127	8,127	2,589	4,837	8,127	285	417

Prairie View A & M University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,064 where 1,045 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Prairie View A & M University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	990	614	221	393	376	122	254
2024-25	1,045	659	238	421	386	124	262
Average	1,064	1,064	203	318	1,064	171	373

Prairie View A & M University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 1.26% and the percentage of black students is 82.57% at Prairie View A & M University. 0.85% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 7.02% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 3.07% to 1.26%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.99% to 0.85%. Black student enrollment decreased from 83.99% to 82.57%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.84% to 7.02%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3117 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2892 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Prairie View A & M University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	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
2023-24	12	91	7,957	700	7	131	321
2024-25	13	84	8,193	697	6	125	355
Average	20	159	7,663	706	6	166	180

Prairie View A & M University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

842 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 9% of total students. The number of online students has increased 117.57% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Prairie View A & M University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	9,517	733	4,803	3,981
2024-25	9,922	842	5,280	3,800
Average	9,192	786	3,131	5,275

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Enrollment Trends at PVAMU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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