OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT


Excellence. It’s a word that’s synonymous with Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU).  An institution of the first class – as designated in the Texas Constitution, PVAMU is the second-oldest public university in the state, and a member of the Texas A&M University System.  Founded to educate historically underserved students in the state of Texas with an initial enrollment of eight students, PVAMU’s enrollment exceeds 9300 (as of Fall 2021) educating students from all backgrounds, and representing 46 other states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and 89 countries.

Located in Prairie View, Texas– just outside of Houston’s suburbs and about 50 miles from downtown Houston, the 1,440 acre campus lives up to its motto, “Prairie View Produces Productive People”. The university has the honor of counting among its graduates a Brigadier General, the first Black female engineer to be registered by the State of Texas, the founder of the United Negro College Fund, numerous academicians, professional athletes, entertainers, and artists, who have made tremendous impacts on their communities and the world. Empowered by a shared sense of history and experience, as well as PVAMU’s relentless commitment to providing the highest quality of education, research, and service, PVAMU’s graduates make their mark as scholars and go on to make history.

Dedicated to its land-grant mission of achieving excellence in teaching, research, and service, PVAMU is renowned for producing engineers, architects, nurses, and educators. In fact, the university currently ranks first in the nation in graduating African American architects; third in producing African American engineers; sixth in producing African Americans in agriculture; and in the top 20 nationally for producing African Americans in the physical sciences, marketing, and psychology.  PVAMU is also the fourth most prolific producer of nurses in the state of Texas.

The university’s nine colleges and schools boast over 70-degree programs at the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels. And in 2021, PVAMU attained the R2 Carnegie Research Classification (Doctoral University; High Research Activity) — one of only 11 HBCUs to be granted R2 status and one of only four Texas A&M University System members in this category.

Prairie View A&M University provides transformative experiences for students, and its inspiring faculty continue to produce groundbreaking research.  The university has built an unparalleled reputation for empowering scholars to carry its rich legacy of distinction into the world. Excellences lives at PVAMU!

PVAMU Logo