PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 4, 2023) – Prairie View A&M University is the best value Historically Black College and University in Texas.
A new ranking from financial technology company SmartAsset lists PVAMU as the fifth best value university in Texas behind Rice University, The University of Texas at Austin, University of Houston and The University of Texas at Dallas.
SmartAsset determines its best value colleges and universities by looking at tuition, student living costs, scholarship and grant offerings, student retention rate, and the starting salary for new graduates.
With an average scholarship and grant offering just over $10,000 and tuition just over $12,000, the median starting salary for PVAMU graduates is around $62,000.
The no. 1 best value university on SmartAsset’s list nationwide is California Institute of Technology. Nationwide, PVAMU is one of two HBCUs listed; the other is Savannah State University in Georgia.
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