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Prairie View, TX · Architecture

Architecture at Prairie View

Prairie View graduates about 44 architecture majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 118th of 159 schools we score for architecture, a solid program at 47 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $63,000 four years out, below the national figure for the same major (0.93×).

Graduates a year443% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$63,0000.93× the same major nationally
Admit rate76%whole school
SAT middle 50%860–1050whole school

Around Prairie View

The William J. Nicks Building at Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View,
William J Nicks Building Prairie View A M 2019Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0 · source
Visitor side of Panther Staduim
PVPStadPhoto: Broadmoor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field at Prairie View A&M in Prairie View, Tex
Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field Exterior 2019Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0 · source
PVAMU entrance
WelcomePVPhoto: Broadmoor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where architecture happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: School of Architecture Fabrication Design Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 9 · Athletics 8 · Offices 1 · Library 1 · Chapel 1.

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Nearby in the architecture ranking

  1. University of Missouri–Kansas City 49
  2. Louisiana Tech University 48
  3. University of New Hampshire 48
  4. University of North Carolina at Charlotte 47
  5. University of Massachusetts–Dartmouth 47
  6. Brigham Young University 46
  7. University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee 45
  8. Ball State University 45

Other strong majors at Prairie View

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Prairie View with every school we score in architecture. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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