The main focus area for this major is Registered Nursing. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Nursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Prairie View A & M University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in nursing, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at PVAMU was ranked #955 on College Factual's Best Schools for nursing list. It is also ranked #70 in Texas.
Here are some of the other rankings for PVAMU.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at PVAMU was $743 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $242 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $7,253 | $22,552 |
Fees | $3,846 | $3,846 |
Books and Supplies | $1,362 | $1,362 |
On Campus Room and Board | $8,883 | $8,883 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,320 | $4,320 |
Learn more about PVAMU tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at PVAMU in Nursing walked away with an average of $26,322 in student debt. That is 16% higher than the national average of $22,660.
nursing who receive their bachelor’s degree from PVAMU make an average of $70,430 a year during the early days of their career. That is 13% higher than the national average of $62,199.
Online degrees for the PVAMU nursing bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the PVAMU Online Learning page.
Women made up around 90.0% of the nursing students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 86.9%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in nursing at PVAMU in 2019-2020, 96.7% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 33%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 6 |
Black or African American | 64 |
Hispanic or Latino | 17 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 2 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Nursing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Registered Nursing | 90 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Health Sciences & Services | 71 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.