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PVAMU(Prairie View A & M University)

School colors: Purple and gold

PVAMU Campus c1876
Historic photograph. Prairie View A&M University, 1876, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Prairie View, Texas · Founded 1876 · Marching Storm Band

Public · Four-year · ~9,500 students

www.pvamu.edu · official site

Founding

Prairie View A&M University originated in the Texas Constitution of 1876, and the Fifteenth Legislature established the Alta Vista Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas for Colored Youth on August 14, 1876, the first state-supported college in Texas for African Americans. Eight young African American men began their studies at Prairie View on March 11, 1878.

Source: College History, Prairie View A&M University, read 2026-09-14.

What the school says about itself

On the record
  • Prairie View A&M University is a state-assisted, public, comprehensive land grant institution of higher education. Source, read 2026-09-17.
  • Prairie View A&M University is the second-oldest public institution of higher education in the state of Texas. Source, read 2026-09-17.

On the official record

Campus address
FM 1098 Road & University Drive, Prairie View, TX 77446
Control
Public
Students
~9,500 students
Directory id
227526
OPE id
00363000
Student aid
Takes part in Title IV student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
Location
FM 1098 Road & University Drive, Prairie View, TX. See it on the Ledger map.
Where this location comes fromCampus location from IPEDS 2024-25This campus location comes from the federal IPEDS 2024-25 record, used as published, so the pin on the map is the campus.IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 collection, file dated 2025-09-21, retrieved 2026-09-14: coordinate 30.092425, -95.989475 as published. The Census Bureau geocoder returned No Match for the address on file, which no longer decides placement.

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Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 provisional data collection. Unit id 227526. https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/HD2024.zip. File dated 2025-09-21.
  2. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education. Higher Education Programs Eligibility Matrix, sheet 'HBCU', dated 2026-06-08. https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fy-2026-higher-education-programs-eligibility-matrix-june-8-2026-114185.xlsx.
  3. College History, Prairie View A&M University. https://www.pvamu.edu/about_pvamu/college-history/. Read 2026-09-14.
  4. Students: 9,517 total, Fall 2023 (8,527 undergraduate, 990 graduate). IPEDS Fall Enrollment 2023, derived variables (DRVEF2023). https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/DRVEF2023.zip. File dated 2024-09-30, read 2026-09-17.
  5. Marching Storm, Prairie View A&M University. https://www.pvamu.edu/marchingstorm/. Read 2026-09-17.
  6. College History, Prairie View A&M University. https://www.pvamu.edu/about_pvamu/college-history/. Read 2026-09-17.
  7. Home, Prairie View A&M University. https://www.pvamu.edu/. Read 2026-09-17.
  8. School colors: Purple and gold. Values as stated. Prairie View A&M University, Wikipedia (revision 1368434814). Read 2026-09-16.
  9. Photograph: Prairie View A&M University, 1876, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PVAMU_Campus_c1876.jpg. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
  10. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, batch address service, benchmark Public_AR_Current. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/.

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