Which Prairie View A&M University major has the lowest debt?

Criminal Justice graduates leave with a median of $26,750 in federal loans, the lowest among 19 Prairie View A&M University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Prairie View A&M University cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $11,299 a year, and $26,874 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $13,570 a year.

How many Prairie View A&M University programs report graduate pay?

20 bachelor's programs at Prairie View A&M University report first-year pay, and 19 of them also report federal debt.

Prairie View A&M University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Prairie View A & M University
Public university
Prairie View, TX
8,877 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

20 Prairie View A&M University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Electrical Engineering pays the most in the first year ($84,195), and Communications the least ($22,269). The median program pays $43,445.

In-state tuition and fees$11,299Per year. Out-of-state $26,874

Average net price after aid$13,570Per year

Graduation rate43%Within 6 years

Admission rate79%Of applicants

All 20 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Texas" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Texas. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Texas
1	Electrical EngineeringAbout 16 graduates a year	$84,195	$106,989	$28,081	4th of 19
2	NursingAbout 119 graduates a year	$83,218	$97,495	$27,392	11th of 48
3	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 41 graduates a year	$77,763	$83,934	$28,064	5th of 32
4	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 52 graduates a year	$66,678	$96,773	$31,000	12th of 23
5	Civil EngineeringAbout 12 graduates a year	$63,372	$81,913	Not reported	9th of 12
6	Construction Engineering TechnologyAbout 23 graduates a year	$61,068	$82,312	$31,000	7th of 7
7	Chemical EngineeringAbout 35 graduates a year	$58,627	$92,981	$33,000	7th of 8
8	FinanceAbout 24 graduates a year	$56,791	Not reported	$35,414	9th of 39
9	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 6 graduates a year	$52,148	$55,009	$31,000	9th of 39
10	AccountingAbout 24 graduates a year	$46,222	$61,625	$29,061	25th of 39
11	Social WorkAbout 43 graduates a year	$40,667	$49,314	$31,750	2nd of 24
12	Business AdministrationAbout 105 graduates a year	$38,662	$47,522	$31,000	48th of 63
13	AgricultureAbout 58 graduates a year	$38,063	$45,073	$28,500	6th of 7
14	MarketingAbout 41 graduates a year	$37,493	$43,136	$33,000	29th of 39
15	Health SciencesAbout 108 graduates a year	$32,266	$45,372	$29,457	9th of 16
16	Criminal JusticeAbout 104 graduates a year	$31,823	$47,806	$26,750	34th of 39
17	BiologyAbout 91 graduates a year	$28,947	$48,711	$31,000	27th of 43
18	PsychologyAbout 94 graduates a year	$28,047	$45,883	$28,500	39th of 52
19	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 117 graduates a year	$25,594	Not reported	$28,621	39th of 42
20	CommunicationsAbout 55 graduates a year	$22,269	$37,973	$29,750	31st of 33

Program names link to the program's own page, and Texas ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Texas programs in the field do too.

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

2 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Electrical Engineering$84,195
Nursing$83,218
Computer and Information Science$77,763
Mechanical Engineering$66,678
Civil Engineering$63,372

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

NursingAbout 119 graduates a year
Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 117 graduates a year
Health SciencesAbout 108 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 105 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 104 graduates a year

Common questions

Electrical Engineering graduates earn a median of $84,195 in their first year, the most of 20 Prairie View A&M University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Texas rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels