1876
Prairie View,
TX
School Details
Prairie View A&M University, the first state supported College in Texas for African Americans, was established during the Reconstruction Period after the Civil War in 1876. The four-year senior college program began in 1919 and in 1937, a division of graduate studies was added. In 1973, the name of the institution was changed to Prairie View A&M University, and its status as an independent unit of the Texas A&M University System was confirmed.
Prairie View offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from the following schools and colleges:
- College of Agriculture and Human Sciences
- Marvin D. and June Samuel Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences
- College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology
- College of Business
- Roy G. Perry College of Engineering
- Whitlowe R. Green College of Education
- College of Nursing
- School of Architecture
Accreditation & Licensing
Prairie View A & M University is accredited by:
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)