PVAMU Breaks Enrollment Record

[Storm96]

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 3, 2024) – Prairie View A&M University has achieved record-breaking enrollment for the fall 2024 semester, reaching 9,893 students, surpassing the previous high of 9,516 set in 2018.

PVAMU’s Fall 2024 Enrollment (as of 9/19/2024)

Total: 9,893
Undergraduate: 8,855
Post-Baccalaureate: 67
Master’s: 782
Doctoral: 189

https://www.pvamu.edu/blog/pvamu-shatters-enrollment-record-with-new-student-support-initiative/

 

[Lenard]

I missed this staying pissed off at football season and a few other things.

Lets keep growing academically, financially, and positively athletic-wise.

 

[Storm96]

Students applying to Prairie View A&M University will face tougher admissions standards for the 2026-27 school year after a vote from the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents on Thursday.
The changes stem from continued growth at the university in Waller County, about 40 miles northwest of Houston. Prairie View enrolled roughly 2,300 freshmen last fall, its largest ever first-year class. Another 600 students were on a wait list but unable to be accommodated, university President Tomikia P. LeGrande said.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/prairie-view-admissions-standards-20347296.php

 

[Sports Fan]

We will most likely crack 10K this fall. More student housing has to be top priority!

 

[Fiyah]

We will most likely crack 10K this fall. More student housing has to be top priority!

Need private investments for more off campus housing. Not enough space for everyone to live and eat on campus.

 

[Storm96]

If only the City of PV wasn't a joke. They really could be growing along side the University. Instead Waller and Hempstead are poised to benefit most.

 

[Olde Hornet]

This is a problem, interest rates are VERY HIGH and its going to get worse if TACO continues on his path.

 

[LAW DAWG]

This is a problem, interest rates are VERY HIGH and its going to get worse if TACO continues on his path.

True, but the TAMU System isn't hurting for money. They, along with the UT System, exclusively receive funds from oil, gas and grazing leases from 2.1 million acres of land in west Texas.

 

[EB]

True, but the TAMU System isn't hurting for money. They, along with the UT System, exclusively receive funds from oil, gas and grazing leases from 2.1 million acres of land in west Texas.

This is true.

I have not seen the latest numbers, but the TAMU and UT systems have been two of the richest university systems (top 10) in the country.

 

[Sports Fan]

This is a problem, interest rates are VERY HIGH and its going to get worse if TACO continues on his path.

The feedback swirling the market right now is that a lot of MF developers are pencils down on doing deals.

The only saving grace around PV/Waller area is that dirt is still relatively so cheap they can weather the storm on interest rates for now.

 

[Olde Hornet]

True, but the TAMU System isn't hurting for money. They, along with the UT System, exclusively receive funds from oil, gas and grazing leases from 2.1 million acres of land in west Texas.

Is the TAMU system going to loan / give money to PVAMU for new dorms?

Its not just borrowing costs, it the cost of materials and finding labor.

 

[Fiyah]

Is the TAMU system going to loan / give money to PVAMU for new dorms?

Its not just borrowing costs, it the cost of materials and finding labor.

Prairie View don't build dorms on campus anymore. They contract out with a outside vendor to build housing and operate them with their own financing on campus.

 

[LAW DAWG]

Is the TAMU system going to loan / give money to PVAMU for new dorms?

Its not just borrowing costs, it the cost of materials and finding labor.

The cost is irrelevant. The pool of money I mentioned currently sits at 36 billion plus and exclusively funds the UT System and TAMU System an additional 1.8 billion at a 2/3 to 1/3 split between the two.

It is a questionable if, but if the new chancellor of the TAMU System is as decent a human being as the past chancellor PV will continue to advance.

 

[Olde Hornet]

Prairie View don't build dorms on campus anymore. They contract out with a outside vendor to build housing and operate them with their own financing on campus.

I like that model, it keeps the school out of debt.

 

[Sports Fan]

Is the TAMU system going to loan / give money to PVAMU for new dorms?

Its not just borrowing costs, it the cost of materials and finding labor.

The cost is irrelevant. The pool of money I mentioned currently sits at 36 billion plus and exclusively funds the UT System and TAMU System an additional 1.8 billion at a 2/3 to 1/3 split between the two.

It is a questionable if, but if the new chancellor of the TAMU System is as decent a human being as the past chancellor PV will continue to advance.

Totally expecting PV to make a big jump across the board in this next decade.

Similar kind of jump NCAT has made.

 

[pantherprowl]

Totally expecting PV to make a big jump across the board in this next decade.

Similar kind of jump NCAT has made.

President Legrande was at NCA&T during some of that growth.

 

[Sports Fan]

President Legrande was at NCA&T during some of that growth.

I think that’s a huge point that a lot of folks are missing!


We got the whole playbook not only from NCAT but from VCU as well. Enrollment growth is her value add to the presidency and I am fully expecting to see PV become the largest version of itself we have ever seen.

 

[Sports Fan]

No more lil ole PV lol

 

[pantherprowl]

No more lil ole PV lol

The slow enrollment growth got President Wright fired.

 

[Sports Fan]

The slow enrollment growth got President Wright fired.

Never knew that

 

[Jag Voice]

Congratulations... Love to see this enrollment growth for HBCUs!

Hopefully the TAMU system don't slow the growth by raising the admission requirements too much.

 

[Fiyah]

The slow enrollment growth got President Wright fired.

That wasn't it

 

[pantherprowl]

That wasn't it

So, what did?