University of the Virgin Islands Overview

Located in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands, University of the Virgin Islands is a public institution. The rural area surrounding the school is great for students who prefer living in a country setting.

What Is University of the Virgin Islands Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at UVI since the student to facuty ratio is 8 to 1.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at UVI.
• In a recent academic period100% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is University of the Virgin Islands?

Contact details for UVI are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2 John Brewers Bay, Charlotte Amalie, VI 00802-9990
Phone:	340-776-9200
Website:	www.uvi.edu

How Do I Get Into UVI?

You can apply to UVI online at: https://www.uvi.edu/enrollment/admissions/admissions-apply_online_instructions.aspx

Admission Requirements for UVI

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	1
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into UVI?

Since UVI has an acceptance rate of 97%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 31% of accepted students are men and 69% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 96%, and the acceptance rate for women is 97%.

Average Test Scores

About 36% of students accepted to UVI submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 410 and 520. Math scores were between 390 and 470.

UVI received ACT scores from 3% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 24. Math scores were between 18 and 0. Composite scores were between 21 and 23.

Can I Afford University of the Virgin Islands?

The overall average net price of UVI is $22,371. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At UVI, approximately 38% of students took out student loans averaging $4,436 a year. That adds up to $17,744 over four years for those students.

University of the Virgin Islands Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,587 undergraduate students at UVI, with 1,034 being full-time and 553 being part-time.

There are also 251 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,034 full-time undergraduates at UVI, 30% are male and 70% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of the Virgin Islands students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	7
Black or African American	748
Hispanic or Latino	125
White	34
International Students	70
Other Races/Ethnicities	50

Geographic Diversity

Virgin Islands students aren't the only ones who study at University of the Virgin Islands. At this time, 8 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 24 countries are represented at UVI. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saint Kitts and Nevis, United Kingdom, and Dominica.

University of the Virgin Islands Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	0	0	27	12	0	39
Nursing	0	0	26	0	0	26
Accounting	0	0	15	9	0	24
Educational Administration	0	0	0	10	13	23
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	6	15	0	0	21
General Biology	1	0	18	0	0	19
Teacher Education Grade Specific	1	1	10	2	0	14
Natural Resources Conservation	0	0	0	13	0	13
Hospitality Management	0	0	12	0	0	12
General Psychology	0	0	12	0	0	12
Mining & Petroleum Technology	0	10	0	0	0	10
Computer Science	0	1	6	0	0	7
Other Public Administration	1	0	0	6	0	7
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	0	0	6	0	0	6
Communication & Media Studies	0	0	6	0	0	6
Marketing	0	0	4	0	0	4
Applied Mathematics	0	0	4	0	0	4
Physics	0	2	1	0	0	3
Chemistry	0	0	2	0	0	2
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)	1	0	0	0	0	1
Student Counseling	0	0	0	1	0	1
General English Literature	0	0	1	0	0	1
Mathematics	0	0	1	0	0	1
Social Work	0	0	0	1	0	1
Music	0	0	1	0	0	1
Agricultural Economics & Business	0	0	0	0	0	0
Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0	0	0
Special Education	0	0	0	0	0	0
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	0	0	0	0
Teaching English or French	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Data Science	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	0	0	0
General Social Sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	4	20	167	54	13	258

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Sphilbrick under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.