General Biology at University of the Virgin Islands

Every general biology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the biology program at University of the Virgin Islands stacks up to those at other schools.

UVI is located in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands and has a total student population of 1,838. Of the 219 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of the Virgin Islands in 2021, 17 of them were general biology majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Biology section at the bottom of this page.

UVI General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

UVI General Biology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the biology progam at UVI compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biology major at UVI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Biology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	927
Most Popular General Biology Schools	1,084

Biology Student Demographics at UVI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biology majors at University of the Virgin Islands.

UVI General Biology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 biology majors earned their bachelor's degree from UVI. Of these graduates, 35% were men and 65% were women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at UVI since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of the Virgin Islands with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UVI also has a doctoral program available in biology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology

Careers That Biology Grads May Go Into

A degree in biology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VI, the home state for University of the Virgin Islands.

Occupation	Jobs in VI	Average Salary in VI

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Sphilbrick under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.