Physics at University of the Virgin Islands

What traits are you looking for in a physics school? To help you decide if University of the Virgin Islands is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's physics program.

UVI is located in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands and approximately 1,838 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 5 physics majors received their bachelor's degree from UVI.

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

UVI Physics Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Physics
• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

UVI Physics Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physics major at UVI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Physics. 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 Focused Physics Schools	34
Most Popular Physics Associate Degree Schools	79
Most Popular Physics Schools	399
Most Popular Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	403

Physics Student Demographics at UVI

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

UVI Physics Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of physics associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in physics only graduates about 24% women each year. The program at UVI may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 42% more women than average.

UVI does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in physics graduates 71% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

UVI Physics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at UVI since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 51% more racial-ethnic minorities in its physics 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 physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Chemistry

Careers That Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in physics 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.