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University of the Virgin Islands Data & Information Overview

49 awards Ranking Badges
Fair Price Value for Your Money
98% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is University of the Virgin Islands Ranked?

#1,981 Best Colleges in Nation
#1 Best Colleges in VI
General Business Administration and Management Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

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University of the Virgin Islands was awarded 49 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business administration and management.

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Overall Quality

UVI is ranked #1,981 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UVI held the #2,054 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

UVI also holds the #1 spot on the Best Colleges in Virgin Islands ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into UVI?

98% Acceptance Rate
71% Of Accepted Are Women
36% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

With an acceptance rate of 98%, UVI has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.

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 440 and 540. Math scores were between 390 and 490.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for University of the Virgin Islands  ( 440 to 540 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for University of the Virgin Islands  ( 390 to 490 )
200
800
UVI received ACT scores from 8% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 14 and 20.

ACT Composite Scores for University of the Virgin Islands  ( 14 to 20 )
1
36

Learn more about University of the Virgin Islands admissions.

University of the Virgin Islands Faculty

10 to 1 Student to Faculty
100% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at UVI it is much better at 10 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at University of the Virgin Islands is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  100 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at University of the Virgin Islands

63% Freshmen Retention
11% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at University of the Virgin Islands is 63%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  63 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at UVI is 11%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  11 out of 100
0
100

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at University of the Virgin Islands.

University of the Virgin Islands Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,034 Full-Time Undergraduates
86.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
69.7% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,587 undergraduates at UVI with 1,034 being full-time and 553 being part-time.

How Much Does University of the Virgin Islands Cost?

$9,952 Net Price
14% Take Out Loans
$15,068 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of UVI is $9,952. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for UVI

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$8,982 $9,864 $11,460 $12,435 $13,035

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UVI, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UVI, approximately 14% of students took out student loans averaging $3,767 a year. That adds up to $15,068 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UVI is 9.8%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

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How Much Money Do UVI Graduates Make?

$37,808 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from UVI make around $37,808 per year during the early years of their employment. This is in the same neighborhood of the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, certain majors may produce higher-paying graduates.

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See which majors at University of the Virgin Islands make the most money.

Location of University of the Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands State
1,034 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
University of the Virgin Islands is a public institution located in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands. The surrounding location of Charlotte Amalie is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

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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/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UVI.edu
Twitter: https://twitter.com/uvi_edu

University of the Virgin Islands Majors

34 Majors With Completions
233 Undergraduate Degrees
54 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 34 majors graduated from University of the Virgin Islands. Of these students, 233 received undergraduate degrees and 54 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Nursing 31 $64,344
Business Administration & Management 31 $28,074
Accounting 27 $35,746
Criminal Justice & Corrections 23 $25,806
Teacher Education Grade Specific 19 NA
General Biology 17 NA
General Psychology 15 NA
Hospitality Management 8 NA
Physics 7 NA
Social Work 6 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at University of the Virgin Islands along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at UVI

80% Take At Least One Class Online
30% Take All Classes Online

Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.

In 2020-2021, 1,295 students took at least one online class at University of the Virgin Islands. This is a decrease from the 1,714 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 1,295 489
2019-2020 1,714 646
2018-2019 792 183
2017-2018 997 257
2016-2017 795 101

Learn more about online learning at University of the Virgin Islands.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*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.

References

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