THE UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) is a Historically Black College or University (HBCU) and public Land Grant Institution. UVI is the only postsecondary institution in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) and HBCU located outside the continental United States.

The University has Schools of Agriculture, Business, Education, and Nursing, and Colleges of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and Science and Mathematics. Faculty deliver instruction on campuses in St. Thomas and St. Croix, at a location in St. Martin, and to students around the world through UVI Online.

UVI is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and is ranked as the 6th Best Regional College in the Southern United States by US News and World Report.

The University served 1,655 students in fall 2021 (1,381 undergraduate and 274 graduate) with a diverse enrollment: 82% minority, 68% female, 49% first generation, and 49% receiving Pell Grants. Also included in these enrollment totals are reservists, active-duty military, and veterans.

UVI provides 6 associates degrees, 47 bachelor’s degrees, 11 graduate programs, 1 doctoral program, and 17 certificate programs (three postgraduate).

The University has strong commitments to and is a national leader in access and opportunity through affordability.

• The Virgin Islands Higher Education Scholarship Program covers the annual $5,236 cost of tuition and fees for all first-time, degree-seeking students from the Virgin Islands with a high-school grade point average of 2.5 or higher.

Scholarship recipients are guaranteed degree-related, job placement upon graduation. This includes three years for full-time bachelor’s degree recipients receiving between 75%-100% of the cost of tuition.

• Students from Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines pay a Caribbean Partner annual tuition and fee rate of $7,551 that is comparable to regional tuition and fees rates.

• Students from Puerto Rico and the United States Mainland pay an annual rate of $9,866, which is significantly lower than the $27,023 average out-of-state rate for public universities in the United States.

UVI boasts more than 7,000 alumni who excel as physicians, attorneys, judges, politicians, university administrators, teachers, nurses and many other professionals. Among the many accomplished former UVI students are two Rhodes Scholars and a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist.

UVI has a strong commitment to research through scholarship, programs, and services provided by the:
• Agricultural Experiment Station
• Caribbean Exploratory Research Center
• Caribbean Green Technology Center
• Center for Marine & Environmental Studies
• Eastern Caribbean Center
• Emerging Caribbean Scientists Programs
• Etelman Observatory
• Research & Technology Park
• Virgin Islands Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
• Water Resources Research Institute

In addition, faculty and staff earned $145.5 million in research grants and contracts between Fiscal Years (FY) 2019 and 2021 and increased the annual value of grants and contracts received by $10.9M (26%) from $41.9M in FY19 to $52.7M in FY21.

Students, faculty, and staff are equally engaged in the USVI and beyond through events, programs, and services provided by the:

• Alliance for Responsive Investment in Children’s Health: Virgin Islands
• Caribbean Film & Artistic Cinematic Festival
• Census USVI 2020
• Center for the Study of Spirituality & Professionalism
• Community Engagement & Lifelong Learning Center
• Cooperative Extension Service
• Cybersecurity Program
• Emerging Caribbean Scientists Program
• Etelman Observatory
• Institute for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness
• Libraries
• Office of Self Determination & Constitutional Development
• Reichhold Center for the Arts
• Small Business Development Center
• The Caribbean Writer
• Virgin Islands Caribbean Cultural Center
• Virgin Islands Environmental Resource Station
• Virgin Islands Marine Advisory Service
• Virgin Islands University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
• Wellness Center
• WUVI Radio Station

UVI is affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and a member of the Continental Athletic Association Conference. The University competes in men's and women's basketball and track and field and in co-educational esports. In 2021, the University hosted our inaugural HBCU Men's and Women's Basketball Classic that was enjoyed locally and broadcasted regionally and nationally.

In short, UVI is an institution that puts students' well-being first and values learning and scholarship, excellence, teamwork, and community. We are: Historically American; Uniquely Caribbean; and Globally Interactive.