University of the Virgin Islands

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for University of the Virgin Islands

University of the Virgin Islands operates as a public institution located in Charlotte Amalie, US Virgin Islands (rural: fringe), with a total reported enrollment of 1,518 students of which 1,778 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. University of the Virgin Islands is categorized as “20” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 99.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 938 and an ACT midpoint of 17. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $7,469, with published in-state tuition of $5,957 and a Pell grant recipient share of 48.7%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $16,800, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 28.4%, and the first-year retention rate is 68.6%. Graduates earn a median of $38,681 ten years after enrolling, compared with $32,360 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 66400.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 48.9% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.