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UVI(University of the Virgin Islands)

School colors: Reflex Blue & White

University of the Virgin Islands entrance sign
Sphilbrick, 2012-11-24 16:08:25, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands · Founded 1962

Public · Four-year · ~1,700 students

www.uvi.edu · official site

Founding

The University of the Virgin Islands was founded in 1962 as a public, land-grant institution in the United States Virgin Islands. It founded a second campus on St. Croix in 1964.

Source: UVI History, University of the Virgin Islands, read 2026-09-14.

What the school says about itself

On the record
  • UVI is a Historically Black College and University, and a Land-Grant institution. Source, read 2026-09-17.

On the official record

Campus address
2 John Brewers Bay, Charlotte Amalie, VI 00802-9990
Control
Public
Students
~1,700 students
Directory id
243665
OPE id
00394600
Student aid
Takes part in Title IV student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
Location
2 John Brewers Bay, Charlotte Amalie, VI. See it on the Ledger map.
Where this location comes fromCampus location from IPEDS 2024-25This campus location comes from the federal IPEDS 2024-25 record, used as published, so the pin on the map is the campus.IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 collection, file dated 2025-09-21, retrieved 2026-09-14: coordinate 18.344193, -64.972866 as published. The Census Bureau geocoder returned No Match for the address on file, which no longer decides placement.

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Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 provisional data collection. Unit id 243665. https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/HD2024.zip. File dated 2025-09-21.
  2. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education. Higher Education Programs Eligibility Matrix, sheet 'HBCU', dated 2026-06-08. https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fy-2026-higher-education-programs-eligibility-matrix-june-8-2026-114185.xlsx.
  3. UVI History, University of the Virgin Islands. https://www.uvi.edu/about/history.html. Read 2026-09-14.
  4. Students: 1,739 total, Fall 2023 (1,508 undergraduate, 231 graduate). IPEDS Fall Enrollment 2023, derived variables (DRVEF2023). https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/DRVEF2023.zip. File dated 2024-09-30, read 2026-09-17.
  5. History, University of the Virgin Islands. https://www.uvi.edu/about/history.html. Read 2026-09-17.
  6. School colors: Reflex Blue & White. Values as stated. University of the Virgin Islands, Wikipedia (revision 1367760889). Read 2026-09-16.
  7. Photograph: Sphilbrick, 2012-11-24 16:08:25, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:University_of_the_Virgin_Islands_entrance_sign.jpg. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
  8. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, batch address service, benchmark Public_AR_Current. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/.

Enrollment is the official 2023 count, rounded. Tap a school for its source.

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