Enrollment Trends for Virgin Islands Colleges

There are 2 active four-years colleges and universities in Virgin Islands - 2 public and 0 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 1,636 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in Virgin Islands including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students decreased by 32.48% from 2,423 to 1,636. The undergraduate population decreased by 38.48% and the graduate population increased by 40.98% in last 10 years at Virgin Islands Colleges.

By gender, there are 1,198 female students and 438 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 2.74 to 1. The female students decreased by 30.06% and male students decreased by 38.31% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 2,096, and 1,636 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 84.23% are undergraduate students and 15.77% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students decreased by 862, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 75.

The female to male ratio is 2.74 to 1, meaning that there are far more female students enrolled in Virgin Islands Colleges than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Virgin Islands Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,423	2,240	671	1,569	183	39	144
2013-14	2,321 -102	2,143 -97	669 -2	1,474 -95	178 -5	34 -5	144 0
2014-15	2,280 -41	2,110 -33	664 -5	1,446 -28	170 -8	34 0	136 -8
2015-16	2,321 41	2,138 28	725 61	1,413 -33	183 13	39 5	144 8
2016-17	2,370 49	2,112 -26	689 -36	1,423 10	258 75	54 15	204 60
2017-18	2,170 -200	1,898 -214	649 -40	1,249 -174	272 14	63 9	209 5
2018-19	1,984 -186	1,737 -161	582 -67	1,155 -94	247 -25	50 -13	197 -12
2019-20	2,084 100	1,850 113	582 0	1,268 113	234 -13	50 0	184 -13
2020-21	1,838 -246	1,587 -263	482 -100	1,105 -163	251 17	55 5	196 12
2021-22	1,624 -214	1,374 -213	384 -98	990 -115	250 -1	51 -4	199 3
2022-23	1,636 12	1,378 4	383 -1	995 5	258 8	55 4	203 4
Average	2,096	1,870	589	1,281	226	48	178

Virgin Islands Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 1,870. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students decreased by 862 from 2,240 to 1,378.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Virgin Islands Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,240	1,421	453	968	819	218	601
2013-14	2,143	1,334	440	894	809	229	580
2014-15	2,110	1,369	431	938	741	233	508
2015-16	2,138	1,487	508	979	651	217	434
2016-17	2,112	1,422	480	942	690	209	481
2017-18	1,898	1,275	463	812	623	186	437
2018-19	1,737	1,223	418	805	514	164	350
2019-20	1,850	1,251	396	855	599	186	413
2020-21	1,587	1,034	313	721	553	169	384
2021-22	1,374	877	248	629	497	136	361
2022-23	1,378	903	271	632	475	112	363
Average	1,870	1,870	402	834	1,870	187	447

Virgin Islands Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 226. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 75 from 183 to 258.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Virgin Islands Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	183	50	17	33	133	22	111
2013-14	178	62	9	53	116	25	91
2014-15	170	44	5	39	126	29	97
2015-16	183	66	20	46	117	19	98
2016-17	258	81	18	63	177	36	141
2017-18	272	87	19	68	185	44	141
2018-19	247	81	15	66	166	35	131
2019-20	234	55	10	45	179	40	139
2020-21	251	69	11	58	182	44	138
2021-22	250	69	14	55	181	37	144
2022-23	258	82	14	68	176	41	135
Average	226	226	14	54	226	34	124

Virgin Islands Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 6.97% and the percentage of black students is 68.15% at Virgin Islands Colleges. 0.43% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Virgin Islands Colleges over the past 11 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	1	6	1,850	137	0	129	0
2013-14	0	8	1,735	145	2	147	0
2014-15	4	11	1,601	163	0	142	20
2015-16	5	17	1,605	163	0	142	18
2016-17	4	12	1,602	198	0	146	17
2017-18	5	14	1,455	182	1	133	14
2018-19	3	14	1,349	189	1	118	19
2019-20	5	14	1,426	218	2	116	26
2020-21	4	13	1,291	210	4	93	24
2021-22	1	7	1,119	186	5	110	31
2022-23	1	7	1,115	196	8	114	37
Average	3	11	1,468	181	2	126	19

Virgin Islands Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

261 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -23.05% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Virgin Islands Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	2,423	0	755	1,668
2013-14	2,321	17	267	2,037
2014-15	2,280	19	247	2,014
2015-16	2,321	15	248	2,058
2016-17	2,370	94	1,349	927
2017-18	2,170	101	694	1,375
2018-19	1,984	257	740	987
2019-20	2,084	183	609	1,292
2020-21	1,838	646	1,068	124
2021-22	1,624	489	806	329
2022-23	1,636	261	581	794
Average	2,096	189	669	1,237

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