UVI Increases Online Tuition Rates and Adds Two New Degrees

ST. THOMAS, USVI — The University of the Virgin Islands Board members voted to increase UVI’s Online Program tuition rates.

Undergraduate in-territory students currently pay $154 per credit but will now pay $225 per credit. Graduate in-territory students will also pay more, from $368 per credit to $450.

There will be no increase for out of territory students. Faculty teaching courses in the Online Program will receive a salary boost.

The Board also approved two new degree programs available through the School of Agriculture: Associate of Applied Science degree program in Horticulture and Associate of Applied Science degree in Agroecology.

Both associate degrees are two-year programs. Students pursuing Horticulture will study propagation, production, and managing plants. The coursework will include fieldwork to prepare students for jobs in horticulture. The Associate of Applied Science degree in Agroecology is a two-year interdisciplinary program that will investigate the science and social impact of agroecology in the tropics. Agroecology is the study of how processes in nature and interactions between plants, animals, humans, and the environment can be applied to farming.

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