Institutionvocational / HEART
ProgrammeCertificate / diploma (per year)
Tuition per yearJ$0
Compulsory fees per yearJ$5,000
Length1 yrs
Typical programmeTrades, hospitality, IT, business admin, agriculture
SLB loan eligible✗ No
Pay by instalment✗ No
Campus / deliveryIslandwide
Tuition-free for Jamaicans; a small registration/exam fee applies. Level 2–4 certificates are recognised across CARICOM.
Excelsior Community College Indicative
Institutioncommunity college
ProgrammeAssociate (per year)
Tuition per yearJ$180,000
Compulsory fees per yearJ$28,000
Length2 yrs
Typical programmeBusiness, Hospitality, Education
SLB loan eligible✓ Yes
Pay by instalment✓ Yes
Campus / deliveryKingston
Montego Bay Community College Indicative
Institutioncommunity college
ProgrammeAssociate (per year)
Tuition per yearJ$190,000
Compulsory fees per yearJ$30,000
Length2 yrs
Typical programmeBusiness, Hospitality, Science, Computing
SLB loan eligible✓ Yes
Pay by instalment✓ Yes
Campus / deliveryMontego Bay
Montego Bay Community College Indicative
Institutioncommunity college
ProgrammeBachelor's (per year)
Tuition per yearJ$320,000
Compulsory fees per yearJ$30,000
Length4 yrs
Typical programmeBusiness, Hospitality
SLB loan eligible✓ Yes
Pay by instalment✓ Yes
Campus / deliveryMontego Bay
The Mico University College Indicative
Institutionteachers' college
ProgrammeBachelor's (per year)
Tuition per yearJ$420,000
Compulsory fees per yearJ$40,000
Length4 yrs
Typical programmeEducation (primary, secondary, special)
SLB loan eligible✓ Yes
Pay by instalment✓ Yes
Campus / deliveryKingston
Caribbean Maritime University Indicative
Institutionuniversity
ProgrammeBachelor's (per year)
Tuition per yearJ$480,000
Compulsory fees per yearJ$50,000
Length4 yrs
Typical programmeLogistics, Engineering, Maritime, Computing
SLB loan eligible✓ Yes
Pay by instalment✓ Yes
Campus / deliveryPalisadoes, Kingston
University of the Commonwealth Caribbean Indicative
Institutionuniversity
ProgrammeBachelor's (per year)
Tuition per yearJ$520,000
Compulsory fees per yearJ$45,000
Length4 yrs
Typical programmeBusiness, IT, Law, Tourism
SLB loan eligible✓ Yes
Pay by instalment✓ Yes
Campus / deliveryKingston, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, Mandeville, May Pen, online
University of Technology (UTech) Indicative
Institutionuniversity
ProgrammeBachelor's (per year)
Tuition per yearJ$620,000
Compulsory fees per yearJ$55,000
Length4 yrs
Typical programmeBusiness, Engineering & Computing, Health Sciences
SLB loan eligible✓ Yes
Pay by instalment✓ Yes
Campus / deliveryPapine, Montego Bay, Mandeville
Northern Caribbean University Indicative
Institutionuniversity
ProgrammeBachelor's (per year)
Tuition per yearJ$680,000
Compulsory fees per yearJ$70,000
Length4 yrs
Typical programmeBusiness, Nursing, Computing, Education
SLB loan eligible✓ Yes
Pay by instalment✓ Yes
Campus / deliveryMandeville, Kingston, Montego Bay, St Ann
Institutionuniversity
ProgrammeBachelor's (per year)
Tuition per yearJ$750,000
Compulsory fees per yearJ$60,000
Length3 yrs
Typical programmeSocial Sciences, Humanities, Science & Technology
SLB loan eligible✓ Yes
Pay by instalment✓ Yes
Campus / deliveryMona, Western Jamaica Campus (Montego Bay), online
University of the Commonwealth Caribbean Indicative
Institutionuniversity
ProgrammeMaster's (per year)
Tuition per yearJ$800,000
Compulsory fees per yearJ$45,000
Length2 yrs
Typical programmeMBA / MSc
SLB loan eligible✓ Yes
Pay by instalment✓ Yes
Campus / deliveryKingston, online
Institutionuniversity
ProgrammeMaster's (per year)
Tuition per yearJ$900,000
Compulsory fees per yearJ$60,000
Length2 yrs
Typical programmeTaught master's, most faculties
SLB loan eligible✓ Yes
Pay by instalment✓ Yes
Campus / deliveryMona, online
About these figures. Figures are indicative per-year tuition for a Jamaican/CARICOM student on a typical programme in the faculty named, plus compulsory miscellaneous fees; programmes in medicine, engineering and law cost more. Exchange-rate changes move USD-pegged fees. Check the institution's fee schedule for your exact programme. Spotted a wrong number? Report it and we will check it within a day. Show as a table
