- The Inkwell
- Virginia
- James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VACity: smallZIP 22807Founded 1908
- Sector
- Public
- Founded
- 1908
- Motto
- Knowledge is Liberty.
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral: high research activity (R2)
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.jmu.edu/index.shtml
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James Madison University
James Madison University is a public university in Harrisonburg, Virginia, with 20,888 undergraduates. It admits 72% of applicants, graduates 80% within six years and costs $23,550 a year after aid.
80%graduate
Admission rate72%
Retention92%
4-year graduation64%
Pell Grant share17%
Federal loans31%
$23,550net price / year
72%admission rate
1256average SAT
80%graduate in 6 years
$75,482median earnings, 10 yrs
$19,500median debt
#272 of 1,704 for earnings#1,134 of 1,739 for lowest net price#194 of 1,738 for graduation rate#606 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $33,276tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $14,620
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $32,230
- Average net price
- $23,550national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$14,379
$30,001–48,000$14,452
$48,001–75,000$16,960
$75,001–110,000$22,031
$110,001+$31,907
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 72%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1256
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 600–680
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 570–660
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 24–29
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college72%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college92%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college80%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college17%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 80%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 64%
- First-year retention
- 92%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 81%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $62,132
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $75,482middle 50%: $52,185–$109,088
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$109,088
Median, James Madison University$75,482
Lower quarter$52,185
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 20,888
- Part-time
- 5.3%
- Women / men
- 56% / 44%
- Average age at entry
- 20.2
- First-generation students
- 21%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 17%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 17 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 81%
- Average faculty salary
- $10,916 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $10,620
- Endowment, end of year
- $155,516,395
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White72%
Hispanic8.8%
Black4.7%
Asian5.2%
Two or more races5.7%
U.S. nonresident0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown2.3%
22 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions18%
Business & management15%
Communication & journalism9.7%
Parks, recreation & fitness7.2%
Social sciences7.0%
Computer & information sciences6.6%
Psychology6.5%
Visual & performing arts5.1%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 232423. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q258943.