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James Madison University

James Madison University
800 S. Main Street
Harrisonburg, VA 22807

Official telephone: (540) 568-6211
Website: https://www.jmu.edu/
Screen last updated on: September 2025
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 21,112
Full-time undergraduates: 19,739
Part-time undergraduates: 1,306
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.2% American Indian or Alaskan Native
5.2% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.7% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
8.8% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
72.3% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
5.7% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
0.7% Nonresident Alien
2.3% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 785 acres

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Percent of students who live in school housing: 10%
Percent of students who live off campus: 90%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 440
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's archery  
Men's baseballyes 
Men's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyes 
Men's cheerleading  
Men's cross-country running  
Men's equestrian sports  
Men's fencing  
Men's field hockey  
Men's footballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 1-A, NCAA Div. I-A
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golfyes 
Men's gymnastics  
Men's ice hockey  
Men's lacrosse  
Men's racquetball  
Men's rowing  
Men's rugby  
Men's skiing (downhill)  
Men's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's socceryes 
Men's swimming and diving  
Men's table tennis  
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's tennisyes 
Men's ultimate Frisbee  
Men's volleyball  
Men's water polo  
Men's wrestling  
Women's archery  
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cheerleading  
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's equestrian sports  
Women's fencing  
Women's field hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's field hockeyyes 
Women's golfyes 
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's gymnastics  
Women's lacrosseyes 
Women's lacrosse NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's racquetball  
Women's rowing  
Women's rugby  
Women's skiing (downhill)  
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's socceryes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softballyes 
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's table tennis  
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyes 
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's ultimate Frisbee  
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's water polo  


GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Shenandoah Valley Airport

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 77% within six months of graduation

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