Student Population at JMU

The following chart compares JMU's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in Virginia.

JMU has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 32,716 students). The enrollment is larger than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Virginia average (12,989 students).

The below chart compares the student population between James Madison University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 9,698 male and 13,042 female students attending JMU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.74 to 1 and the ratio is similar to national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at JMU.

At James Madison University, 7,336 students (32.26% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 968 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 828 students live in Virginia where James Madison University is located in and 138 students have enrolled from other states.