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James Madison University

James Madison University
800 South Main Street
Harrisonburg, VA 22807

Official telephone: (540) 568-6211
Fax number: (540) 568-3332
Website: https://www.jmu.edu/
Screen last updated on: January 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 20,346
Full-time undergraduates: 18,932
Part-time undergraduates: 1,409
Total graduate students: 2,096
Full-time graduate students: 1,115
Part-time graduate students: 981
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.2% American Indian or Alaskan Native
5.7% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.7% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
7.6% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
74.8% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.0% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
0.9% Nonresident Alien
2.0% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 721 acres

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
Percent of students who live in school housing: 32%
Percent of students who live off campus: 68%

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

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
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 baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyes 
Men's cheerleading NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's footballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golfyes 
Men's socceryes 
Men's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's tennisyes 
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cheerleading NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's field hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's field hockeyyes 
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golfyes 
Women's lacrosse NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's lacrosseyes 
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Intramural/Recreational sports:
archery; baseball; basketball; bowling; cheerleading; crew; equestrian sports; fencing; field hockey; football; golf; gymnastics; ice hockey; lacrosse; racquetball; rugby; soccer; softball; squash; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; water polo; wrestling; skiing (downhill); swimming and diving; track and field; table tennis; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Shenandoah Valley Regional

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