by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began producing its annual Best Quality Schools rankings as a means to assist students in finding top-quality graduate colleges and universities that are invested in preparing their students for their future endeavors. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, James Madison University landed the #201 spot.
JMU also ranked #5 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Virginia.
JMU was ranked #198 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
JMU also ranked #5 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Virginia.
Women make up 71.8% of the total graduate student body at JMU while men make you 28.2%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at JMU, around 16.3% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at JMU. Around 3.2% of graduate students are international. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,184 | $27,888 |
| Fees | $1,330 | $1,858 |
Master's degree recipients from JMU earn an average salary of $62,149 during the early years of their career. That's good news for those graduates since it is 6% higher than the national average of $58,425.
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Contact details for JMU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 800 South Main Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 |
| Phone: | 540-568-6211 |
| Website: | www.jmu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.jmu.edu/jmuweb/facebook |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/JMU |
Around 46.5% of JMU graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 30.9% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Child Development & Psychology | 2 |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 4 |
| Communication Sciences | 8 |
| General Psychology | 8 |
| Music | 3 |
| Nursing | 9 |
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 11 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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More about our data sources and methodologies.