Graduate School Tuition at James Madison University

James Madison University is a four-years, public school located in Harrisonburg, VA. It offers 47 graduate programs - 29 Master's, 8 Doctorate, 9 Post-bachelor's, and 1 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $13,080 for Virginia residents and $30,528 for others. A total of 1,878 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 22,224 students at JMU.
JMU offers online graduate programs and 569 out of 1,878 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.
The Master's Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist program has the highest salary ($109,400) after graduation and the Master's Business Administration and Management program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $86,100 average salary.
You can find JMU's health profession programs at health professions information page.
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Graduate Program Overview

James Madison University is a four-years, public school located in Harrisonburg, Virginia. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.
For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $13,080 for Virginia residents and $30,528 for out-of-state students. It offers forty-seven (47) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.
Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameJames Madison University
Typefour-years, public
Address800 South Main Street, Harrisonburg, VA
Graduate School Students2,096 students
569 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)In-State$13,080
Out-of-State$30,528
Student to Faculty17:1 (5.88%)
Number of Offered Graduate ProgramsTotal 47 Graduate Programs
29 Master's, 8 Doctorate, 10 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at James Madison University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs.
For Virginia residents, the tuition & fees are $13,080 and $30,528 for non-Virginia residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $545 for Virginia residents and $1,295 for out-of-state students.
2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
In-StateOut-of-State
Tuition$11,856$29,304
Fees$1,224$1,224
Cost per Credit$545$1,295
Books & Supplies$1,254
Room & Board$12,584 (On-Campus) / $12,584 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses$4,560 (On-Campus) / $4,560 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total$31,478$48,926
Off-Campus Total$31,478$48,926
Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
2019-20202020-20212021-20222022-20232023-2024
In-State$11,976$11,976$12,514$12,696$13,080
Out-of-State$29,544$29,544$29,746$29,496$30,528

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

James Madison University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 47 major areas - 29 Master's (1 online programs), 8 Doctorate , 9 Post-Bachelor'(2 online programs), 1 Post-Master'.
748 students have been conferred Master's degree and 37 students have received Doctorate degree last year. The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.
Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
Master'sDoctoratePost-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total748373126
Men18912102
Women559252124
Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.
what is Computer and Information Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Education program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Educational Leadership and AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2 NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum SupervisionNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 10 NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Educational/Instructional TechnologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 8ONLINE NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Educational Assessment, Testing, and MeasurementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 4ONLINE NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Education/Teaching of Individuals with AutismNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
College Student Counseling and Personnel ServicesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Cyber/Computer Forensics and CounterterrorismNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 7 NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Human Services program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Public Administration NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Communication and Journalism program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Speech Communication and Rhetoric10 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Computer and Information Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer and Information Sciences13 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Education program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Education286 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing $45,900 - -
Special Education and Teaching21 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing $48,000 - -
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services33 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing $44,600 - -
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching14 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing $54,800 - -
Elementary Education and Teaching NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Health Teacher Education1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Mathematics Teacher Education12ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is English Language and Literature program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing6 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences10 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Science, Technology and Society NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Health and Physical Education/Fitness7 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing $39,900 - -
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management5 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Psychology program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Psychology13 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
School Psychology11 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Human Services program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Public Administration11 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Social Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Political Science and Government10 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Visual and Performing Arts program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Art/Art Studies2 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Music Performance17 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist51 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Physician Assistant32 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Athletic Training/Trainer6 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Occupational Therapy/Therapist23 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing31 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Business program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management62 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing $86,100 - -
Accounting52 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing $62,500 - -
what is History program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History8 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Education program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Education (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 26
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Psychology program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Psychology NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Psychometrics and Quantitative PsychologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Visual and Performing Arts program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Music PedagogyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Audiology/AudiologistNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Nursing PracticeNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -

Graduate Student Population

Total 22,166 students enrolled in James Madison University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 2,096 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.
By gender, it has 616 male and 1,480 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 1,115 full-time and 981 part-time students in graduate schools.
It offers online degree programs and 569 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 188 students are taking some online graduate courses.
Graduate Students Gender Distribution
TotalFull-timePart-time
Total2,0961,115 981
Men Students616298 318
Women Students1,480817 663
By race/ethnicity 1,546 White, 139 Black, and 75 Asian students are attending at James Madison University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.
Graduate Students Race Distribution
TotalMenWomen
Total2,096 6161,480
Asian20 55139
Black139 5485
Hispanic96 2571
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1 10
White1,546 4391,107
Tow or More Races74 2054
Race Unknown88 2959
Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field.
At JMU, 569 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 188 students are enrolled in some online courses.
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment1,878
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses569
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses188
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses1,121
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses569
Virginia Resident433
Other State In U.S.129
Outside of U.S.7
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