Enrollment Trends at JMU

The student population at James Madison University is 22,224 (20,346 undergraduate and 1,878 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,297 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at JMU is 91.55% which is increased by 2,239 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 58 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.39 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,036 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 175.53% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 21,350 where 22,224 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

91.55% of total students is undergraduate students and 8.45% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 2,239 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 58 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.39 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in JMU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at James Madison University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	19,927	18,107	7,399	10,708	1,820	559	1,261
2013-14	20,181 254	18,431 324	7,526 127	10,905 197	1,750 -70	537 -22	1,213 -48
2014-15	20,855 674	19,144 713	7,907 381	11,237 332	1,711 -39	520 -17	1,191 -22
2015-16	21,227 372	19,396 252	8,033 126	11,363 126	1,831 120	550 30	1,281 90
2016-17	21,270 43	19,548 152	8,013 -20	11,535 172	1,722 -109	513 -37	1,209 -72
2017-18	21,836 566	19,975 427	8,282 269	11,693 158	1,861 139	557 44	1,304 95
2018-19	21,751 -85	19,923 -52	8,347 65	11,576 -117	1,828 -33	548 -9	1,280 -24
2019-20	21,820 69	19,895 -28	8,406 59	11,489 -87	1,925 97	535 -13	1,390 110
2020-21	21,594 -226	19,727 -168	8,258 -148	11,469 -20	1,867 -58	526 -9	1,341 -49
2021-22	22,166 572	20,070 343	8,482 224	11,588 119	2,096 229	616 90	1,480 139
2022-23	22,224 58	20,346 276	8,741 259	11,605 17	1,878 -218	556 -60	1,322 -158
Average	21,350	19,506	8,127	11,379	1,844	547	1,297

James Madison University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 19,506 where 20,346 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at James Madison University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	18,107	17,329	6,999	10,330	778	400	378
2013-14	18,431	17,526	7,061	10,465	905	465	440
2014-15	19,144	18,057	7,297	10,760	1,087	610	477
2015-16	19,396	18,433	7,518	10,915	963	515	448
2016-17	19,548	18,554	7,499	11,055	994	514	480
2017-18	19,975	18,905	7,757	11,148	1,070	525	545
2018-19	19,923	18,881	7,831	11,050	1,042	516	526
2019-20	19,895	18,798	7,859	10,939	1,097	547	550
2020-21	19,727	18,420	7,626	10,794	1,307	632	675
2021-22	20,070	18,723	7,835	10,888	1,347	647	700
2022-23	20,346	18,937	8,080	10,857	1,409	661	748
Average	19,506	19,506	7,578	10,836	19,506	548	542

James Madison University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,844 where 1,878 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at James Madison University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,820	1,063	300	763	757	259	498
2013-14	1,750	1,100	304	796	650	233	417
2014-15	1,711	1,066	289	777	645	231	414
2015-16	1,831	1,113	302	811	718	248	470
2016-17	1,722	1,043	294	749	679	219	460
2017-18	1,861	1,020	288	732	841	269	572
2018-19	1,828	1,033	289	744	795	259	536
2019-20	1,925	1,048	273	775	877	262	615
2020-21	1,867	1,094	282	812	773	244	529
2021-22	2,096	1,115	298	817	981	318	663
2022-23	1,878	1,047	288	759	831	268	563
Average	1,844	1,844	292	776	1,844	255	522

James Madison University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.34%. The percentage was 79.39% 10 years ago and JMU still has a high percentage of white students. 5.71% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.81% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at James Madison University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	29	821	779	788	54	15,820	497
2013-14	29	810	805	920	37	15,906	620
2014-15	31	889	863	1,043	39	16,110	709
2015-16	37	898	915	1,187	26	16,049	803
2016-17	27	942	977	1,259	25	15,981	819
2017-18	23	959	1,069	1,395	28	16,311	907
2018-19	24	947	1,053	1,419	22	16,296	964
2019-20	24	1,000	1,081	1,470	22	16,308	1,010
2020-21	25	1,009	1,066	1,510	22	16,245	1,014
2021-22	28	1,061	1,087	1,549	25	16,623	1,058
2022-23	42	1,268	1,070	1,636	26	16,521	884
Average	29	964	979	1,289	30	16,197	844

James Madison University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,036 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has increased 175.53% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at James Madison University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	20,855	376	1,941	18,538
2015-16	21,227	389	2,017	18,821
2016-17	21,270	416	1,878	18,976
2017-18	21,836	591	18,000	3,245
2018-19	21,751	545	1,087	20,119
2019-20	21,820	689	1,143	19,988
2020-21	21,594	4,653	15,979	962
2021-22	22,166	1,103	6,740	14,323
2022-23	22,224	1,036	5,689	15,499
Average	21,638	1,089	6,053	14,497

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