James Madison University Student Population

How many students at JMU?

For the academic year 2024-2025, James Madison University has a total enrollment of 22,740 students, including 20,973 undergraduate and 1,767 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 9,698 male students (42.6%) and 13,042 female students (57.4%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 16,321 White students (71.8%) and 1,953 Hispanic students (8.6%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 20,973 undergraduate students (92.2%) and 1,767 graduate students (7.8%).
• Class Delivery: 968 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 6,368 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (high research activity) - which average 16,875 - JMU's body is significantly larger.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 9,698 male (42.65%) and 13,042 female (57.35%) students are attending James Madison University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 74.36.

By class level, 20,973 (92.23%) are undergraduate students and 1,767 (7.77%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 43.54% are male and 56.46% are female, while among graduate students, 32.09% are male and 67.91% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 16,321 White, 1,119 Black, and 1,175 Asian students out of a total of 22,740 are attending at James Madison University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

James Madison University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 46.9% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, JMU has 448 students under 18 years old and 13 students over 65 years old. There are 21,011 students under 25 years old, and 1,747 students over 25 years old out of 22,758 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 448 students are younger than 18 and 9 students are older than 65. JMU has 20,388 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 618 students aged 25 and over.

It has 623 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,129 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2023-2024 enrollment data.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At James Madison University, 968 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,368 students are enrolled in some online courses.

828 students who live in Virginia or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 140 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 20,973 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 777 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.70%.677 students have transferred in as full-time status and 100 students transferred in as part-time status.