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James Madison University Scholarships

800 South Main Street Tuition In/Out-State: $6,666 / $17,386 Total Fall Enrollment: 17,918
Harrisonburg , VA 22807 Books and Supplies: $838 Applicants Admitted: 63%
(540) 568-6211 On-campus Room and Board: $6,836 Receiving Aid of Some Type: 57%
www.jmu.edu Undergraduate Application Fee: $40 Receiving Institutional Aid: 10% , $4,500 on average
Source: National Center for Education Statistics

  • James Madison University General Information

    Will I get in?
    Address
    800 South Main Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22807
    Phone Number
    (540) 568-6211
    Web Address
    www.jmu.edu
    Mission Statement
    We are a community committed to preparing students to be educated and enlightened citizens who lead productive and meaningful lives.
    Type of School
    Four or more years, Public
    Religious affiliation
    None
    Highest degree offered
    Doctoral
    Calendar
    Semester
    Setting
    Small city
    Distance learning opportunities
    Yes

    James Madison University Size

    Total enrollment
    17,679
    Enrolled full time
    16,842
    Enrolled part time
    837
    For a 12-month period as of 2007.

    James Madison University Student Body

    Men enrolled full time
    6,712
    Women enrolled full time
    10,130
    American Indian/Alaskan Native
    0%
    Asian/Pacific Islander
    5%
    Black/Non-Hispanic
    4%
    Hispanic
    2%
    White/Non-Hispanic
    83%
    Non-Resident Alien
    1%
    Race/ethnicity unknown
    5%

  • James Madison University Admission Basics

    Admissions office phone number
    -
    Open admission policy
    No
    Undergraduate Application fee
    $40
    Applied
    17,765
    Admitted
    11,137
    Enrolled
    3,748
    Admitted %
    63%

    James Madison University Admission factors

    Admission test scores
    Required
    Secondary school GPA
    Required
    Secondary school rank
    Required
    Secondary school record
    Required
    TOEFL
    Required
    Completion of college preparatory program
    Required
    Recommendations
    Required
    Formal demonstration of competencies
    Neither required nor recommended

    James Madison University Admission statistics

    Students submitting SAT
    99%
    SAT 1 Verbal 25th percentile score
    520
    SAT 1 Verbal 75th percentile score
    610
    SAT 1 Math 25th percentile score
    530
    SAT 1 Math 75th percentile score
    620
    Students submitting ACT
    21%
    ACT Composite 25th percentile score
    21
    ACT Composite 75th percentile score
    26

  • James Madison University Cost

    In-State Tuition, Full-time Undergraduates
    $6,666
    Out-of-state Tuition, Full-time Undergraduates
    $17,386
    Books and Supplies
    $838
    On-campus room and board
    $6,836
    Off-campus room and board
    -

    James Madison University Financial Aid

    Students Receiving Aid
    57%
    Receiving Federal Grants
    10% , $3,656 on average
    Receiving Institutional Aid
    10% , $4,500 on average
    Receiving Student Loans
    37% , $4,375 on average

  • James Madison University Programs & Majors

    Graduates in 2007/2008 academic year.

    Biological and Biomedical Sciences Bachelor Master Doctorate
    Biology/Biological Sciences, General 131 6 0
    Biotechnology 4 0 0
    Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services Bachelor Master Doctorate
    Accounting 126 52 0
    Business Administration and Management, General 131 58 0
    Business/Managerial Economics 19 0 0
    Finance and Financial Management Services, Other 18 0 0
    Finance, General 204 0 0
    Hospitality Administration/Management, General 75 0 0
    International Business/Trade/Commerce 51 0 0
    Marketing/Marketing Management, General 191 0 0
    Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs Bachelor Master Doctorate
    Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric 295 0 0
    Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services Bachelor Master Doctorate
    Computer and Information Sciences, General 47 26 0
    Information Science/Studies 55 0 0
    Education Bachelor Master Doctorate
    Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching 0 7 0
    Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services 0 26 0
    Education, General 0 178 0
    Education, Other 0 0 0
    Health Teacher Education 0 17 0
    Mathematics Teacher Education 0 2 0
    Special Education and Teaching, General 0 46 0
    English Language and Literature/Letters Bachelor Master Doctorate
    English Language and Literature, General 150 15 0
    Technical and Business Writing 30 5 0
    Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Bachelor Master Doctorate
    Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General 21 0 0
    Foreign languages, literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor Master Doctorate
    Foreign Languages and Literatures, General 52 0 0
    Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Bachelor Master Doctorate
    Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 0 5 0
    Athletic Training/Trainer 16 0 0
    Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences 0 0 3
    Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling 199 0 0
    Health/Health Care Administration/Management 24 0 0
    Nursing/Registered Nurse 64 0 0
    Occupational Therapy/Therapist 0 16 0
    Physician Assistant 0 17 0
    Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist 66 31 0
    History Bachelor Master Doctorate
    History, General 84 7 0
    Legal Professions and Studies Bachelor Master Doctorate
    Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General 49 0 0
    Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Bachelor Master Doctorate
    Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies 220 0 0
    Mathematics and Statistics Bachelor Master Doctorate
    Mathematics, General 35 0 0
    Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor Master Doctorate
    Science, Technology and Society 64 8 0
    Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies Bachelor Master Doctorate
    Health and Physical Education, General 180 40 0
    Philosophy and Religious Studies Bachelor Master Doctorate
    Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other 34 0 0
    Physical Sciences Bachelor Master Doctorate
    Chemistry, General 21 0 0
    Geology/Earth Science, General 17 0 0
    Physics, General 16 0 0
    Psychology Bachelor Master Doctorate
    Psychology, General 196 6 9
    Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology 0 0 1
    School Psychology 0 11 0
    Public Administration and Social Service Professions Bachelor Master Doctorate
    Public Administration 29 9 0
    Social Work 39 0 0
    Social Sciences Bachelor Master Doctorate
    Anthropology 44 0 0
    Economics, General 33 0 0
    Geography 42 0 0
    International Relations and Affairs 45 0 0
    Political Science and Government, General 90 0 0
    Social Sciences, General 37 0 0
    Sociology 44 0 0
    Visual and Performing Arts Bachelor Master Doctorate
    Art History, Criticism and Conservation 10 0 0
    Art/Art Studies, General 103 3 0
    Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General 33 0 0
    Music Performance, General 70 10 0

  • James Madison University Deadlines

    Early decision deadline
    -
    Early action deadline
    Nov 1st
    College will notify student of early decision by
    -
    College will notify student of early action by
    Jan 15th
    Priority application deadline
    Nov 1st
    Financial aid priority deadline
    Mar 1st
    Regular application deadline
    Jan 15th
    Fall application deadline
    Apr 1st
    SAT Reasoning / ACT scores due
    Feb 1st
    SAT Subject score report due
    -
    Financial aid deadline
    -
    Transfer priority application deadline
    -
    Transfer priority financial aid deadline
    -
    Transfer application closing date
    Mar 1st
    Transfer deadline for filing financial aid forms
    Mar 1st
    College will notify student by
    Apr 1st
    College will notify student of transfer decision by
    Apr 15th
    College will notify student of financial aid decisions on or about
    -
    Student must reply to acceptance by
    May 1st
    Student must reply to financial aid decision by
    within 4 week(s) of notification
    Deadline for housing deposit
    May 1st

  • James Madison University Admin Settings

    College Profile Override
    -
    Application Link
    -
    Scholarship Calculator Link
    -
    Facebook Link
    -
    Twitter Username
    -
    Virtual Tour Link
    http://www.youniversitytv.com/beta/cvt_outside_link.html?collegeuuid=224
    Enable Regional Events
    -
    Next Connect Link Url
    -
    Next Connect Link Text
    -
    Next Connect Description
    -

    James Madison University Sports

    National Collegiate Athletic Association Membership
    Member of National Collegiate Athletic Association
    Football program
    Yes
    Basketball program
    Yes
    Baseball program
    Yes
    Cross country/track program
    Yes

    James Madison University Military Programs

    ROTC
    Yes
    Army
    Yes
    Navy
    No
    Air Force
    No

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Alumni Legacy Scholarship $1,000 R
Beverley Anne Batschelet & Charles E. Thomas Memorial Scholarship $5,000 R
Bilbrey, Busing, Reid, Tansky & Teer Endowed Beta Gamma Sigma Scholarship $1,300 R
Catherine King-Frazier Memorial Scholarship $570 R
Cheryl Lynn Rader Memorial Scholarship $640 R R
Class of 1943 Scholarship $625 R
Class of 1952 Endowed Scholarship $2,300 R
Class of 1954 Scholarship $433 R
Class of 1959 Endowed Scholarship $1,400 R
Class of 1988 Scholarship $950 R
Freshman Portfolio Scholarship $4,000 - $20,000 R
G. F. "Pat" Rooney Memorial Scholarship $1,270 R
Gilbert T. Bland/Burger King Education Scholarship $2,000 R
Gilbert T. Bland/Burger King Hospitality & Tourism Management Scholarship $1,100 R
Honors Advisory Board Scholarship $1,500 R
Lacy Daniel Scholarship $300 R
Ola Belle Garber Cline Scholarship $1,000 R
Richmond Alumni Chapter Scholarship $750 R
Sarah Lanier Tabb Oliver Memorial Scholarship - R
Suzanne Pollack Memorial Scholarship $560 R
Tadlock Watson Scholarship $1,000 R
The Founders Award -- Philadelphia Area Alumni Chapter Endowed Scholarship $500 R
Warren and Elva Wood Scholarship $900 R
Adolph Coors Foundation Business Scholarship $760 R
Agnes Fagstad McDuffie Piano Scholarship $650 R
Agnes Mason Price Family Scholarship $1,300
Agness S. Dingledine Memorial Scholarship $1,300 R
Alexander B. Berry Jr./Linwood G. Parrish Memorial Endowed Scholarship $1,000 R
Alexander L. and Joanne V. Gabbin Business Endowed Scholarship $500 R
Althea L. Johnston Scholarship $750
Alton R. Wheelock Memorial Scholarship $800 R
Anna McCarthy Teaching Scholarship $2,850 R
Ben Wright Music Scholarship $700
Beta Alpha Psi Superior Chapter Scholarship $500
Beth Hefner Memorial Scholarship $400
Beverley Ann Pearce Osterhoudt Scholarship $600
Black Alumni Chapter Scholarship $1,000 R
Botetourt-Roanoke Valley Scholarship $800
Brenda Joan Borofski Memorial Scholarship $1,000 R
Brent J. Rhoads/Lambda Chi Alpha Memorial Scholarship $600 R
Bruce/Crawford/Morrison/Rummel Scholarship $700
Carl L. Harter Scholarship $700 R R
Carole G. Jackson Memorial Scholarship $1,000
Carole Jan Gorry Memorial Scholarship $1,000
Cecil D. Bradfield Scholarship in Sociology & Social Work $1,000
Charles S. and Bertha Mast Graybeal Memorial Scholarship $3,000
Christopher Carl Hoffman Scholarship $2,200
Class of 1935 Endowed Scholarship $1,600
Class of 1956 Scholarship $1,000
Classified Employees Student Scholarship $1,000
Clay Family Scholarship $800
Communication Sciences & Disorders Scholarship $1,000 R
Cornelius J. Heatwole Scholarship $1,700
D. Perry and Sharon C. Brown Scholarship $1,000
Dance Academic Tuition Assistance Scholarship $500 - $1,500
Dance Scholarship $700
Dance Summer Study Assistance Scholarship $200 - $500
Dawson Math/Science Scholarship $1,500
Demetric Walker Memorial Scholarship $1,000
Donna Anderson Hales Family Scholarship $500
Dorothy Rowe Dietetic Award $2,000 R
Dr. & Mrs. Z. S. Dickerson Endowed Scholarship $300
Dr. Caroline B. Sinclair Scholarship $535 R
Dr. Charles G. Caldwell Scholarship $500
Dr. Charles P. Bilbrey Endowed Scholarship $600 R
Dr. J. Wilbert Chappell Chemistry Scholarship $500
Dr. Jay D. Kain Art Education Scholarship $1,000
Dr. Raymond A. and Elizabeth A. Serway Physics Scholarship $2,000
Dr. Robert E. Holmes Scholarship $1,000 R R
Eddy Dalton Special Education Scholarship $500 R
Edna T. Shaeffer Memorial Scholarship $550
Edythe S. Rowley Honors Scholarship $1,100
Eleanor Beatrice Marable Scholarship $1,500
Elizabeth and Melvin Eldridge Scholarship $500 R
Elizabeth M. Finlayson Scholarship $1,500
Elsie H. Wigley Memorial Scholarship $450
Emily Virginia Bushong Memorial Scholarship $500
Fenlon Memorial Scholarship $600
Frances Grove Scholarship $400
Frances Hughes Pitts Memorial Scholarship $500
Francfort Endowed Scholarship $500 R
Frank & Eva Farrell Endowed Scholarship in Nursing $2,000 R
Garney L. Darrin and Wilhelmina Hill Scholarship $550
George Warren Chappelear Jr. Scholarship $750
Glen Smith Memorial Scholarship $700
Gloria Jane Hollowell Henley Scholarship $1,300
Green-Price Scholarship $640 R
H. L. Harris Scholarship $1,000
Helen B. Racey Endowment Scholarship $1,200
Helen Sharpes Scholarship $1,000
Henry W. Leap Scholarship $1,000
Honors Program Scholarship $725
Horace Burr Scholarship $450
Howard M. and Jane S. Wilhelm Scholarship $500 R R
Institute of Certified Professional Managers #1 $400 R
Institute of Certified Professional Managers #2 $400 R
Institute of Management Accountants Scholarship $500 R
J. Barkley Rosser, Sr. Memorial Economic Scholarship $550
J. Binford Walford Scholarship $500 - $1,500
J. Edgar Anderson Endowed String Music Scholarship $500
J. Leonard and Thelma Kennett Branch Scholarship $2,000
J. Robert Gordon Physics Scholarship $2,000
Jack B. Moore Flute Scholarship $550
Jane McCauley Partlow Memorial Scholarship $800
Jean D. Acton Scholarship -
Jesse E. Daniels Hospitality/Tourism Management Scholarship $1,000 R
Jessie Scholarship $1,200 R
Jmu General Scholarship Endowment $1,300
Jmu Studies Abroad Scholarship $500
Joanne Pearson Dietetics Scholarship $1,000
John "Jack" McNelis Scholarship $2,000 R
John H. Harding Memorial Scholarship $1,500
John L. and Kay D. Neff Endowed Scholarship $1,250
John Vanderbilt Fulk Scholarship $1,250 R
Jonathan Davis Memorial Scholarship $2,400 R
Joseph and Deborah Boling Family Scholarship -
Joseph T. Kosnik Memorial Scholarship $1,000 R R
Joyce M. Wood Scholarship $1,300
Joye and Robert Ledford Scholarship $680
Juanita and Trammell Fishback Memorial Scholarship $450
Judith B. Blankenburg Endowed Scholarship $450 R
Julie Simon Special Education Scholarship $500 R
Katherine Beale Godwin Scholarship $500 R
Katherine Maxwell Ikenberry Memorial Scholarship $500
Kris Lawson Endowed Scholarship $700
Leann Whitlock Psychology Scholarship $400
Lettie Pate Whitehead Scholarship -
Lucile Campbell Duke Scholarship $700
Lucille Y. Marshall Music Scholarship $670
Lucy Copenhaver Gunter Memorial Scholarship $700
Madison Achievement Scholarships -
Madison Screenwriting Scholarship $1,200 R
Marcella Richardson Dunlop Scholarship $720
Marcia Dake Nursing Scholarship $1,200
Margaret & Jesse Cook Memorial-Suzanne C. Elmore Endowed Scholarship $580
Margaret Gordon Memorial Scholarship $100
Marie B. Baird & Sannie B. Baird Scholarship $800 R
Marilyn Crawford Kinesiology Graduate Scholarship $1,500 R
Marlene & Peter Coe Visual & Performing Arts Scholarship $1,500
Mary and Daniel Loughran Foundation Scholarship $700
Mary Latimer Cordner Scholarship $400 R R
Mary R. Waples Nursing Scholarship $750 R
Masterson Business Scholarship $5,000 R R
Mathematics Department Scholarship $1,000
Matthew D. Horning Memorial Scholarship $4,000
McHone Scholarship $500 R
Melvin Will Jr. Endowed Scholarship $1,000
Mervyn W. Wingfield Scholarship $750 R
Metro-Washington Alumni Chapter Endowed Scholarship $1,000
Michael Matthew Brown Memorial Scholarship $2,000 R
Minnie Christiansen - Margaret Miner Endowed Scholarship $300
Miriam Denise Gresham Endowed Scholarship $2,000
Moran Family Scholarship $550 - $500
Neatrour Elementary and Middle School Scholarship for Teachers of Mathematics and/or Science $750 R
Nelie Phillips Brown Award in Literature $100
New Market Arts and Crafts Scholarship $2,500
Norm Kuhl Memorial Scholarship $500 R
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Ora Y. Sharp Memorial Endowed Scholarship $1,000 R
Otto F. and Edna T. Frederikson Scholarship $1,500
P. Buckley Moss Scholarship $1,600
Parents Scholarship $900
Patsy Graham Scholarship $1,000 R
Pbgh Accounting Scholarship $700 R
Peggy Hanna Brooks Burruss Teaching Scholarship $2,650 R
Perry and Mabel Spitzer Endowed Scholarship $1,200
Peter and Phyllis Pruden Distinguished Scholarship Fund in Elementary Education in memory of Judith Brothers Pruden $8,000
Philip H. Maxwell Endowed Scholarship $640 R
Philip Wade Hall Memorial Scholarship $1,000
Physics Alumni/Faculty Scholarship $550
Rachel and Joseph Hollis Scholarship $900
Raymond C. Dingledine Jr. Scholarship $1,000
Resident Adviser Book Scholarship $250 R
Rick and Orinda Christoph Management Scholarship $330 R
Robert Michael Harper Memorial Scholarship $1,500
Robin McKay Scholarship $1,450 R R
Roop Scholarship $300
Ruth B. Spitzer Music Scholarship $1,300
Sally A. Goldberg Scholarship for Early Childhood Education - R
Samuel G. Cross String Education Scholarship $750 R
Samuel H. & Evelyn V. Shrum Award $540
Sanzenbacher Scholarship $1,600 R
Sara C. Yakovac Memorial Scholarship $1,200 R
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Shelly Wheeler Financial Engineering Scholarship $640 R
Spitzer Family Scholarship for Business & Marketing Education $1,250
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Stanley Rhys Say Scholarship $540 R
Steven Snyder Memorial Award $500
Stratford Players Scholarship $450
The Thomas and Karyn Dingledine Scholarship for Achievement in Academics and Service - R
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Thompson Family Scholarship - R
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W. T. Harnsberger Scholarship $450 R
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William J. and Mary G. McMurray Scholarship $500 R
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