What’s Great About the Shenandoah Valley? JMU!
Founded in 1908, James Madison University is a public university located in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. JMU is fast becoming one of the nation’s leading lights in higher education because students enjoy unusually engaged relationships with world-class faculty who are here because they want to pursue knowledge and make teaching their No. 1 priority.
Rankings & Recognitions
#1 most innovative university in the south by U.S. News & World Report
80% of JMU students do undergraduate research, an internship, a practicum or student teach
#2 graduation rate in the U.S. for large, master’s level public universities
#1 Best College for Employment in Virginia according to U.S. Department of Education statistics compiled by Zippia. JMU has the highest post-graduation job levels of all Virginia colleges.
#25 best public college value in the U.S. by MONEY magazine
96% of 2018 JMU graduates were employed, in graduate school or involved in other career endeavors within six months of graduation
#2 graduation rate in the U.S. for large, master’s level public universities
#5 in the nation for “students who made the right choice” by The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education
90% freshman retention rate (national average is 72%)
