Student Population at James Madison University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
22,224	20,346	1,878

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 22,224 students have enrolled in James Madison University with 20,346 undergraduate and 1,878 graduate students.

By gender, 9,297 male and 12,927 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (16,325 students in average - public Research University (high research activity)).

1,036 students are enrolled exclusively, and 5,689 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

James Madison University has a total of 22,224 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 20,346 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,878 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 9,297 male and 12,927 female students (the male-female ratio is 42:58) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	22,224	20,346	1,878
Men	9,297	8,741	556
Women	12,927	11,605	1,322

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 16,521 White, 1,070 Black, and 1,268 Asian students out of a total of 22,224 are attending at James Madison University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	42	11	31
Asian	1,268	548	720
Black	1,070	459	611
Hispanic	1,636	642	994
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	26	9	17
White	16,521	6,893	9,628
Two or more races	884	370	514
Race Unknown	503	253	250

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	42	11	31
Asian	1,188	532	656
Black	953	412	541
Hispanic	1,533	611	922
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	24	9	15
White	15,182	6,512	8,670
Two or more races	817	350	467
Race Unknown	418	221	197

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	-	-	-
Asian	80	16	64
Black	117	47	70
Hispanic	103	31	72
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	0	2
White	1,339	381	958
Two or more races	67	20	47
Race Unknown	85	32	53

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At James Madison University, 1,036 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 5,689 students are enrolled in some online courses.

875 students lived in Virginia or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 161 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	22,224	1,036	5,689
Undergraduate	20,346	467	5,501
Graduate	1,878	569	188

Online Student Population by Locality
	Virginia Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	875	153	8
Undergraduate	442	24	1
Graduate	433	129	7

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 20,346 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 761 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.74%.643 students have transferred in as full-time status and 118 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	18,294
Transfer-in Full-time	643
Regular Part-time	1,291
Transfer-in Part-time	118