Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at JMU

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 82.30% where the current academic year rate is 81%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at James Madison University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 90.40% for full-time students and 55.20% for part-time students.

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at JMU from 2013 to 2023.

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 11 years is 16.20 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 17 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at James Madison University since 2023.