Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at JMU

At James Madison University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 74.35%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 76.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into James Madison University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 26.03%, and the 2024 yield is 18.00%.

The number of JMU applicants increased by 16.35% (5,023 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 74.35%, and this year's acceptance rate is 76.00% at James Madison University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 68.99% and women students' rate is 78.07%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into James Madison University than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at James Madison University over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	63.56%	57.89%	67.49%
2014-15	65.73% 2.18%	59.11% 1.22%	70.38% 2.89%
2015-16	72.57% 6.84%	67.43% 8.31%	76.04% 5.66%
2016-17	72.13% -0.45%	66.90% -0.53%	75.71% -0.33%
2017-18	75.20% 3.07%	68.34% 1.44%	79.85% 4.14%
2018-19	71.13% -4.06%	64.58% -3.76%	75.63% -4.22%
2019-20	76.75% 5.62%	71.28% 6.70%	80.43% 4.81%
2020-21	80.49% 3.74%	76.03% 4.75%	83.44% 3.01%
2021-22	86.00% 5.51%	82.00% 5.97%	89.00% 5.56%
2022-23	78.31% -7.69%	73.28% -8.72%	81.76% -7.24%
2023-24	76.00% -2.31%	72.00% -1.28%	79.00% -2.76%
Average	74.35%	68.99%	78.07%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 26.03% where the current academic year yield is 18.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at James Madison University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	30.05%	31.74%	29.04%
2014-15	29.44% -0.61%	30.73% -1.01%	28.68% -0.36%
2015-16	28.33% -1.11%	29.58% -1.14%	27.58% -1.10%
2016-17	29.32% 0.99%	30.73% 1.15%	28.46% 0.88%
2017-18	29.43% 0.11%	32.52% 1.79%	27.63% -0.83%
2018-19	27.58% -1.85%	30.75% -1.77%	25.71% -1.92%
2019-20	24.62% -2.95%	27.13% -3.62%	23.13% -2.58%
2020-21	23.40% -1.23%	24.72% -2.42%	22.60% -0.53%
2021-22	26.00% 2.60%	31.00% 6.28%	23.00% 0.40%
2022-23	20.21% -5.79%	23.24% -7.75%	18.41% -4.59%
2023-24	18.00% -2.21%	20.00% -3.24%	17.00% -1.42%
Average	26.03%	28.38%	24.66%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 24,304, the average number of admitted is 18,116, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,569.

The number of JMU applicants increased by 16.35% (5,023 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at James Madison University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	22,648	14,394	4,325
2014-15	22,550 -0.43%	14,823 2.98%	4,364 0.90%
2015-16	21,439 -4.93%	15,559 4.97%	4,408 1.01%
2016-17	21,304 -0.63%	15,366 -1.24%	4,505 2.20%
2017-18	21,100 -0.96%	15,867 3.26%	4,669 3.64%
2018-19	23,149 9.71%	16,467 3.78%	4,541 -2.74%
2019-20	23,579 1.86%	18,098 9.90%	4,456 -1.87%
2020-21	23,922 1.45%	19,255 6.39%	4,505 1.10%
2021-22	21,176 -11.48%	18,211 -5.42%	4,735 5.11%
2022-23	30,727 45.10%	24,062 32.13%	4,863 2.70%
2023-24	35,750 16.35%	27,170 12.92%	4,891 0.58%
Average	24,304	18,116	4,569

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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