James Madison University
James Madison publishes 69% (Fall 2025). International applicants got in at 88%; in-state at 64%.
- Acceptance rate
- 72%
- College Scorecard, latest cycle
- SAT middle 50%
- 1170–1340
- Section 25th–75th, summed
- ACT middle 50%
- 24–29
- Avg. HS GPA
- Not published
- Test policy
- Not published
- Regular deadline
- Not published
More detail: SAT and ACT requirements · Majors and earnings · What they look for · Merit and financial aid · AP credit
Acceptance rate
What James Madison's 69% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits James Madison reports itself.
Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.
Testing
Test scores at James Madison
- SAT middle 50%
- 1170–1340sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
- ACT middle 50%
- 24–29
- Average HS GPA
- Not published by the school
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 20,888
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $31,604
- Category
- Public
- Admissions site
- www.jmu.edu/index.shtml
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