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Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at James Madison University

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Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at James Madison University

If you plan to study liberal arts / sciences and humanities, take a look at what James Madison University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

JMU is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 21,594. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 263 students received a bachelor's degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities from JMU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities section at the bottom of this page.

JMU Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

JMU Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the liberal arts / sciences and humanities progam at JMU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The liberal arts / sciences and humanities major at JMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type Rank
593

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Student Demographics at JMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities majors at James Madison University.

JMU Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Program

90% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 263 liberal arts / sciences and humanities majors earned their bachelor's degree from JMU. Of these graduates, 10% were men and 90% were women.

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About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities at JMU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from James Madison University with a bachelor's in liberal arts / sciences and humanities.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 10
Hispanic or Latino 18
White 207
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 22

JMU also has a doctoral program available in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

If you plan to be a liberal arts / sciences and humanities major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from James Madison University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Liberal Arts General Studies 263

Careers That Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for James Madison University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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