Liberal Arts General Studies at James Madison University

If you plan to study liberal arts general studies, 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 approximately 21,594 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 263 students received a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from JMU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Liberal Arts General Studies section at the bottom of this page.

JMU Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

JMU Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The liberal arts major at JMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts General Studies. 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
Most Focused Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	179
Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	852
Most Focused Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	1,237

How Much Do Liberal Arts Graduates from JMU Make?

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at JMU is $32,885. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 2% higher than the national average of $32,253 for all liberal arts bachelor's degree recipients.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at JMU

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

JMU Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 263 liberal arts majors earned their bachelor's degree from JMU. Of these graduates, 10% were men and 90% were women.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts 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.

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. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Liberal Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal arts 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville, North Carolina under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.