Sociology at James Madison University

If you are interested in studying sociology, you may want to check out the program at James Madison University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

JMU is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia and approximately 21,594 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,002 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from James Madison University in 2021, 55 of them were sociology majors.

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

JMU Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

JMU Sociology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the sociology 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 sociology major at JMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sociology. 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
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	162
Best Sociology Schools	168
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	452

Earnings of JMU Sociology Graduates

The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at JMU is $26,243. This is less than $30,566, which is the national average of all sociology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Sociology Student Demographics at JMU

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

JMU Sociology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 55 sociology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from JMU, about 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at JMU since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	23
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

JMU also has a doctoral program available in sociology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Anthropology
• Economics
• Geography & Cartography
• International Relations & National Security
• Political Science & Government

Careers That Sociology Grads May Go Into

A degree in sociology 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
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Sociology Professors	430	$73,710

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.