James Madison University (JMU)

James Madison University (JMU) is a top ranking US state university offering excellent value for money on a beautiful campus with state-of-the-art facilities. JMU is ranked number 2 public university in the South by U.S.News & World Report, and in America's top 50 'Best Value' public universities by Princeton Review. Students experience an incredibly high level of involvement in the classroom, the lab, in campus activities and out in the community. Internships are an integral part of the curriculum.

James Madison University is advised "More Selective" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. For the Chic of 2012, the university accustomed added than 22,648.applications, for an entering freshmen chic of 4,325 for the 2012–2013 bookish year.The assimilation amount for the 2011–2012 apprentice chic was 91.4%, and the arrangement of changeable to macho acceptance is 60/40. Approximately 28% of all acceptance are from out-of-state, apery all 50 states and 89 adopted countries.

Currently, James Madison University offers 115 amount programs on the bachelor's, master's, educational specialist and doctoral levels. The university comprises seven colleges and 78 bookish programs. The university includes the College of Arts and Letters; the College of Business; the College of Education; the College of Health and Behavioral Studies; the College of Integrated Science and Engineering; the College of Science and Mathematics; the College of Visual and Performing Arts; and The Alum School. Total acceptance alpha the Fall 2012 bookish year was 19,927; 18,392 undergraduates and 1,820 alum students. JMU accepted 4,908 degrees in 2012; 4,096 undergraduate degrees, and 812 alum degrees.

On October 2, 2009, James Madison University was accepted a affiliate by the Phi Beta Kappa bookish account society.Only about 10 percent of the country's colleges and universities accept Phi Beta Kappa chapters. James Madison University's Affiliate of Phi Kappa Phi was the aboriginal bookish account association accountant at JMU. The Account Association of Phi Kappa Phi (or artlessly Phi Kappa Phi or ΦΚΦ) is an account association accustomed in 1897 to admit and animate above scholarship after brake as to breadth of abstraction and to advance the "unity and capitalism of education".

Location:	Harrisonburg, Virginia
Institution type:	Public University
Student population:	19,434 (422 international)
Student/faculty ratio:	16:1
Campus setting:	Urban - small city
English requirement:	International Year One from equivalent of TOEFL iBT 45 (no official score required

Institution overview

• Year founded: 1908
• Nearest big city: Washington, DC (2 hours)
• Campus size: 712 acres
• Specialized accreditation: AACSB, ABET, ACS, APA, NASM, NASAD, National Association of Schools of Dance, National Association of Schools of Theatre, NASP, NCATE, CAATE, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education, Association of University Health Programs in Health Administration, ARC-PA, CIDA, CACREP, CSWE, Society for Public Health Education, International Association of Counseling Services, NLNAC, American Dietetic Association, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Association for IT Professionals
• Regional accreditation: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Admission

• Degree admission is only through International Year One program
• Next start date: May 13, 2015 (application deadline: April 10, 2015)
• Intakes: every August, January and May
• Academic entry requirements: 'B' or GPA 3.0 
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• Additional evidence: supporting documentsrequired from international student applicants.
• International student population
• 2.2%
• Countries represented: 99
• Most represented: Kazakhstan, South Korea, China, Canada, Saudi Arabia, UK