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Registered Nursing at James Madison University

If you are interested in studying registered nursing, 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 254 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from James Madison University in 2021, 254 of them were registered nursing majors.

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

JMU Registered Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Registered Nursing

JMU Registered Nursing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks registered nursing programs across the country. The following shows how JMU performed in these rankings.

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 registered nursing major at JMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Registered Nursing. 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 Popular Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 130
Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 136
Best Registered Nursing Schools 194
Most Popular Registered Nursing Schools 211
Best Value Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 433
513
Most Focused Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 665
1,108
Best Value Registered Nursing Schools 1,172
Most Focused Registered Nursing Schools 1,401

Registered Nursing Student Demographics at JMU

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

JMU Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

92% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The registered nursing program at JMU awarded 254 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 8% of these degrees went to men with the other 92% going to women.

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About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in registered nursing 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 registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 13
White 210
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 13

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

Careers That Registered Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in registered nursing 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
Registered Nurses 64,750 $69,790
Nursing Instructors and Professors 1,480 $70,540

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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