The main focus area for this major is Registered Nursing. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Nursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at James Madison University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in nursing, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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With the affordable and transfer-friendly online RN to BSN program at Southern New Hampshire University, you can build upon your prior educational journey and enhance your professional experience in a program designed to fit around your schedule.
BS in Nursing - RN to BSN - Accelerated RN to MSN
At Southern New Hampshire University, we understand the demands placed on today's nursing professionals. When it comes to your education, consider saving money and time by electing the RN to MSN pathway. Eligible students will complete graduate courses within their undergraduate program. This pathway allows you to gain a BSN along the way and ultimately shorten your time within the MSN Nursing Education or Population Healthcare tracks.
Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. JMU is in the top 10% of the country for nursing. More specifically it was ranked #138 out of 1,848 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #3 in Virginia.
Here are some of the other rankings for JMU.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at JMU paid an average of $804 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $241 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $7,250 | $23,564 |
Fees | $5,080 | $5,666 |
Books and Supplies | $1,082 | $1,082 |
On Campus Room and Board | $11,348 | $11,348 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,020 | $4,020 |
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You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at JMU in Nursing walked away with an average of $22,391 in student debt. That is about the same as the national average of $22,660.
The median early career salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor’s degree from JMU is $64,315 per year. That is 3% higher than the national average of $62,199.
JMU does not offer an online option for its nursing bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the JMU Online Learning page.
About 93.7% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in nursing in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 86.9%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 16.3% of the nursing bachelor’s degrees at JMU in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 33%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 11 |
Black or African American | 7 |
Hispanic or Latino | 10 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 204 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 20 |
Nursing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Registered Nursing | 252 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to nursing.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Communication Sciences | 81 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services | 82 |
Allied Health Professions | 15 |
Mental & Social Health Services | 469 |
*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.