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James Madison University

VA · Public · South · National university · 21,123 undergraduates (large)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate68.8%
Early roundNot reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS
Regular round†Not reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS

† Not reported by round: this school publishes an overall admit rate but not applicant and admit counts for each round, so early and regular rates can’t be shown.

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Admission rates

Overall
0%45%90%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2576.8%80.5%86.3%78.3%76.2%71.5%68.8%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

Early Action, non-binding · School admissions page ↗What this means:

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-optionalSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Superscores
ACT
Not stated

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry. The page describes combining SAT math and verbal scores; it does not address the ACT.

How to send scores

Not stated on the school’s site

Test-optional; the saved pages do not describe a submission method.

checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡19%SAT 16% + ACT 3%

‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.

Submitted SAT16%
776 students
Submitted ACT3%
122 students

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
1180–1330 median 1260
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
590–690 median 640
500800
SAT Math
570–660 median 620
500800
ACT composite
24–29 median 27
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2577.0%70.0%30.0%26.0%22.0%19.0%62.0%56.0%25.0%23.0%19.0%16.0%15.0%14.0%5.0%3.0%3.0%3.0%no data

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
160014001200'19'20'21'22'23'24'251130–1280128011301130–1270127011301150–1300130011501160–1310131011601180–131013101180no data1180–133013301180

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
36322824'19'20'21'22'23'24'2523–28282323–28282324–29292423–29292323–292923no data24–292924

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

  • 2024: 1%
  • 2023: 8%
  • 2022: 46%
  • 2021: 22%

What is a waitlist? How is it different from a deferral?

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. Fall 2027 Not reported2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Required2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2023 Not reported2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Not reported2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Not reported2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Not reported2019-20 CDS

Sources