JMU Performance Measures
Measure Category: Demographics
| Measure Type (1. Learning Measures can be viewed at ROIE) | Measure Name (Click on link to see data from previous years) | Measure Definition | Reported 2006-07 |
Reported 2007-08 |
Reported 2008-09 |
| 2. ROIE/SCHEV | Number of transfers from Virginia two-year colleges, fall term | Number of students enrolled at two-year institutions in the fall of one year who are subsequently enrolled at JMU the subsequent fall. | 367 | 320 | 305 |
| 2. ROIE/SCHEV | Associate in Arts and Sciences fall enrolled | Current year Fall headcount of AA degree holders who graduated from VCCS or Richard Bland College in the prior academic year. SCHEV must deliver this data for Institutional Performance Standards. | 245 | 254 | 307 |
| 3. Administrative | Fall on-campus headcount | Fall semester headcount of students attending classes on the JMU campus. | 16,546 | 17,428 | 17,964 |
| 3. Administrative | Percentage of students who are ethnic minorities (excludes nonresident aliens) | African-American, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native student proportion of total JMU students. "Unreported" race not included in denominator. Nonresident aliens not included in numerator. | 10.6% | 11.5% | 12.0% |
| 3. Administrative | Number and percent of undergraduates who are African-American | Number (numerator) and percentage of undergraduate students who are African-American. Denominator excludes "Unreported" race. | 494 3.4% | 613 4.0% | 662 4.2% |
| 3. Administrative | Out-of-state students | Number and percenaget of on-campus students whose domicile is outside of the Commonwealth. | 4,861 29.4% | 5,162 29.6% | 5,332 29.7% |
| 3. Administrative | First-time applications for undergraduate admission | Number of completed applications for undergraduate admissions from first-time freshmen. | 16,388 | 18,352 | 19,245 |
| 3. Administrative | Degrees awarded undergraduate | Total number of undergraduate degrees awarded during the academic year. | 3,329 | 3,475 | 3,504 |
| 3. Administrative | Degrees awarded graduate | The total number of graduate degrees awarded during the academic year. | 449 | 559 | 639 |
| 3. Administrative | Number of foreign students (nonresident aliens) enrolled | Number of residents of other countries who enrolled during the fall semester on and off-campus. Immigrants (resident aliens) not included. | 154 | 180 | 220 |
| 3. Administrative | Percentage of full-time faculty who are female | Percentage of JMU's full-time instructional faculty who are female. | 41.5% | 43.9% | 45.6% |
| 3. Administrative | Number and percentage of in-state students enrolled during fall term. | Number and percent of in-state students enrolled during fall semester on-campus. | 11,685 70.6% | 12,266 70.4% | 12,632 70.3% |
| 3. Administrative | Associate in Arts and Sciences transfers (percent of total VCCS transfers) | Percentage of transfers from Virginia's community colleges who have the Associate in Arts and Sciences degree. | 48.0% | 50.6% | 57.4% |
| 3. Administrative | Percentage of male undergraduate students | Percentage of all degree seeking undergraduates who are male. On-campus only. | 39.4% | 39.6% | 40.3% |
| 3. Administrative | Percentage of female undergraduate students | Percentage of all degree seeking undergraduates who are female. On-campus. | 60.6% | 60.4% | 59.7% |
| 3. Administrative | Annual full-time equivalent students | Sum of credit hours taken by undergraduate students divided by 30 + sum of credit hours taken by graduate students divided by 24. | 15,989 | 17,102 | 17,647 |
| 3. Administrative | Fall headcount, transfers | Number of new fall transfers. | 639 | 659 | 651 |
| 3. Administrative | Percentage of full-time instructional faculty employed at JMU five years or less | Percentage of faculty who have been recently employed by JMU. | 41% | 37% | 38% |
| 3. Administrative | Average number of years of employment at JMU for instructional faculty | Average number of years a full-time instructional faculty member has been employed by JMU. | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.1 |
| 3. Administrative | Percentage of full-time instructional faculty who are ethnic minorities or nonresident aliens | Percentage of full-time instructional faculty who are non-white by federal definitions. | 11.8% | 11.0% | 11.1% |
| 3. Administrative | Percentage of males in the freshman class | Percentage of males in the freshman class. | 36.2% | 37.9% | 38.7% |