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JMU Comparisons

Harrisonburg, Virginia

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Compare with Virginia Public Colleges

V
Virginia Tech

$4,784 higher in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


V
University of Virginia Main Campus

$9,576 higher in-state tuition
59% lower acceptance rate


G
George Mason University

$2,181 higher in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


W
College of William and Mary

$10,338 higher in-state tuition
43% lower acceptance rate


O
Old Dominion University

$324 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


V
Virginia Commonwealth University

$4,936 higher in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


R
Radford University

$487 higher in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


C
Christopher Newport University

$2,087 higher in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


V
Virginia Military Institute

$2,162 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Mary Washington

$1,024 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


L
Longwood University

$746 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


V
The University of Virginia's College at Wise

$1,874 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Virginia Private Colleges

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Liberty University

$12,665 higher in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


R
Roanoke College

$26,906 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


B
Bridgewater College

$32,386 higher in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


S
Southern Virginia University

$11,876 higher in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


R
Regent University

$11,072 higher in-state tuition
35% lower acceptance rate


V
Virginia Wesleyan College

$28,096 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


H
Hollins University

$33,436 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


S
Sweet Briar College

$15,816 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


P
Patrick Henry College

$20,486 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

C
Clemson University

$6,124 higher in-state tuition
38% lower acceptance rate


P
Penn State Main Campus

$11,758 higher in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


O
Ohio State University

$3,912 higher in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


T
The University of Tennessee

$3,418 higher in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


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North Carolina State University at Raleigh

$1,379 lower in-state tuition
36% lower acceptance rate


K
University of Kentucky

$3,935 higher in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


S
University of South Carolina Columbia

$4,374 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


A
Appalachian State University

$3,672 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


D
University of Delaware

$6,126 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


M
Miami University

$6,721 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


S
Stony Brook University

$844 lower in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


B
SUNY at Binghamton

$844 lower in-state tuition
38% lower acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

$12,240 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

$4,102 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University New Brunswick

$5,760 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


T
Towson University

$532 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


U
University at Buffalo

$844 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


C
University of Cincinnati Main Campus

$3,978 higher in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


H
CUNY Hunter College

$984 lower in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


W
Western Carolina University

$6,914 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


W
West Chester University of Pennsylvania

$198 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


W
Wayne State University

$4,579 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Wilmington

$3,471 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


N
United States Naval Academy

$7,914 lower in-state tuition
67% lower acceptance rate


O
Ohio University Main Campus

$5,832 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


J
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

$984 lower in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


K
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

$198 lower in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


Q
CUNY Queens College

$984 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


R
Rowan University

$3,336 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


N
The College of New Jersey

$6,792 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


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University of Maryland Baltimore County

$1,324 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


N
New Jersey Institute of Technology

$7,702 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


C
CUNY City College

$984 lower in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$984 lower in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

$3,492 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


A
United States Military Academy

$7,914 lower in-state tuition
62% lower acceptance rate


P
SUNY at Purchase College

$844 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


S
Salisbury University

$208 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


T
University of Toledo

$2,371 higher in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


R
Ramapo College of New Jersey

$8,064 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Asheville

$3,792 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


G
SUNY at Geneseo

$844 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina School of the Arts

$1,417 lower in-state tuition
43% lower acceptance rate


B
CUNY Brooklyn College

$984 lower in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


P
Penn State Abington

$6,770 higher in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


O
SUNY College at Oneonta

$844 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


S
State University of New York at New Paltz

$844 lower in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University Newark

$5,760 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Harrisburg

$7,474 higher in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

H
Howard University

$24,964 higher in-state tuition
41% lower acceptance rate


S
Syracuse University

$53,396 higher in-state tuition
34% lower acceptance rate


F
Fordham University

$52,421 higher in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


E
Elon University

$36,115 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


D
Drexel University

$50,379 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$56,504 higher in-state tuition
44% lower acceptance rate


L
Lehigh University

$53,266 higher in-state tuition
47% lower acceptance rate


A
American University

$47,810 higher in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


S
St John's University New York

$40,586 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


L
Lafayette College

$53,568 higher in-state tuition
45% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Dayton

$39,686 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


W
Wingate University

$32,182 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


X
Xavier University

$39,981 higher in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


P
Pace University New York

$41,636 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


H
Hofstra University

$46,421 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


S
Seton Hall University

$40,756 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


M
Monmouth University

$36,184 higher in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


S
University of Scranton

$43,620 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


M
Marist College

$37,416 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


R
Rochester Institute of Technology

$48,222 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


I
Iona College

$35,766 higher in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


A
Adelphi University

$37,536 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


M
Manhattan College

$38,186 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


D
Duquesne University

$39,232 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


M
Muhlenberg College

$51,591 higher in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


W
Wofford College

$43,836 higher in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


P
Pratt Institute Main

$49,745 higher in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


N
The New School

$46,996 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


I
Ithaca College

$42,596 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


Q
Queens University of Charlotte

$32,876 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


D
Denison University

$56,086 higher in-state tuition
59% lower acceptance rate


L
Loyola University Maryland

$47,566 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


G
Gettysburg College

$56,316 higher in-state tuition
28% lower acceptance rate


M
Mount St Mary's University

$37,746 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


R
Rider University

$29,786 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


F
Furman University

$49,988 higher in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


L
La Salle University

$26,356 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


A
Arcadia University

$39,676 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


S
Saint Joseph's University

$43,226 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


A
Alfred University

$30,356 higher in-state tuition
28% lower acceptance rate


G
Gardner Webb University

$24,556 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


J
John Carroll University

$39,386 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


A
Anderson University

$24,796 higher in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


L
Long Island University C W Post Campus

$31,544 higher in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


W
The College of Wooster

$51,136 higher in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


G
Guilford College

$32,486 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


T
University of the Sciences

$17,886 higher in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


F
Franklin and Marshall College

$60,266 higher in-state tuition
44% lower acceptance rate


S
Sarah Lawrence College

$55,214 higher in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

A
Arizona State University

$3,394 higher in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


S
San Diego State University

$2,172 lower in-state tuition
42% lower acceptance rate


H
University of Houston

$771 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


I
University of Illinois at Chicago

$3,264 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


A
SUNY at Albany

$844 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


S
University of South Florida Main Campus

$3,355 lower in-state tuition
35% lower acceptance rate


I
University of Iowa

$1,102 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


O
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

$2,844 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


U
Utah State University

$396 higher in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


L
Louisiana State University

$124 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


N
University of Nebraska Lincoln

$96 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Missouri Columbia

$5,094 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate