GMU Leaps 34 Spots Ahead of JMU in 2026 Rankings, Even VCU Now Higher

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Back in the day VT was a joke. JMU was considered a much better school with a lower acceptance rate. It was only about 5 minutes ago that VT became competitive.

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Anonymous wrote:Back in the day VT was a joke. JMU was considered a much better school with a lower acceptance rate. It was only about 5 minutes ago that VT became competitive.

Okey Dokey. Not even worth trying to argue. You are very dedicated JMU booster.

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Anonymous wrote:Back in the day VT was a joke. JMU was considered a much better school with a lower acceptance rate. It was only about 5 minutes ago that VT became competitive.

Actually back in the day, JMU was a women’s college that focused on Nursing and Teaching and VT was a coed university that offered the full scope of university offerings. Rankings aside JMU is a pup compared to VT.

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Anonymous wrote:Back in the day VT was a joke. JMU was considered a much better school with a lower acceptance rate. It was only about 5 minutes ago that VT became competitive.

Actually back in the day, JMU was a women’s college that focused on Nursing and Teaching and VT was a coed university that offered the full scope of university offerings. Rankings aside JMU is a pup compared to VT.

The banjo music coming from the woods in Blacksburg really creeps me out.

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Anonymous wrote:Like I said, acceptance rate means nothing in this regard.

https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/roi2025/#data

ROI GMU > ROI JMU

Adjust for majors and likely no difference.

? why adjust for majors? Rankings don't adjust for majors.

Because ROI is highly dependent on major. I assume people are really most interested in future earnings. GMU has a higher percentage majoring in higher earning majors than, but that doesn't mean graduates earn more in any given major.

Right, and in part, that is what makes GMU > JMU. It churns out grads getting into higher paying jobs.

When you compare major to major, the data does not show GMU grads making higher salaries than JMU grads.

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Anonymous wrote:Back in the day VT was a joke. JMU was considered a much better school with a lower acceptance rate. It was only about 5 minutes ago that VT became competitive.

Actually back in the day, JMU was a women’s college that focused on Nursing and Teaching and VT was a coed university that offered the full scope of university offerings. Rankings aside JMU is a pup compared to VT.

The banjo music coming from the woods in Blacksburg really creeps me out.

And the odor coming from the pig rendering plant outside JMU is a has been a delight for 40 years. Hold my nose as I drive through.

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Anonymous wrote:Back in the day VT was a joke. JMU was considered a much better school with a lower acceptance rate. It was only about 5 minutes ago that VT became competitive.

Actually back in the day, JMU was a women’s college that focused on Nursing and Teaching and VT was a coed university that offered the full scope of university offerings. Rankings aside JMU is a pup compared to VT.

The banjo music coming from the woods in Blacksburg really creeps me out.

And the odor coming from the pig rendering plant outside JMU is a has been a delight for 40 years. Hold my nose as I drive through.

LOL! Well your decomposing football team won’t smell great.

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Anonymous wrote:Back in the day VT was a joke. JMU was considered a much better school with a lower acceptance rate. It was only about 5 minutes ago that VT became competitive.

Actually back in the day, JMU was a women’s college that focused on Nursing and Teaching and VT was a coed university that offered the full scope of university offerings. Rankings aside JMU is a pup compared to VT.

The banjo music coming from the woods in Blacksburg really creeps me out.

And the odor coming from the pig rendering plant outside JMU is a has been a delight for 40 years. Hold my nose as I drive through.

LOL! Well your decomposing football team won’t smell great.

Does JMU even have a football team?

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Also, does JMU have anything like these?? Don’t think so.

https://www.fanatics.com/college/virginia-tech-hokies/footwear/virginia-tech-hokies-nike-unisex-zoom-pegasus-41-running-shoes-maroon/o-38+t-02927639+d-31224440+f-8032582050+z-9-3017473546?utm_medium=cse&_s=GPA_CA&sku=208788749&targetid=targetid&utm_campaign=22551290529_186388702704&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22551290529&gbraid=0AAAAAD-8WqxtECPw9FUTAXD1qe9iL8aH7&gclid=CjwKCAjwup3HBhAAEiwA7euZun4zUr1OtbWxUhVTAmtkN4oHS84uRrgtG6UzF0vCs-n_O0eW8-VI1BoCtdgQAvD_BwE

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College Gameday has been in Harrisonburg more recently than Blacksburg.

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Anonymous wrote:College Gameday has been in Harrisonburg more recently than Blacksburg.

Didn’t they lose that game?

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Anonymous wrote:College Gameday has been in Harrisonburg more recently than Blacksburg.

Didn’t they lose that game?

JMU has hosted 3 times. Lost twice.

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Anonymous wrote:Back in the day VT was a joke. JMU was considered a much better school with a lower acceptance rate. It was only about 5 minutes ago that VT became competitive.

Actually back in the day, JMU was a women’s college that focused on Nursing and Teaching and VT was a coed university that offered the full scope of university offerings. Rankings aside JMU is a pup compared to VT.

The banjo music coming from the woods in Blacksburg really creeps me out.

And the odor coming from the pig rendering plant outside JMU is a has been a delight for 40 years. Hold my nose as I drive through.

LOL! Well your decomposing football team won’t smell great.

Does JMU even have a football team?

Yes. You lost to them last time. It’ll happen again next year.

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I think there was a thread 3 years ago and I called this jump. The donors at GMU were pouring in. If you are paying attention, you can easily see who’s going to rise.

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Anonymous wrote:Only JMU kids thought it meant Just Missed UVA. Everyone else knew the real
tops were UVA, VT and W&M. I find it interesting that VT and W&M are tied. It makes sense because both are solid but in totally different ways and have a totally different feel.

You are wrong. In the mid 90s everyone knew Tech was less competitive than JMU. Perhaps because of JMU's size of 12,000 to whatever Tech was back then. Clearly, when JMU doubled its size it lessened its selectivity. I'm happy for all the schools. GMU is never going to be like Tech, UVA or JMU. Its location and selectivity set it apart. We are lucky to have so many different options to choose from.

I agree on location, JMU gives you that far-off college town vibe; however, in terms of selectivity, JMU is like 80% and GMU is like 85% so not sure about that.

NOPE.
JmU Acceptance rate 66% https://www.jmu.edu/admissions/fastfacts.shtml
GMU Acceptance rate 91% acceptance rate https://www.gmu.edu/about

GMU does a guaranteed admit to northern virginia kids above a certain gpa

That is why the admit rate is so high.

Clarification: The direct admission scheme is only applicable for NoVA kids from certain specific public high schools. It is not the case for NoVA kids from all public NoVA high schools.

JMU doesn’t need a scheme.

It is done to help disadvantaged kids. It is not to boost GMU. A pity JMU does not offer a similar scheme to disadvantaged kids in the Shenandoah Valley.