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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IU has twice as many students as JMU, almost twice as many majors, almost twice as many academic staff, a vastly larger endowment, and a number of nationally ranked programs.   It's also considered an R1 major research university and is a member of the 70-member American Association of Universities (neither of which groupings JMU belongs to).  The undergraduate education at IU is universally ranked higher than JMU by all the ranking systems (it's not close -- USNWR ranks IU/B #73 and JMU #124 among national universities).   Which isn't to say that there aren't smart students who get a good education and have a great time at JMU too.  But as educational institutions, the two schools aren't in the same league, and not just in terms of stadium capacity.  If in-state cost isn't a consideration, and assuming that most people want to invest four years of time and tuition getting the strongest possible education with the strongest possible post-graduate returns, IU would be the obvious choice, unless there was some special factor not cited here that would increase or decrease the relative appeal of one of the two universities.

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