JMU Performance Measures

The performance measures for the university are tracked by the Office of Institutional Research. These measures of critical functions provide insight into the changing nature of the institution. The measures are grouped into many categories:

Student Success- employment rates, licensure exam pass rates, etc.

Demographics- residency, ethnicity, gender, degrees awarded, etc.

Efficiency- expenditures, room utilization, management standards.

Quality- students, faculty, instruction.

Resources- research & public service, appropriations, endowments.

Satisfaction- responses from student surveys.

Student Persistence- student retention rates, graduation rates, time to degree.

Costs- tuition and fees.

Financial Aid- loans, grants, scholarships, awards.

Reports of Institutional Effectiveness

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) compiled information 
about the institutions of higher learning in Virginia into “Reports of Institutional Effectiveness.”
This biannual report presents information on the academic quality and operational efficiency
of James Madison University and other institutions of higher learning in Virginia. 

• Institutional Mission – describes James Madison University’s core values and priorities;
• Institutional Profile – describes the institution in terms of student demographics, tuition and fees, grade point averages and SAT scores of incoming freshmen, acceptance rates, graduation rates, faculty credentials, numbers and types of degrees awarded, programs offered by degree level, admissions and enrollment rates, revenues and expenditures (by function), and number of students awarded financial aid;
• System-wide Performance Measures – describes 14 performance measures focused on operational efficiency and factors associated with academic quality;
• Institution-Specific Performance Measures –describes unique aspects of JMU’s mission and provides a richer context for understanding performance on the system-wide measures. All of JMU’s institution-specific measures focus on student learning outcomes.
• Core competency reports—explores student general education assessments in written communication, technology/information literacy, quantitative reasoning, and scientific reasoning.