Economics - Department Highlights
AACSB Accredited
The College of Business (CoB) is one of 5% of business schools with accreditation by AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business).

1 of 5%
of business programs with AACSB International accreditation

TOP
10%
for Highest Paid Graduates nationwide
college factual - 2020
college factual
JMU’s economics program was ranked No. 1 out of four schools in Virginia by college factual, 2020.
College factual also ranked the JMU economics program in the Top 10% for Highest Paid Graduates nationwide.
- Economics professor Dr. Bill Grant is the recipient of the 1st place Madison Vision Teaching Award for 2019.
- For over 30 years the economics seminar speaker series at JMU's College of Business has provided students the opportunity to see and interact with economists who represent a wide variety of views and perspectives, with speakers from academia, think tanks, government and industry, including several Nobel Prize winners in economics.