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2025 - 2026 Tuition - Education & General Expenditures

FY26 Tuition Breakdown. See text below for details.

Category

Amount

Percent

Description

Public Service

$1.3 million

0.3%

Includes all funds expended for activities established primarily to provide non-instructional services beneficial to individuals and groups external to the institution. Examples at JMU include The Community Engagment & Volunteer Center.

Student Services

$31.6 million

7%

Includes all funds expended for activities whose primary purpose is to contribute to students' emotional and physical well-being and to their intellectual, cultural, and social development outside the context of the formal instruction program. Examples include Career and Academic Planning, Disablity Services, Counseling Center, and the Registrar.

Physical Plant

$50.0 million

11.1%

Funds expended for facilities-related support to the JMU community including transportation, trades, housekeeping, environmental stewardship, facilities planning and construction, landscaping, and utilities.

Institutional Support

$67.8 million

15%

Includes all funds expended for activities whose primary purpose is to provide operational support for the day-to-day functioning of the institution. Examples include fiscal operations, executive management, general administrative services, and public relations.

Instruction & Academic Support

$299.1 million

66.6%

Instruction includes all funds expended for activities which are part of the institution’s instructional program. Examples include general academic instruction, public service, and research.

Academic Support includes all funds expended for activities carried out primarily to provide support services. Examples include libraries, computing, financial aid, and student health.

 

2025 - 2026 Auxiliary Comprehensive Fee

The auxiliary comprehensive fee, listed on the student account as the comprehensive fee, is a mandatory fee charged to all students. It covers non-academic services at the university.

FY26 Auxiliary Comprehensive Fee breakdown. See text below for more details.

Allocation

Amount

Percent

Description

Transportation Services

$146

2.5%

Support of the university's transportation services.

Student Health Services

$306

5.1%

Non-academic programs, departments and services that support and promote student health and wellness (University Health Center).

Facilities

$861

14.4%

Maintenance, operations and support of non-academic campus buildings.

Auxiliary Services

$1,236

20.6%

Non-academic programs, departments, and services that facilitate student well-being, success, safety and support. 

Student Activity

$983

16.4%

Non-academic programs, departments and services that offer a variety of extra-curricular student activities and learning opportunities (Madison Union, Marching Royal Dukes).

Intercollegiate Athletics

$2,456

41%

Support of the intercollegiate athletic programs for men and women.

Total

$5,988

 

Total comprehensive fee for the year; $2,994 per semester.

 

The James Madison University Board of Visitors approves one comprehensive fee. The fees shown represent an allocation of the comprehensive fee ($5,988 based on expenditure budgets for FY 2026) not individual fees. 

Note: This pie graph distribution is reported on Appendix E-2: Full-Time Undergraduate Mandatory Non-Educational and General Fees by Fee Item on the SCHEV website. 

Note: Distribution by STATE PROGRAM is reported on Appendix E-1: Full-Time Undergraduate Mandatory Non-Educational and General Fees by Program. 

Intercollegiate Athletics SCHEV program fee, as reported on SCHEV E-1, is $3,036. This figure represents an allocation of the comprehensive fee based on all program expenditures for Athletics. 

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