Opinion

Colleges and Universities A-Z James Madison University
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<p>Hi I am from New Jersey and looking at going to a school in VA. I am trying to get other peoples opinions on schools in VA. I have been asking people from NJ what they think of the schools in VA and here is what they have to say:</p>

<ol>
<li> William and Mary </li>
<li> UVA</li>
<li> Washington and Lee</li>
<li> UofR</li>
<li> JMU</li>
<li> Virginia Tech</li>
<li> Hampton Sydney</li>
</ol>

<p>What do you think of this listing, is it a par with what other people think? The list is based on the perceived reputations of the schools by friends and family.</p>

<p>I want to study business and my list looks like this:</p>

<ol>
<li> UVA</li>
<li> UofR</li>
<li> William and Mary </li>
<li> JMU</li>
<li> Washington and Lee</li>
<li> Virginia Tech </li>
<li> Hampton Sydney</li>
</ol>

<p>This is based on rankings I have seen, with the exception of Washington and Lee but I think its reputation as a school brings it up over Virginia Tech. What do you think of this list? What should move up and what should move down and why?</p>

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<p>What area of business? Business is so broad. I have sons that are UVA graduates, a daughter at WM and another at JMU. I’d give UVA the nod at best business school. Followed by UR and JMU. WM built a brand new business building. I would imagine their ranking will rise in the near future.</p>

<p>Tech is for engineering. And WL is extremely conservative. Good school but my kids would not be happy there.</p>

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<p>for business:</p>

<ol>
<li>UVA</li>
<li>UR</li>
<li>GMU/JMU</li>
<li>W&M</li>
</ol>

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<p>For those who do not know it should be noted that University of Richmond is a private university, and the others listed above are state schools.</p>

<p>The tuition, room, board at U of Richmond is listed at 48,500 per year
The OOS tuition, room, board at the VA state schools above will range approximately from 30,000 to 35,000 per year</p>

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<p>I was under the impression that JMU is somewhat less than $ 30k for OOS kids.</p>

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<p>MBJ – You are right… it is approximately just under $27,000…when I was doing the math I counted the meal plan twice… oops :)</p>

<p>That includes tuition and fees, room & board…</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.jmu.edu/ubo/[/url]”>http://www.jmu.edu/ubo/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>JMU for OOS kids is only a few thousand more than our state school ( Rutgers ) for in-state kids. Either JMU is a great buy or Rutgers is way over priced…lol. The fact that Rutgers only has less than 5% kids from OOS leads me to believe the latter.</p>