Central Shenandoah News

About 18.4 percent of the 5,293 degrees and certificates handed out by James Madison University in 2017-18 were to students in health professions and related programs, making them the most popular programs that year, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

The agency's National Center for Education Statistics shows the public institution in Harrisonburg conferred 838 bachelor's degrees and 123 master's degrees in health professions and related programs.

But the single most popular program was for a bachelor's degree in community health services/liaison/counseling. Data shows the school gave out 446 bachelor's degrees in community health services/liaison/counseling, followed by 371 bachelor's degrees in speech communication and rhetoric and 295 master's degrees in general education.

The university enrolled 21,751 students for 2017-18, including 19,923 in undergraduate programs and 1,828 in graduate programs.

Program	Bachelor's degrees awarded	Graduate and professional degrees awarded	Certificates awarded	Total degrees and certificates awarded	Percent of total
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	446	-	-	446
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	240	-	-	240
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	61	42	-	103
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	75	-	-	75
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	-	32	-	32
Physician Assistant	-	29	-	29
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	-	20	-	20
Athletic Training/Trainer	16	-	-	16
Nursing Practice	-	8	-	8
Audiology/Audiologist	-	6	-	6
Health Professions and Related Programs total	838	137	-	975	18.4
Accounting	143	114	-	257
Business Administration and Management, General	128	38	-	166
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	157	-	-	157
Hospitality Administration/Management, General	154	-	-	154
Finance, General	151	-	-	151
International Business/Trade/Commerce	24	-	-	24
Finance and Financial Management Services, Other	13	-	-	13
Business/Managerial Economics	11	-	-	11
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total	781	152	-	933	17.6
Education, General	-	295	-	295
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	-	28	-	28
Special Education and Teaching, General	-	25	-	25
Education, Other	-	-	17	17
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching	-	10	-	10
Educational/Instructional Technology	-	-	5	5
Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement	-	-	2	2
Mathematics Teacher Education	-	2	-	2
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	-	-	2	2
Health Teacher Education	-	2	-	2
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services	-	-	1	1
Educational Leadership and Administration, General	-	-	1	1
Education total	-	362	28	390	7.4
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	371	11	-	382
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total	371	11	-	382	7.2
International Relations and Affairs	90	-	-	90
Political Science and Government, General	75	10	-	85
Geography	56	-	-	56
Economics, General	47	-	-	47
Sociology	38	-	-	38
Anthropology	28	-	-	28
Social Sciences total	334	10	-	344	6.5
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	129	16	-	145
Health and Physical Education/Fitness, General	105	18	-	123
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies total	234	34	-	268	5.1
Psychology, General	230	16	-	246
School Psychology	-	9	-	9
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, Other	-	3	-	3
Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology	-	3	-	3
Psychology total	230	31	-	261	4.9
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	250	-	-	250
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total	250	-	-	250	4.7
Information Science/Studies	133	-	-	133
Computer and Information Sciences, General	96	5	-	101
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total	229	5	-	234	4.4
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	190	6	-	196
Biotechnology	24	-	-	24
Biological And Biomedical Sciences total	214	6	-	220	4.2
Art/Art Studies, General	86	3	-	89
Music Performance, General	55	6	-	61
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	45	-	-	45
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	7	-	-	7
Music Pedagogy	-	3	-	3
Visual and Performing Arts total	193	12	-	205	3.9
Science, Technology and Society	74	15	-	89
Systems Science and Theory	46	-	-	46
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	-	7	-	7
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total	120	22	-	142	2.7
Public Administration	53	22	-	75
Social Work	63	-	-	63
Public Administration and Social Service Professions total	116	22	-	138	2.6
English Language and Literature, General	65	2	-	67
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing	54	-	-	54
English Language and Literature/Letters total	119	2	-	121	2.3
History, General	73	9	-	82
History total	73	9	-	82	1.6
Geology/Earth Science, General	28	-	-	28
Chemistry, General	27	-	-	27
Physics, General	17	-	-	17
Physical Sciences total	72	-	-	72	1.4
Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General	69	-	-	69
Legal Professions and Studies total	69	-	-	69	1.3
Engineering, General	67	-	-	67
Engineering total	67	-	-	67	1.3
Mathematics, General	60	-	-	60
Mathematics and Statistics total	60	-	-	60	1.1
Foreign Languages and Literatures, General	35	-	-	35
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total	35	-	-	35	0.7
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General	27	-	-	27
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences total	27	-	-	27	0.5
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other	18	-	-	18
Philosophy and Religious Studies total	18	-	-	18	0.3