Based on enrollment projections approved by the State Council of High Education for Virginia and published by JMU, on campus enrollment is set to continue to increase in coming years, surpassing 20K students for the first time in the 2017-18 academic year.

Of the variety of different figures that exist within the enrollment projections, the "Total On-Campus Headcount" is typically seen as the most pertinent relative to our local housing market.  This figure is the best reflection of the number of students who will need housing, either on JMU campus, or off campus.  These figures, and their changes over time, are the best numbers to be using when analyzing the need for off campus student housing in Harrisonburg.

Read more about student housing in Harrisonburg, past, present and future here.