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....

• Though still an estimate, enrollment likely surpassed 20K this past year.
   
  
• Enrollment will likely grow past 21K in 2018-19.
   
  
• Enrollment should hit 22K by 2021-22.
  

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.