Analysis of JMU On Campus Housing

(Post updated afternoon of 3/26/2018 with additional notes per the second phase of the East Campus residence hall -- thanks Matt Phillippi)

The updated Master Plan for James Madison University offers a fascinating read as to the future plans of this institution that is a central part of Harrisonburg.  Download the full master plan here.

One area of interest from a housing perspective is JMU's analysis of current housing offerings and demand.



As shown above....

• Current on-campus housing includes 6,944 beds -- including a new East Campus residence hall (500 beds) currently under construction to open in Fall 2019.
  
  
• Projected Full Time Enrollment is 23,471 -- at an unknown date.
   
• JMU would like to house 35% of their students on campus -- which would be 8,215 students based on the projection of 23,471 FTE.
   
• Current housing (with the new residence hall) shows a shortage of 1,271 beds for students.
   
• The Master Plan identifies nine residence halls (in "the Village" area) that are in poor condition and need to be demolished -- and Chandler Hall will be torn down to make room for an expanded College of Business facility. 
   
• Eliminating these 10 residence halls reduces the beds by 1,991 students -- at which point JMU will only have 4,953 on campus beds for their projected demand of 8,215 students.
   
• The nine residence halls at The Village currently house 1,748 students.  The Master Plan recommends a new "Village Housing" complex to replace these residence halls -- which would be (6) separate 4-story residence halls housing a total of 2,800 students.
   
• The new East Campus residence hall with 500 beds -- currently under construction -- is only half of the planned East Campus residence hall.  An additional 500 beds will be added at some point in the future.
   
  
• In summary -- 6944 current beds (including residence hall under construction), minus 1991 demolished beds (Village + Chandler), plus 2800 new beds (in the Village), plus 500 new beds (East Campus residence hall phase 2), equals 8253 beds -- which meets the target of 8215 beds.
   
• Also of interest, today there are 6444 students living in "on campus" residence halls if you subtract out the new 500 bed East Campus residence hall that is being built -- compared to the 8215 students intended to live in campus at some future point -- whenever the FTE enrollment gets to 23,471.
  

New layout of Village area residence halls....