James Madison University

Harrisonburg, VAPublic SACSCOC

AACSB business · Accounting accreditation on record

James Madison University's School of Accounting in the College of Business offers a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting and a one-year Master of Science in Accounting, with an option to complete both in five years and 150 credit hours.

Verified degree programs

1 program verified so far (1 master's). The school may offer more programs than we have verified; certificates are not listed as degrees.

James Madison University

Master of Science in Accounting

Master'sMSDedicated degreeOpen entry

Campus · Full-time, Part-time

Harrisonburg, VA

Campus-based study

Designed to be completed in 1 year (Summer courses are not required) · 30 credits

Tuition not verified

No upcoming verified deadline

Institution accredited: SACSCOCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting

Accounting

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Accreditation

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1927 · next review 06/01/2029
Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education
Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Business-school accreditation

AACSB — accreditedUnit: College of BusinessConfirmed in the accreditor's own directory.Source: aacsb.edu · verified October 26, 2026

Supplemental accounting accreditation

AACSB Accounting — accreditedUnit: College of BusinessConfirmed in the accreditor's own directory.Source: aacsb.edu · verified October 26, 2026

Institutional, business-school and accounting accreditation are three different things, and one never implies another. Each record names its unit and scope as the source gives it.

Online student services

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Online student services: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Institution

Official name: James Madison University
Control: Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location: 800 South Main Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education: 1,113 of 22,758 students (Fall 2023)
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Sources

Last verified October 26, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.

IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
DAPIP — SACSCOC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
jmu.edu/academics/undergraduate/majors/accounting.shtml — Official program page, verified October 30, 2026

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