George Mason University

Compare This School adding

• School of Management
• School of Law

• Increase Your Salary, Get Your Degree In Your Spare Time
  FREE Application to University of Phoenix for a Limited Time - Apply Here

• NEW! Secrets to getting the best Virginia scholarships and financial aid.
• College and University Blog with many tips like acing the ACTs, SATs, college admissions, and preparing for college.
• Got a question? Visit the all-new College Q&A / University Discussion Forum
• Career Advice & Job Descriptions – One-stop resource for comprehensive, up-to-date career information. Resume advice, job hunting strategies, and more than 1,000 career profiles each with a job description, education and training requirements, salary information, working conditions, employment outlook and much more!
• Student Encyclopedia – Encyclopedia for reference and research from the Cambridge Collection.

Information Summary

Demographics – Main Campus and Surrounding Areas

Reported area around or near Fairfax, VA 22030-4444

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Research Universities (high research activity)

Undergraduate	Arts & sciences plus professions, high graduate coexistence
Graduate	Comprehensive doctoral (no medical/veterinary)
Undergraduate Population	Medium full-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in
Enrollment	Majority undergraduate
Size & Setting	Large four-year, primarily nonresidential

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Doctoral degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Campus Crime Statistics

Ranks 116th on StateUniversity.com‘s Safe School Index

Student Tuition Costs and Fees

What are the typical tuition costs and fees for attending George Mason University?

Ranks 730th for total cost of attendance

Student Tuition Costs for Professional Fields

What are the typical tuition costs and fees for getting a professional degree?

Student Tuition Cost History and Trends

Three year history and trends on the cost of attending

	In District	In State	Out of State
Published Tuition & Fees	$5,880  $6,840	$5,880  $6,840	$17,160  $19,728

	Cost (regardless of residency)
Books & Supplies	$810  $850
On-Campus – Room & Board	$6,370  $7,020
On-Campus – Other Expenses	$2,551  $2,664
Off-Campus w/out Family – Room & Board	$7,920  $9,900
Off-Campus w/out Family – Other Expenses	$3,266  $3,390
Off-Campus with Family – Room & Board	$2,818  $2,990

Admission Details

Admission Criteria

What criteria does George Mason University use for admissions?

= Required, = Recommended, = Neither required nor recommended

Open Admissions
Secondary School GPA / Rank / Record	/ /
College Prep. Completion
Recommendations
Formal competency demo	N/A
Admission test scores
TOEFL
Other tests	N/A

Admission Credits Accepted

What types of credits does George Mason University accept?

Dual Credit
Life Experience
Advanced Placement (AP)

Athletics - Association Memberships

Student Services

Remedial Services
Academic / Career Counseling
PT Cost-defraying Employment
Career Placement
On-Campus Day Care
Library Facility

Student Living

First-time Room / Board Required
Dorm Capacity	4,400
Meals per Week	19
Room Fee	$4,000
Board Fee	$3,020

Student Financial Aid Details

How many students use Financial Aid, and how much do they use?

George Mason University Ranks 2868th for the average student loan amount.

	Average	Users	% of Attendees
Federal Grant Aid	$2,748	412	17%
State & Local Grant Aid	$3,478	679	28%
Institutional Grant Aid	$6,064	261	11%
Student Loan Aid	$3,833	988	40%
Any financial aid type		1,289	52%

Student Enrollment Demographics

How many students are enrolled at George Mason University?

Student Graduation Demographics

How many students graduated at George Mason University?

Most Popular Fields of Study

The top 5 fields of study completed at George Mason University.

Student Completion / Graduation Demographics

How many students are successful graduates?

Accounting		18	12	82		69	34	215
Anthropology		1	2	1		11	3	18
Area Studies, Other						1	1	2
Art/Art Studies, General			2	5		21	4	32
Arts Management		5	1	3		18		27
Astronomy				1				1
Athletic Training/Trainer		1				4		5
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General						1		1
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other		5	10	24		88	11	138
Biology/Biological Sciences, General		17	12	50		52	22	153
Biostatistics				1				1
Business Administration and Management, General		18	20	54	2	149	49	292
Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other		3	3	11		24	2	43
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other		3	4	31		25	11	74
Chemistry, General		1	1	15		16	6	39
Civil Engineering, Other		2	4	8		17	9	40
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist		1	1	2		3	3	10
Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric						3	1	4
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other		13	4	56		28	19	120
Computer Engineering, General		1		27		6	5	39
Computer Software Engineering				1		3		4
Computer and Information Sciences, General		4	4	54	1	66	17	146
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services		10	3	3		30	3	49
Creative Writing		2	1	1	1	24	2	31
Criminal Justice/Police Science		16	16	12		109	12	165
Curriculum and Instruction		34	26	28	1	368	21	478
Dance, General						8		8
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General		2	4			18		24
Economics, General		7	18	29		108	24	186
Education, General		5	1			13	1	20
Educational Leadership and Administration, General		31	6			80	4	121
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering		5	7	47		40	5	104
Engineering, Other		14	15	73	1	113	20	236
English Language and Literature, General		11	8	9	1	112	23	164
English Literature (British and Commonwealth)				4		47	4	55
Finance, General		5	10	54		48	35	152
Foreign Languages and Literatures, General		2	6	1	1	26	2	38
Geography				7	1	39	4	51
Geology/Earth Science, General			1	1		11	1	14
Gerontology						1		1
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other		15	2	7		32	9	65
Health Teacher Education		6	2	3		63	3	77
Health/Health Care Administration/Management		3		5		9	1	18
History, General		4	8	7		106	18	143
Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management						1		1
Humanities/Humanistic Studies		1				3		4
Industrial Engineering				2		2		4
Information Science/Studies		5		54		24	8	91
International Relations and Affairs		17	25	20	1	78	20	161
Latin American Studies			2					2
Law (LL		9	11	19	1	164	2	206
Legal Professions and Studies, Other		1	1			4		6
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies, Other						1		1
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other		8	5	9		92	11	125
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies		11	7	4	1	44	13	80
Management Information Systems, General						6		6
Marketing/Marketing Management, General		3	15	28		68	19	133
Mathematics and Computer Science			3	4		11	1	19
Mathematics and Statistics, Other		1		2		1		4
Mathematics, General		1	2	8		7	3	21
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other		30	8	12		198	10	258
Music Performance, General		2	1	5		27	2	37
Music, General				1	1	18	2	22
Music, Other			1					1
Neuroscience							1	1
Nursing, Other				1		6		7
Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)		42	16	27		144	43	272
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution		13	6	7	1	43	10	80
Philosophy				1		6	1	8
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching		2		4		19	1	26
Physical Sciences						1		1
Physics, General						5		5
Physics, Other				1		5	2	8
Political Science and Government, General		1	1	3		14	1	20
Political Science and Government, Other		17	26	31	1	144	46	265
Psychology, General		24	39	50	1	234	30	378
Public Administration		16	6	9	1	66	5	103
Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other		3		1		22	3	29
Public Policy Analysis		10	10	11	1	52	7	91
Religion/Religious Studies		2		1		1	2	6
Science Technologies/Technicians, Other		1				3		4
Social Work		8	6	2		35	11	62
Sociology		6	7	2		21	4	40
Special Education and Teaching, General		23	6	13		157	13	212
Speech and Rhetorical Studies		24	15	21		142	25	227
Statistics, General				3		13	1	17
Systems Engineering		15	3	60		74	9	161
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other		1	1			11	1	14
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor		1		4		9	3	17
Technical and Business Writing			2					2
Visual and Performing Arts, General		6	11	22		79	11	129
Total		569	450	1,159	18	4,065	710	6,971

Faculty Compensation / Salaries

George Mason University Ranks 170th for the average full-time faculty salary.

Tenure system
Average FT Salary	$84,942 ($94,468 male / $71,096 female)
Number of FT Faculty	1,055 (625 male / 430 female)
Number of PT Faculty	N/A
FT Faculty Ratio	N/A
Total Benefits	$20,371,040

George Mason University School Images

George Mason University Summary

The following paragraph provided courtesy of wikipedia.

George Mason University, also known as GMU or simply Mason, is a large public university in the United States. Named after American revolutionary, patriot and founding father George Mason, the university was founded as a branch of the University of Virginia in 1957 and became an independent institution in 1972. George Mason University is named after American revolutionary, patriot, and founding father George Mason. The University traces its roots back to the 1950s when the legislature of the Commonwealth of Virginia passed a resolution, in January of 1956, to establish a branch college of the University of Virginia in Northern Virginia. The City of Fairfax, Virginia, then the Town of Fairfax, purchased and donated 150 acres of land to the University of Virginia for the college’s new location, which was referred to as the Fairfax Campus. In 1959 the Board of Visitors of UVA selected a permanent name for the college: George Mason College of the University of Virginia. Local jurisdictions of Fairfax County, Arlington County, and the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church agreed to appropriate $3 million to purchase land adjacent to GMC to provide for a 600 acre Fairfax Campus in 1966 with the intention that the institution would expand into a regional university of major proportions, including the granting of graduate degrees. On April 7, 1972 the Virginia General Assembly enacted legislation which separated George Mason College from its parent institution, the University of Virginia. Renamed that day by the legislation, GMC became George Mason University. By 1981 the law school, now known as the George Mason University School of Law (GMUSL), gained full ABA accreditation. The university opened its Arlington campus in 1982, two blocks from the Virginia Square-GMU station in Arlington. In 1986 the university’s governing body, the Board of Visitors, approved a new master plan for the year based on an enrollment of 20,000 full-time students with housing for 5,000 students by 1995. That same year university housing opened to bring the total number of residential students to 700. The university graduated more than 5,000 students that following spring. While George Mason University is relatively young, particularly compared to established research universities in Virginia, it has grown rapidly, reaching an enrollment of 29,889 students in 2006, and is the second largest university in the state of Virginia, exceeded only by Virginia Commonwealth University. According to a 2005 report issued by the university, enrollment is expected to reach 35,000 students by 2011 with more than 7,000 resident students. In 2002 Mason celebrated its 30th anniversary of independence from the University of Virginia and launched its first capital campaign with a goal to raise $110 million. The George Mason University logo, originally designed in 1982, was updated in 2004. Over the last decade George Mason University has gained national distinction in a range of academic fields, including public policy, information technology, economics, the fine and performing arts, law, conflict resolution, and, most recently, the biosciences. The George Mason University School of Law is ranked 37th in the United States, and the Industrial/Organizational Psychology graduate program is consistently ranked in the top ten in the nation. Mason’s Center for Global Education’s Study Abroad program has been rated as one of the top twenty programs in the United States, offering dozens of programs ranging from one-week spring break programs to full year programs. As of 2006, the following research centers are part of various GMU colleges, or in some cases, span multiple colleges: In addition, GMU’s Office of the Provost includes the following research centers: The Fairfax Campus is the largest campus with approximately eighty buildings spread over 677 acres in Fairfax, Virginia. A 15 minute shuttle in addition to the CUE bus, free for students with a Mason ID card, serves the students through routes from the Metro station to the University. The university unveiled an ambitious plan in 2005 for the largest development to date on campus; Johnson Learning Center, more commonly known as the Johnson Center or JC, is the central hub on campus, completed in 1995 and named after University President of 18-years, George W. Located in the center of campus, the $30 million, 320,000 square-foot building was built as the first of its kind building on any American campus, acting both as a main library and a student union. The Johnson Center serves as the center for student life with many activities and productions sponsored by Program Board and Student Government. In 2004 during the Democratic Primaries, Senator John Kerry, the eventual Democratic Nominee for President, visited George Mason University and gave a speech on the floor of the Johnson Center. George Mason University is also served by two additional student unions, the oldest “Student Union I” or “SUB I” is home to the offices of several activities and groups including the Broadside, as well as the Health Department, the university game room, a Damon’s Grill and a Chick-fil-A. Student Union II is home to the School of Management, the main buffet-style restaurant, the university mail room, group meeting rooms and ballrooms. To help foster a small college atmosphere on George Mason’s large and diverse Fairfax campus, the University has created several living/learning community programs, each of which offers undergraduates special opportunities to enrich their academic and social experience. Fairfax is the only campus of George Mason University with on-campus student housing. There are nine housing areas housing approximately 4,000 students: President’s Park, DUCC (Dominion Hall, University Commons and Commonwealth Hall), TAP (Townhouses, Student Apartments, Patriots Village) and YRC (Liberty Square and Potomac Heights). About 5,000 more students live off campus in housing adjacent to the University. Dominion Hall, University Commons and Commonwealth Hall, or DUCC, houses approximately one-thousand students, including some freshmen, sophomores and primarily upper-class students. Other buildings on the Prince William campus include: The Occoquan Building, which houses various academic, research, and administrative resources, Bull Run Hall, a 100,000 square foot building which opened in the fall of 2004, and Discovery Hall, which was completed in 1998 at a cost of $20.4 million. Planning for the new campus is moving along briskly: in January of 2006, the university received preliminary approval of its plans from Virginia’s State Council for Higher Education. As Mason’s presence in Loudoun grows from a small branch of the university into a major satellite campus, it will increasingly offer the same services available to students attending George Mason University’s Fairfax, Arlington, and Prince William campuses. George Mason has recently opened a new campus in the Ras Al Khaimah emirate of the United Arab Emirates. All credits earned at the campus will be fully transferable to George Mason University in the United States. George Mason University was catapulted into the national spotlight in March 2006, when its men’s basketball team qualified for the Final Four of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament by defeating the Michigan State Spartans, the defending champion North Carolina Tar Heels, the Wichita State University Shockers, and the top-seeded Connecticut Huskies (UConn). George Mason offers more than 200 clubs and organizations, including 16 fraternities, 15 sororities, 24 International-student organizations, 25 religious organizations, a student programming board, student government, club sports, and student media. Mason’s club sports include: Mason offers two official print publications, the Broadside, its student newspaper, and the Mason Gazette, the University-published newspaper.

Comment and Corrections Make a comment …

Familiar with this University? We would love to hear about your experience. Feel free to add comments or additional information regarding George Mason University.