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How Well Is George Mason University Ranked?

2023 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

George Mason University was awarded 876 badges in the 2023 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is humanities.

Overall Quality

GMU landed the #133 spot in College Factual's 2023 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,241 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when GMU held the #230 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

GMU is also ranked #5 out of 65 schools in Virginia.

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How Much Money Do GMU Graduates Make?

Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from GMU with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $66,148 in their early years. That's great news for GMU students since it is 56% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.