by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, George Mason University landed the #98 spot. This rank is quite an honor since it puts the school in the Top 10% of the country for overall quality. For this achievement, GMU received one of this year's Best Master's Schools badges.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Virginia, GMU came in at #3.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, GMU came in at #238.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Virginia, GMU came in at #8.
The total graduate student population at GMU is made up of 59.4% women and 40.6% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at GMU, around 31.5% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at GMU. Around 11.8% of graduate students are international. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $13,035 | $34,347 |
| Fees | $3,609 | $3,609 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from GMU enter careers with an average starting salary of $70,519. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 21% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Graduate students earning a doctorate degree from GMU enter careers with an average starting salary of $87,532. That's about 16% higher than the countrywide average of $75,260 for all doctorate degree holders.
Get more details about the location of George Mason University.
Contact details for GMU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4400 University Dr, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444 |
| Phone: | 703-993-1000 |
| Website: | https://www2.gmu.edu/ |
In 2020-2021, 61.2% of the graduate students at George Mason University took at least one class online. For that same period, 33.2% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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