George Mason University Profile

George Mason University
4400 University Dr
Fairfax, VA 22030

Gen. Phone: (703) 993-1000 Fax: (703) 993-4622

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SAT is an imperfect predictor of college readiness and success and it is only one of many factors in admissions.
This report does not assume any particular merit or value in the SAT, it merely highlights institutional differences in distributions and mean averages.

Admission Summary, 2023-24 First-Time in College
Domicile	Applied	Accepted	Acceptance Rate	Enrolled	Yield Rate	Rejected	Rejection Rate
In-State	13,986	12,362	88%	3,477	28%	1,624	12%
Out-of-State	9,186	8,268	90%	1,298	16%	918	10%

Admission Scores

TEST

Submitted Scores

25th Percentile

Median

75th Percentile

SAT-Verbal

838

580

640

680

SAT-Quantitative

838

580

630

680

High School GPA

4466

3.45

3.75

4.00

ACT_Composite

Admission Summary, 2023-24 Graduate
Domicile	Applied	Accepted	Acceptance Rate	Enrolled	Yield Rate	Rejected	Rejection Rate
In-State	4,082	3,620	89%	2,609	72%	462	11%
Out-of-State	10,000	7,253	73%	2,259	31%	2,747	27%

Admission Summary, 2023-24 First Professional
Domicile	Applied	Accepted	Acceptance Rate	Enrolled	Yield Rate	Rejected	Rejection Rate
In-State	533	75	14%	35	47%	458	86%
Out-of-State	1,856	267	14%	63	24%	1,589	86%

Fall Headcount Enrollment
Fall Term	Undergraduates	Graduate Students	Total First Professionals	Total
Fall 2015	23,180	10,451	481	34,112
Fall 2016	24,009	10,668	512	35,189
Fall 2017	25,248	10,530	519	36,297
Fall 2018	26,491	10,647	539	37,677
Fall 2019	26,983	10,778	494	38,255
Fall 2020	27,528	11,017	487	39,032
Fall 2021	27,335	11,203	604	39,142
Fall 2022	27,519	11,480	608	39,607
Fall 2023	28,277	11,358	549	40,184
Fall 2024	28,956	11,058	435	40,449

See the report E22: Fall Headcount: Trends in Race Ethnicity for definitions and additiional student levels.

Annualized Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Enrollment
Year	Undergraduate	Graduate	First Professional	Total
1819	24,757	6,390	503	31,649
1920	25,238	6,462	456	32,156
2021	25,686	6,806	459	32,951
2122	24,844	6,931	569	32,344
2223	25,079	7,179	571	32,828

STEMH - Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Health Professions

78% of all students entering in 2012-13 either graduated within an Extended Time-to-Completion or were continuing their enrollment in the final year of observation. These Student Success Index results are based on students completing at any Virginia institution.

78% of all students entering in 2012-13 either graduated within an Extended Time-to-Completion or were continuing their enrollment in the final year of observation. These Student Success Index results are based on students completing at any Virginia institution.

Graduation Rates within Six Years

Groups with fewer than 10 students in the starting cohort will not display values. "Normal time" for an associate degree is two years, and four years for bachelor's degree, 150% of Normal time is three years and six years, respectively.

Students Transferring into George Mason University
in Fall and Spring of the Designated Year to the institutions below.
*Starting cohorts of fewer than 10 will not display a graduation rate.

Transfer Enrollment
	Average # New Transfers (2017-18 to 2020-21)	Average # NewTransfers (2017-18 to 2020-21) Graduation Rate	Average # New Transfers (2020-21 to 2023-24)
Blue Ridge Community College	9		5
Brightpoint Community College	12	54%	12
Central Virginia Community College	5		4
Danville Community College	2		1
Eastern Shore Community College	1		1
Germanna Community College	72	61%	75
J Sargeant Reynolds Community College	13	71%	13
Laurel Ridge Community College	82	65%	79
Mountain Empire Community College	0		0
Mountain Gateway Community College	0		1
New River Community College	5		4
Northern Virginia Community College	3,037	68%	2,935
Patrick & Henry Community College	2		2
Paul D Camp Community College	1		1
Piedmont Virginia Community College	12	65%	9
Rappahannock Community College	3		4
Richard Bland College	5		4
Southside Virginia Community College	1		1
Southwest Virginia Community College	1		1
Tidewater Community College	33	64%	27
Total Public Two-Year Institutions	3,321	68%	3,206
Virginia Community College System	3,316	68%	3,201
Virginia Highlands Community College	1		0
Virginia Peninsula Community College	14	61%	15
Virginia Western Community College	9		9
Wytheville Community College	0		0

*Starting cohorts of fewer than 10 will not display a graduation rate.

Debt of 2021-22 Graduates, Total Loans
	Total Graduates		Total Borrowers		Total Borrowing
Degree Level	#	% of All Graduates	#	% of All Borrowers	Amount	% of Total
Bachelors	6,229	66%	3,396	74%	$113,976,133	68%
Graduate	3,111	33%	1,133	25%	$45,277,264	27%
First Professional	148	2%	90	2%	$8,058,371	5%
Total	9,488	100%	4,619	100%	$167,311,769	100%

Note:

Associates: Includes graduates who received Bachelor's Credit and Occupational/Techincal Credit Associate degrees.
Bachelors: Includes graduates who received Four- and Five-Year Bachelor's degrees.
Graduate: Includes graduates who received Graduate Master's and Doctorate degrees.

Debt of Recent Graduates, Recent Trend
Year	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2017-18	3,298	59%	$ 14,871	$ 24,743	$ 28,526	$ 35,250
2018-19	3,383	59%	$ 14,612	$ 24,737	$ 29,369	$ 36,099
2019-20	3,436	58%	$ 14,806	$ 24,749	$ 29,038	$ 35,126
2020-21	3,613	58%	$ 13,856	$ 24,404	$ 28,463	$ 34,883
2021-22	3,383	54%	$ 13,360	$ 23,133	$ 27,511	$ 31,619

Student borrowing at graduation, excludes PLUS loans, in five-year rollups. Includes all known institutionally-processed
borrowing occuring at all public and nonprofit institutions in Virginia. Debt accrued outside Virginia in prior postsecondary activity
is not available.

George Mason University, Four-Year Bachelor's Degree
Earnings in 2022	Median Wage	Percentage of Graduates w/ Reported Wage
20 Years (2001-02 graduates)	$107,751	39%
15 Years (2006-07 graduates)	$101,500	41%
10 Years (2011-12 graduates)	$87,837	44%
8 Years (2013-14 graduates)	$81,097	46%
5 Years (2016-17 graduates)	$71,820	50%
3 Years (2018-19 graduates)	$63,823	53%
18 Months (2020-21 graduates)	$50,790	56%

Only years/programs meeting disclosure rules will be displayed to protect individual confidentiality.

Wages in 2022
Years Post-Completion	10th Percentile	25th Percentile	Median	75th Percentile	90th Percentile
	80% of graduates with full-time wages fall within this range
20 Years (2001-02 graduates)	$36,293	$71,311	$107,751	$163,467	$230,554
15 Years (2006-07 graduates)	$37,843	$68,617	$101,500	$149,793	$209,384
10 Years (2011-12 graduates)	$36,628	$62,054	$87,837	$127,582	$174,683
8 Years (2013-14 graduates)	$33,531	$58,117	$81,097	$116,455	$158,068
5 Years (2016-17 graduates)	$29,464	$50,856	$71,820	$99,261	$131,262
3 Years (2018-19 graduates)	$23,268	$43,430	$63,823	$86,867	$112,416
18 Months (2020-21 graduates)	$15,849	$30,791	$50,790	$72,007	$90,927

As reminder, the median value represents the very middle value of the sample of values (wage or debt) sorted from low to high. This value is found in the middle line of the barcharts.
The remaining values in the chart are constructed similarly, to display how wages and earnings are distributed. Thus, while the median tells us the middle wage, the values for the 25th and 75th percentiles tell us that half of the graduates with wages fall between those two values. Likewise, 80% of reported wages fall between the 10th and 90th percentiles. The length of each bar section clue to the dispersion in the data - that is, how much earnings can vary within a range a group of individuals.

Virgina Resident Tuition and Fees, General, 2024-25
Student Level	Tuition & Mandatory E&G Fees	Mandatory Non-E&G	Average Room & Board (1)	Total
General Undergraduate	$10,392	$3,828	$14,090	$28,310
General Graduate	$14,136	$3,828	$	$17,964
First Professional - Law	$24,864	$2,898	$	$27,762

Non-Resident Tuition and Fees, General, 2024-25
Student Level	Tuition & Mandatory E&G Fees	Mandatory Non-E&G	Average Room & Board (1)	Total
General Undergraduate	$34,860	$3,828	$14,090	$52,778
General Graduate	$36,480	$3,828	$	$40,308
First Professional - Law	$40,978	$2,898	$	$43,876

Charges listed here represent the weighted average double occupangy room charge and the maximum weekly meal plan offered, not necessarily the plan used by most students.

Notes/Definitions

Debt: All debt figures refer to education-related debt processed through institutions. i.e. student loans. Unless specified as PLUS loans for undergraduates, the student debt refers to loans taken out by the student, not by parents or relatives. Further, reported student debt calculations are based on graduates who borrowed only. This is why we report the percentage of students/graduates wth debt.

Sample Budgets: These estimates are from the Living Wage project at MIT and are based on the estimated cost of a single adult living in Virginia. Tax and FICA withholding estimates based on a single, unmarried filer.

Limits on the Display of Data

The most important limit to understand is that these short-term measures of outcomes are not meaningful for evaluating the effectiveness of institutions or programs. These are not measures of employment rates, nor they comparable to the so-called Gainful Employment metrics produced by the US Department of Education. These measure are meant to inform readers of the outcomes of graduates in the near-term following degree completion and represent individual behavior and local economies more than any other factor.

In order to protect confidentiality and to accommodate both the many small programs in the Commonwealth and the limits of the available data, these reports will display program-level data only under the following conditions:

1. Single-year data will not be reported at the level of institution, degree, and program, only rolling five-year aggregates. For example, graduates of 2005-06 will be reported with those of 2004-05, 2003-04, 2002-03, and 2001-02.

2. The number of wage-reported graduates must be equal to or greater than 15 with full-time wage equivalent (FTWE) reported wages.

3. At least 30% of the cohort of graduates must have been matched and reported with full-time wage equivalent (FTWE) reported wages, or 20% with a minimum of 200 graduates.

4. The current definition of FTWE is at least three quarters of wages must be reported for each year.

5. Wages and earnings are not adjusted for inflation.

The wage data included in these reports represent only the following individuals:
1. Graduates successfully matched to the Unemployment Insurance Wage records collected by the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC).
2. Graduates employed in Virginia by an entity that reports to the VEC. This excludes federal employees, including those within the Department of Defense.

What employers are subject to the Unemployment Tax and must be registered and file with the Virginia Employment Commission? They must have met one of the following criteria:

One or more employees (ten employees if your operation is agricultural) for some portion of a day during any 20 different weeks in a calendar year
A $1,500 or more total gross quarterly payroll ($20,000 if your business is agricultural; $1,000 if domestic labor)
Acquired a business subject to this tax
Been subject to the Federal Unemployment Tax
A governmental operation or political subdivision
A nonprofit organization under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and had four or more employees for some portion of a day during any 20 different weeks in a calendar year

Source
These criteria mean that individuals working as consultants, independent contractors (including many psychologists, counselors, barbers, cosmetologists, IT workers, and P-14 wage employees of the Commonwealth) may be excluded, as are a list of others that may be found here.