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Located in Fairfax, Virginia, George Mason University is a public institution. The suburban atmosphere of Fairfax makes it a great place for students who want the amenities of city life without actually living in the middle of a constant hustle and bustle.

3,385 Master's Degrees
484 Doctor's Degrees

Where Is George Mason University?

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Contact details for GMU are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 4400 University Dr, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
Phone: 703-993-1000
Website: www2.gmu.edu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/georgemason
Twitter: https://twitter.com/georgemasonu

George Mason University Graduate Student Diversity

11,437 Graduate Students
59% Women
32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 11,437 graduate students at GMU, 41% are male and 59% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of George Mason University graduate students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 1,225
Black or African American 1,158
Hispanic or Latino 1,001
White 5,567
International Students 1,345
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,141

Geographic Diversity

Virginia students aren't the only ones who study at George Mason University. At this time, 44 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 126 countries are represented at GMU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

George Mason University Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Computer Information Systems 5 299 33 337
Special Education 81 252 0 333
Computer Software & Applications 0 319 0 319
Curriculum & Instruction 18 267 0 285
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 115 116 0 231
Business Administration & Management 24 145 0 169
Law 0 0 160 160
Nursing 10 106 38 154
Accounting 60 67 0 127
Social Work 0 127 0 127
Educational Administration 18 101 0 119
International Relations & National Security 6 110 0 116
General Biology 60 51 0 111
General Psychology 0 77 23 100
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution 3 74 14 91
Public Policy 5 74 10 89
Data Analytics 88 0 0 88
Economics 7 63 18 88
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 81 0 81
Medical Illustration & Informatics 5 68 0 73
Public Administration 3 70 0 73
Public Health 5 60 7 72
Computer Engineering 4 66 0 70
Security Science and Technology 5 65 0 70
Instructional Media Design 36 31 0 67
Student Counseling 4 55 0 59
History 9 34 1 44
General Education 0 0 43 43
Health & Physical Education 5 34 0 39
International Studies 0 37 0 37
Civil Engineering 0 24 11 35
Electrical Engineering 3 20 11 34
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 3 17 8 28
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20 7 1 28
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 22 6 28
Arts & Media Management 0 28 0 28
Systems Engineering 1 19 7 27
General Business/Commerce 0 26 0 26
Literature 0 26 0 26
Natural Resources Conservation 0 13 13 26
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 9 16 0 25
Information Science 0 23 0 23
Writing Studies 1 19 3 23
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 22 0 0 22
Human Resource Management 0 21 0 21
Music 0 15 6 21
Physics 0 14 6 20
Geography & Cartography 8 12 0 20
Biomedical Engineering 0 11 7 18
Real Estate 0 17 0 17
Communication & Media Studies 0 17 0 17
Mathematics & Computer Science 0 9 7 16
Political Science & Government 0 10 6 16
Homeland Security 4 10 0 14
Allied Health Professions 0 12 0 12
Statistics 1 7 4 12
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 12 0 12
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 2 9 0 11
Sociology 0 6 5 11
Public Relations & Advertising 3 0 7 10
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 4 6 10
Fine & Studio Arts 4 6 0 10
Information Technology 0 9 0 9
Mathematics 0 8 1 9
Anthropology 0 9 0 9
Finance & Financial Management 0 8 0 8
Management Information Systems 8 0 0 8
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 0 4 4 8
Other Public Administration 2 6 0 8
Teacher Education Grade Specific 7 0 0 7
Operations Research 1 6 0 7
Biological & Physical Science 0 0 7 7
Holocaust Studies 7 0 0 7
Chemistry 0 7 0 7
Computer Systems Networking 0 6 0 6
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 3 3 0 6
Ethnic Studies 5 0 0 5
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 0 5 5
Dispute Resolution 5 0 0 5
International Business 4 0 0 4
Industrial Engineering 0 4 0 4
Marine Engineering 4 0 0 4
Area Studies 2 2 0 4
Legal Research 0 4 0 4
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 0 3 3
Educational Assessment 3 0 0 3
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 2 2
Publishing 2 0 0 2
Human Development & Family Studies 2 0 0 2
Romance Languages 2 0 0 2
Sustainability Science 2 0 0 2
Philosophy 0 2 0 2
Design & Applied Arts 0 2 0 2
General Visual & Performing Arts 0 2 0 2
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 1 0 0 1
Graphic Communications 0 1 0 1
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 1 0 0 1
Legal Professions (Other) 0 1 0 1
Computational Science 1 0 0 1
Cultural Studies & Analysis 1 0 0 1
Science, Technology & Society 0 0 1 1
Hospitality Management 0 0 0 0
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 0 0 0
Marketing 0 0 0 0
Computer Science 0 0 0 0
Teaching English or French 0 0 0 0
Mechanical Engineering 0 0 0 0
General English Literature 0 0 0 0
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 0 0 0 0
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 0 0 0
Other Health Professions 0 0 0 0
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 0 0
Applied Mathematics 0 0 0 0
Cognitive Science 0 0 0 0
Gerontology 0 0 0 0
Recreation Administration 0 0 0 0
Religious Studies 0 0 0 0
Astronomy & Astrophysics 0 0 0 0
Dance 0 0 0 0
Drama & Theater Arts 0 0 0 0
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 0 0 0
Other Visual Art 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 720 3,385 484 4,589

References

*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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