Accounting at George Mason University

Every accounting school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the accounting program at George Mason University stacks up to those at other schools.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and approximately 38,541 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

GMU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at GMU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? GMU offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

GMU Accounting Rankings

Accounting Student Demographics at GMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at George Mason University.

GMU Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 61% went to women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 48% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Mason University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	23
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Accounting and Finance
• Other Accounting and Related Services
• Auditing

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Accountants and Auditors	41,230	$85,640
Budget Analysts	3,730	$91,000
Financial Examiners	1,920	$80,700
Credit Analysts	1,730	$85,090

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.