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Software Engineering at George Mason University

Software Engineering at George Mason University

If you plan to study software engineering, take a look at what George Mason University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 Software Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

GMU Software Engineering Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Computer Software Engineering

GMU Software Engineering Rankings

Computer Software Engineering Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Software Engineering Master’s Program

24% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 76% of computer software engineering master's degrees went to men and 24% went to women.

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In the computer software engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 12% 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 computer software engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 8
International Students 11
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Careers That Computer Software Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer software engineering 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
Software Applications Developers 38,110 $113,690
Systems Software Developers 27,800 $119,860
Architectural and Engineering Managers 4,030 $164,300

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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