Medical Illustration & Informatics at George Mason University

Every medical illustration and informatics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the medical illustration 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. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 51 students received their master's degree in medical illustration.

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

GMU Medical Illustration & Informatics Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Medical Illustration

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 medical illustration at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

GMU Medical Illustration & Informatics Rankings

Medical Illustration Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Medical Illustration & Informatics Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 51 students earned a master's degree in medical illustration from GMU. About 76% of these graduates were women and the other 24% were men.

In the medical illustration master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 55% of degree recipients. That is 14% 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 medical illustration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Allied Health Professions
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Public Health

Careers That Medical Illustration Grads May Go Into

A degree in medical illustration 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
Computer Workers	14,580	$105,270
Computer and Information Research Scientists	2,740	$129,840
Fine Artists	210	$59,950

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.