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George Mason University

Name: George Mason University — cost, graduation and graduate earnings
Creator: U.S. Department of Education
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Fairfax, VA · Public · 27,752 students · mostly bachelor degrees

49th-cheapest of 108 Virginia colleges by net price.

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Net price / year

$17,915

after grant aid

Sticker cost / year

$28,604

Graduation rate

68%

Admission rate

87%

Median graduate earnings

$76,343

~10 yrs after entry

Median student debt

$19,500

Average SAT

1274

Median ACT

Pell grant recipients

30%

3-yr loan default rate

Fields of study

268 programs

Cloud Computing · Master's Degree6 grads/yr$167,363 Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation · Master's Degree319 grads/yr$162,691 Computer Engineering, General · Master's Degree66 grads/yr$158,029 Terrorism and Counterterrorism Operations · Master's Degree10 grads/yr$154,158 Clinical Nurse Leader · Doctoral Degree38 grads/yr$148,171 Terrorism and Counterterrorism Operations · Bachelor's Degree139 grads/yr$143,972 Computer and Information Sciences, General · Master's Degree299 grads/yr$142,690 Law · First Professional Degree160 grads/yr$135,661 Systems Engineering · Master's Degree19 grads/yr$135,210 Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree145 grads/yr$134,691 Psychology, General · Doctoral Degree23 grads/yr$128,100 Real Estate · Master's Degree17 grads/yr$124,978 Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist · Master's Degree81 grads/yr$124,416 Medical Informatics · Master's Degree68 grads/yr$123,627 Clinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree106 grads/yr$119,531 Computer Engineering, General · Bachelor's Degree33 grads/yr$117,942 Systems Engineering · Bachelor's Degree15 grads/yr$114,815 Geographic Information Science and Cartography · Master's Degree12 grads/yr$114,744 Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology · Master's Degree16 grads/yr$114,727 Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Master's Degree63 grads/yr$111,251 Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree761 grads/yr$110,754 Accounting · Master's Degree67 grads/yr$110,482 Accounting · Graduate/Professional Certificate60 grads/yr$109,911 Education, General · Doctoral Degree43 grads/yr$105,869 Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · Master's Degree24 grads/yr$103,586

Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.

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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.