- Located in Fairfax, Virginia, 15 miles from Washington, D.C.
- Largest public research university in Virginia, with more than 37,000 students
- Interim President: Anne Holton
- Independent since 1972, after serving as a branch college of University of Virginia from 1957-72
- One of 131 U.S. universities to receive highest research designation from Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education
- Two Nobel Prizes in Economics (James Buchanan in 1986, Vernon Smith in 2002)
- Ranked among top 95 universities in the United States, and top 300 universities in the world, by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy’s Academic Ranking of World Universities
- More than half of Mason’s undergraduates are students of color, and Mason exceeds national graduation rates regardless of race, ethnicity, or wealth status
- Ranked most diverse and innovative university in Virginia, and one of the most diverse and innovative in the country, by U.S. News & World Report
- 34 percent of undergraduates reporting parental education say they are first-generation college graduates
- Average starting salaries for our graduates are among the highest for public universities in Virginia
- Student loan default rate of 2.3% less than one-third of national average
- Motto: Freedom and Learning
- More than 8o undergraduate programs, 79 master’s, 38 doctoral, law
- Students from 130 countries, 50 states
- Additional Virginia campuses in Arlington and Manassas, and abroad in Songdo, South Korea
- 200,000 alumni
- Information: www.gmu.edu, 703-993-1000
