- Located in Fairfax, Va., 15 miles from Washington, D.C.
- Largest public research university in Virginia, with more than 36,000 students
- President: Dr. Ángel Cabrera
- Independent since 1972, after serving as a branch college of the University of Virginia from 1957-72
- One of 115 U.S. universities to receive the highest research designation from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education
- Two Nobel Prizes in Economics (James Buchanan in 1986, Vernon Smith in 2002)
- One of three Virginia institutions ranked among top 100 universities in U.S., and top 300 universities in world, by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy’s Academic Ranking of World Universities
- Nearly half of Mason’s undergraduates are students of color, and there’s no disparity in graduation rates based on race, ethnicity or socioeconomic status
- Ranked most diverse university in Virginia by U.S. News & World Report
- One-third of graduates are first in family to earn four-year degree
- Graduates lead all Virginia public universities with highest starting salaries
- Student loan default rate of 2% among lowest in nation
- Motto: Freedom and Learning
- 82 undergraduate programs, 88 master’s, 39 doctoral, law
- Students from 130 countries, 50 states
- Campuses in Arlington, Va. and Manassas, Va.
- 180,000 alumni
- Information: www.gmu.edu, 703-993-1000