Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 5.2-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 253 Title IV programs, 98 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 155 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing98 · 38.7%
- No Data155 · 61.3%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 15
Action history · 29
- Oct 2025Initial AccreditationAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Dietetics (DIET) - Coordinated Program in Dietetics
- Oct 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2025Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalCouncil on Education for Public Health · Public Health Programs (PHPG) - Graduate level program offered outside a school of public health
- Mar 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Feb 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 10,745 students received $63.1M in Pell grants, alongside $139.3M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 6,333 borrowers who entered repayment, 52 (0.8%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at George Mason
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 12
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus46
Includes 16 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Religion8
- Race1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Liberty Square1 fireCookingDamage $0-$99
- Rogers Hall1 fireMachinery/IndustrialDamage $0-$99
Data quality: 3 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
George Mason vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions George Mason selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectGeorge Mason University | 68% | — | 39,766 | $17,915 | R1 Research |
| 86% | 54.8% | 38,857 | $24,953 | R1 Research | |
| 63% | 92.6% | 28,464 | $23,433 | R1 Research | |
| 96% | 16.8% | 26,409 | $21,565 | R1 Research | |
| 46% | 90.4% | 23,743 | $14,638 | R1 Research | |
| 86% | 24.2% | 43,889 | $11,297 | R1 Research | |
| Peer group median | 77% | 54.8% | 33,661 | $19,740 |
Institutions like George Mason
Explore the federal data for institutions in George Mason's comparison group.
- R1 ResearchVirginia
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Grad rate86%Admit rate54.8%Enrollment38,857Net price$24,953View data - R1 ResearchVirginia
Virginia Commonwealth University
Grad rate63%Admit rate92.6%Enrollment28,464Net price$23,433View data - R1 ResearchVirginia
University of Virginia-Main Campus
Grad rate96%Admit rate16.8%Enrollment26,409Net price$21,565View data - R1 ResearchVirginia
Old Dominion University
Grad rate46%Admit rate90.4%Enrollment23,743Net price$14,638View data - R1 ResearchFlorida
Florida State University
Grad rate86%Admit rate24.2%Enrollment43,889Net price$11,297View data
George Mason Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Continuous improvement is the goal of institutional effectiveness at Mason, which is data-informed and focused on enhancing, innovating, and evolving the work through thoughtful analysis and future planning.
Visit IR office page- Eunkyoung ParkExecutive Director for Institutional Effectiveness
- Matthew DeSantisExecutive Director for Institutional Effectiveness
- Tom BischoffInstitutional Research and Assessment Specialist
- Lisa Anh NguyenPresident of the Virginia Association for Institutional Research
Common Data Set
George Mason's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Source publications
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