Information Technology at George Mason University

What traits are you looking for in a IT school? To help you decide if George Mason University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's IT program.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and approximately 38,541 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 391 students received a bachelor's degree in IT from GMU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Information Technology section at the bottom of this page.

GMU Information Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT
• Master’s Degree in IT
• Doctorate Degree in IT

Online Classes Are Available at GMU

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? GMU offers distance education options for IT at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

GMU Information Technology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IT programs across the country. The following shows how GMU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IT major at GMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	2
Most Popular Online Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
	4
Best Information Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools	4
	5
Most Popular Online Information Technology Schools	6
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Popular Information Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	8
Most Focused Information Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools	8
Best Value Information Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools	8
Best Information Technology Schools	11
Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools	12
	13
Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools	16
Most Focused Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools	22
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28
	34
Best Value Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	56
Most Focused Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	73
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	86
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	105

In 2021, 56 students received their master’s degree in IT from GMU. This makes it the #30 most popular school for IT master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in IT, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

IT Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 391 students earned a bachelor's degree in IT from GMU. About 26% of these graduates were women and the other 74% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities in its IT bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Mason University with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	171
Black or African American	38
Hispanic or Latino	41
White	98
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	29

GMU Information Technology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of IT master's degrees went to men and 27% went to women.

In the IT master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 2% 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 IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	15
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

GMU also has a doctoral program available in IT. In 2021, 10 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Computer & Information Sciences

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in IT 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
Systems Software Developers	27,800	$119,860
Computer Systems Analysts	26,800	$102,290
Information Security Analysts	14,180	$111,780
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,450	$173,290

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.