Computer Science at George Mason University

Every computer science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the computer science program at George Mason University stacks up to those at other schools.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and approximately 38,541 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students received a bachelor's degree in computer science from GMU.

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

GMU Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

GMU Computer Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the computer science progam at GMU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The computer science major at GMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. 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
	70
	100
Best General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	133
Best General Computer Science Schools	147
Best Value General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	229
Best Value General Computer Science Schools	297
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	381
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	629
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	844

Computer Science Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from GMU. About 17% of these graduates were women and the other 83% were men.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computer science at GMU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer science 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 computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

GMU also has a doctoral program available in computer science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science 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 Workers	14,580	$105,270
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.