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{{short description|Public research university in Fairfax, Virginia}}
{{Infobox university
 | name                   = George Mason University
 | image                  = George Mason University seal.svg
 | image_upright          = .7
 | caption                = [[Seal (emblem)|Seal]] of George Mason University
 | motto                  = "Freedom and Learning"
 | established            = {{start date and age|1949}}<ref name="Finley" />
 | founder                = [[Organization:University of Virginia|University of Virginia]] {{small|(original charter)}}<br>Virginia General Assembly {{small|(as independent university)}}
 | type                   = Public research university
 | parent                 = 
 | accreditation          = [[Organization:Southern Association of Colleges and Schools|SACS]]
 | academic_affiliations  = {{hlist|CUWMA| ORAU | [[Organization:State Council of Higher Education for Virginia|SCHEV]]|Sea-grant}}
 | former_names           = Northern Virginia University Center of the University of Virginia (1949–1956)<br>University College of the University of Virginia (1956–1959)<br>George Mason College of the University of Virginia (1959–1972)
 | endowment              = $189.2&nbsp;million (2021)<ref>As of June 30, 2021. {{cite web |url= https://gmuf.org/wp-content/uploads/GMUF-2021-Endowment-Report.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205135752/https://gmuf.org/wp-content/uploads/GMUF-2021-Endowment-Report.pdf |archive-date=2021-12-05 |url-status=live |title=George Mason University Foundation Endowment Report, Fiscal Year 2021 |publisher=George Mason University Foundation |access-date=March 22, 2022}}</ref>
 | president              = Gregory Washington<ref>{{cite news |title=George Mason selects dean of UC-Irvine engineering school as its next president |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/02/24/george-mason-selects-dean-uc-irvine-engineering-school-its-next-president/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=March 16, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
 | provost                = Kenneth Walsh (interim)
 | rector                 = Horace Blackman
 | academic_staff         = ~2,600 (fall 2020)<ref name="frb1">{{cite web |url=https://irr2.gmu.edu/cds/cds_new/sec_action.cfm?year=2016-17&sec_id=A |title=Current Facts and Figures |publisher=George Mason University |access-date=April 14, 2017 |archive-date=June 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602015231/https://irr2.gmu.edu/cds/cds_new/sec_action.cfm?year=2016-17&sec_id=A |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 | students               = 39,032 (fall 2020)<ref name="frb1"/>
 | undergrad              = 26,515 (fall 2020)<ref name="frb1"/>
 | postgrad               = 11,437 (fall 2020)<ref name="frb1"/>
 | city                   = Fairfax
 | state                  = Virginia
 | country                = United States
 | coor                   = {{Coord|38.831|-77.308|type:edu_region:US-VA|display=inline,title}}
 | campus                 = Large Suburb
 | campus_size            = {{convert|953|acre|ha}} (Fairfax), {{convert|1148|acre|ha}} total
 | free_label             = Location of Campuses
 | free                   = United States: <br/>
{{hlist|Fairfax City/Fairfax County|Arlington|Front Royal|Prince William|Lorton}} 
South Korea: <br/>
{{hlist|Incheon<ref name="ifez1">{{Cite news |last=Sang |first=Youn-joo |title=IFEZ Rises as Global Investment Center |work=Korea Herald |location=Seoul, Korea |access-date=September 26, 2015 |date=May 14, 2015 |url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150514000742}}</ref><ref name=ifex2>{{Cite news |last=Kim |first=Rahn |title=8 in 10 International School Students in Korea Are Koreans |work=Korea Times |access-date= September 26, 2015 |date=February 11, 2015 |url=http://www.koreatimesus.com/8-in-10-international-school-students-in-korea-are-koreans/}}</ref>}}
 | colors                 = {{color box|#006633}} Green<br>{{color box|#FFCC33}} Gold<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ocm.gmu.edu/mason-brand/visual-identity-and-style/color |title=Color |publisher=George Mason University Office of Communication and Marketing |website=The George Mason University Brand Profile |access-date=2021-06-07 }}</ref>
 | sporting_affiliations  = {{hlist|NCAA Division I – A-10|ECAC|EIVA|IC4A}}
 | sports_nickname        = Patriots
 | mascot                 = The Patriot
 | website                = {{URL|gmu.edu}}
 | logo                   = George Mason University logo.svg
 | logo_upright           = .7
 | free_label2            = Media
 | free2                  = ''Fourth Estate'' (newspaper) <br>
WGMU Radio (radio station)
}}

'''George Mason University''' ('''George Mason,''' '''Mason,''' or '''GMU''')<!-- foreign language name should not be inserted unless the subject is **closely** associated with the subject, see MOS:LEADLANG --> is a public sea-grant research university in Fairfax County, Virginia near [[Place:Washington, D.C.|Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|website=Mason Spirit|last=Rich|first=Colleen Kearney|title=From the Archives: What's in a Name?|url=http://spirit.gmu.edu/2012/04/from-the-archives-whats-in-a-name/}}</ref> The university was originally founded as the '''Northern Virginia University Center of the University of Virginia''' in 1949 as a Northern Virginia regional branch of the [[Organization:University of Virginia|University of Virginia]]. Named after Founding Father of the United States George Mason in 1959, it became an independent university in 1972. The school has since grown into the largest public university in the Commonwealth of Virginia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ahistoryofmason.gmu.edu/items/show/18 |title=A History of George Mason University {{!}} Commonwealth of Virginia: House Joint Resolution #5, February 24, 1956.|website=ahistoryofmason.gmu.edu|date=February 24, 1956|access-date=June 12, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ahistoryofmason.gmu.edu/about|title=A History of George Mason University {{!}} About George Mason University: A History|website=ahistoryofmason.gmu.edu|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref><ref name="Finley">{{Cite book |last=Finley |first=John Norville Gibson |url=http://digilib.gmu.edu/jspui/bitstream/handle/1920/2698/Mann_53_1_1_v.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |title=Progress Report of the Northern Virginia University Center |date=July 1, 1952 |quote="The report that follows is a progress report on the Northern Virginia University Center since its beginnings in 1949 by its Local Director, Professor J. N. G. Finley." George B. Zehmer, Director Extension Division University of Virginia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220225740/http://digilib.gmu.edu/jspui/bitstream/handle/1920/2698/Mann_53_1_1_v.pdf |archive-date=2017-02-20}}</ref>

The university operates four campuses in Virginia, which are located in Fairfax, Arlington, Front Royal, and Prince William Counties. It also operates a [[Unsolved:Retreat (spiritual)|retreat]] and conference center in Lorton<ref>{{Cite web |title=Retreat Facility |url=https://carterschool.gmu.edu/retreat-facility |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution |language=en}}</ref> and an international campus in Incheon, South Korea. The university's flagship campus is in Fairfax, Virginia.

The university is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=232186 |title=Carnegie Classification |publisher=[[Organization:Indiana University|Indiana University]] |date=2019 |access-date=June 14, 2019}}</ref> Two professors, [[Biography:James M. Buchanan|James M. Buchanan]] in 1986 and [[Biography:Vernon L. Smith|Vernon L. Smith]] in 2002, were awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics during their time at George Mason University.<ref>[http://walterewilliams.com/another-nobel-laureate/ Another Nobel Laureate] Walter E. Williams, GMU, Department of Economics, October 14, 2002</ref>

EagleBank Arena, a 10,000-seat arena and concert venue operated by the university, is located on the Fairfax campus. The university recognizes 500 student groups and 41 fraternities and sororities.

==History==
===20th century===
[[File:George Mason.jpg|thumb|George Mason in 1750 at age 25]]
[[File:George Mason College, decal, ca. 1970.jpg|thumb|Decal of George Mason College]]
[[File:Governor A. Linwood Holton signs H-210 separating George Mason College from the University of Virginia, April 7, 1972.jpg|thumb|Virginia governor A. Linwood Holton signs H‑210 separating George Mason College from the University of Virginia on April 7, 1972]]
In 1949, the [[Organization:University of Virginia|University of Virginia]] created an extension center to serve Northern Virginia.<ref>{{Citation |last=Steele |first=Clarence A. |title=Clarence A. Steele to Colgate W. Darden, Jr., April 4, 1949 |date=April 4, 1949}}</ref><ref name="Finley" /> The extension center offered both for credit and non-credit informal classes in the evenings at various pre-existing venues.<ref name="Finley" />{{rp|5}} The first for credit classes offered were: "Government in the Far East, Introduction to International Politics, English Composition, Principles of Economics, Mathematical Analysis, Introduction to Mathematical Statistics, and Principles of Lip Reading."<ref name="Finley" /> By the end of 1952, enrollment was 1,192 students.<ref name="Finley" />

A resolution of the Virginia General Assembly in January 1956 changed the extension center into University College, the Northern Virginia branch of the [[Organization:University of Virginia|University of Virginia]].<ref name="autogenerated1919">{{Cite book |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-1-329-31719-2 |last=Anderson |first=Keith |title=The Los Angeles State Normal School, UCLA's Forgotten Past: 1881–1919 |date=August 29, 2015}}{{rp|158}}{{self-published source|date=February 2020}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=February 2020}} John Norville Gibson Finley served as director.<ref>{{Citation |last=Teachman |first=A. Ellis |title=Photograph: J.N.G. Finley |date=September 6, 2007 |url=http://mars.gmu.edu/handle/1920/2712}}</ref> Seventeen freshmen students attended classes at University College in a small renovated elementary school building in Bailey's Crossroads starting in September 1957.<ref name="Cristian2009">{{Cite journal |publisher=Catholic University of America |last=Cristian |first=Viviana |title=Who are We?: Cultural Identity Among Latino College Students in Northern Virginia |location=Washington, DC |date=2009}}{{rp|24}}</ref> In 1958 University College became George Mason College.<ref name="autogenerated1919" />

The City of Fairfax purchased and donated {{convert|150|acre|ha|abbr=off|round=5}} of land just south of the city limits to the University of Virginia for the college's new site, which is now referred to as the Fairfax Campus. In 1959, the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia selected a permanent name for the college: George Mason College of the University of Virginia. The Fairfax campus construction planning that began in early 1960 showed visible results when the development of the first {{convert|40|acre|ha|abbr=off}} of Fairfax Campus began in 1962. In the Fall of 1964 the new campus welcomed 356 students.<ref>{{Cite book |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-1-329-31719-2 |last=Anderson |first=Keith |title=The Los Angeles State Normal School, UCLA's Forgotten Past: 1881–1919 |date=August 29, 2015}}{{rp|185}}{{self-published source|date=February 2020}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=February 2020}}

During the 1966 Session of the Virginia General Assembly, Alexandria delegate James M. Thomson, with the backing of the University of Virginia, introduced a bill in the General Assembly to make George Mason College a four-year institution under the University of Virginia's direction. The measure, known as H 33,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ahistoryofmason.gmu.edu/items/show/98 |title=A History of George Mason University – Acts of Assembly, Chapter 68 [H33] Article 8. George Mason College, March 1, 1966. |work=gmu.edu|date=March 1966 }}</ref> passed the Assembly easily and was approved on March 1, 1966, making George Mason College a degree-granting institution. During that same year, the local jurisdictions of Fairfax County, Arlington County, and the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church agreed to appropriate $3 million to purchase land adjacent to Mason to provide for a {{convert|600|acre|ha|abbr=off|adj=on}} Fairfax Campus with the intention that the institution would expand into a regional university of major proportions, including the granting of graduate degrees.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}}

In 1972, Virginia separated George Mason College from the [[Organization:University of Virginia|University of Virginia]] in Charlottesville and renamed it George Mason University.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ahistoryofmason.gmu.edu/exhibits/show/independence/contents/independence |title=A History of George Mason University – 1972–1978: Independence : Independence, April 7, 1972 |work=gmu.edu |access-date=April 6, 2015 |archive-date=February 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208155536/http://ahistoryofmason.gmu.edu/exhibits/show/independence/contents/independence |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 1978, George W. Johnson was appointed to serve as the fourth president.<ref name="Johnson Obit" /> Under his eighteen-year tenure, the university expanded both its physical size and program offerings at a tremendous rate.<ref name="Johnson Obit">{{cite news |first=T. Rees |last=Shapiro |title=George W. Johnson, college president who transformed GMU, dies at 88 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/george-w-johnson-college-president-who-transformed-gmu-dies-at-88/2017/06/03/473a9fe2-4875-11e7-bcde-624ad94170ab_story.html |newspaper=Washington Post |date=June 3, 2017 |access-date=June 24, 2017}}</ref><ref name="gmupres">{{cite news |title=Office of the President: Mason's Presidents |url=https://president.gmu.edu/masons-presidents/ |work=George Mason University |access-date=June 24, 2017 |archive-date=July 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723053655/http://president.gmu.edu/masons-presidents/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Shortly before Johnson's inauguration in April 1979, Mason acquired the School of Law and the new Arlington Campus. The university also became a doctoral institution.<ref name="Johnson Obit" /> Toward the end of Johnson's term, Mason would be deep in planning for a third campus in Prince William County at Manassas. Major campus facilities, such as Student Union Building II, EagleBank Arena, Center for the Arts, and the Johnson Learning Center, were all constructed over the course of Johnson's eighteen years as University President. Enrollment once again more than doubled from 10,767 during the fall of 1978 to 24,368 in the spring of 1996.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ahistoryofmason.gmu.edu/exhibits/show/prominence/contents/introduction |title=A History of George Mason University – 1978–1996: Emergence : Introduction |work=gmu.edu |access-date=April 6, 2015 |archive-date=February 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208155642/http://ahistoryofmason.gmu.edu/exhibits/show/prominence/contents/introduction |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Alan G. Merten was appointed president in 1996. He believed that the university's location made it responsible for both contributing to and drawing from its surrounding communities—local, national, and global. George Mason was becoming recognized and acclaimed in all of these spheres. During Merten's tenure, the university hosted the World Congress of Information Technology in 1998,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wcit2014.org/history/ |title=History |work=WCIT |access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref> celebrated a second Nobel Memorial Prize-winning faculty member in 2002, and cheered the Men's Basketball team in their NCAA Final Four appearance in 2006. Enrollment increased from just over 24,000 students in 1996 to approximately 33,000 during the spring semester of 2012, making Mason Virginia's largest public university and gained prominence at the national level.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ahistoryofmason.gmu.edu/exhibits/show/presence/contents/introduction |title=A History of George Mason University – 1996–2012: Prominence : Introduction |work=gmu.edu |access-date=April 6, 2015 |archive-date=February 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208162350/http://ahistoryofmason.gmu.edu/exhibits/show/presence/contents/introduction |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Ángel Cabrera officially took office on July 1, 2012. Both Cabrera and the board were well aware that Mason was part of a rapidly changing academia, full of challenges to the viability of higher education.

===21st century===
In a resolution on August 17, 2012, the board asked Cabrera to create a new strategic vision that would help Mason remain relevant and competitive in the future. The drafting of the Vision for Mason, from conception to official outline, created a new [[Social:Mission statement|mission statement]] that defines the university.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vision.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/MasonVision.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919025551/http://vision.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/MasonVision.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-19 |url-status=live |title=Mason Vision |website=vision.gmu.edu}}</ref>

On March 25, 2013, Cabrera held a press conference to announce the university's decision to leave the Colonial Athletic Association to join the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10). The announcement came just days after the Board of Visitors' approval of the university's Vision document that Cabrera had overseen. Mason began competition in the A-10 during the 2013–2014 academic year, and Mason's association with the institutions that comprise the A-10 started a new chapter in Mason athletics, academics, and other aspects of university life.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ahistoryofmason.gmu.edu/exhibits/show/vision/contents/a10 |title=A History of George Mason University – 2012–present: Vision : Mason Moves from the Colonial Athletic Association to the Atlantic 10 Conference |work=gmu.edu}}</ref> ''The Chronicle of Higher Education'' listed Mason as one of the "Great Colleges to Work For" from 2010 to 2014.<ref name="GreatColleges">{{cite web |title=Great Colleges to Work For |publisher=The Chronicle of Higher Education |url=http://chroniclegreatcolleges.com/dev/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2014-Colleges-Recognized-by-Enrollment-Size-and-Category.pdf |website=chroniclegreatcolleges.com |access-date=April 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709034100/http://chroniclegreatcolleges.com/dev/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2014-Colleges-Recognized-by-Enrollment-Size-and-Category.pdf|archive-date=July 9, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''{{wipe|The Washington Post}}'' listed Mason as one of the "Top Workplaces" in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=Top Workplaces 2014 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-tran/capital-business/top-workplaces |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140621193429/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-tran/capital-business/top-workplaces |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 21, 2014 |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=April 24, 2015}}</ref>

The WorldatWork Alliance for Work-Life Progress awarded Mason the Seal of Distinction in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=WorldatWork |url=http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=78343 |website=www.worldatwork.org |access-date=April 24, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150318180954/http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=78343|archive-date = March 18, 2015|url-status = dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The AARP listed Mason as one of the Best Employers for Workers Over 50 in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=Employers – George Mason University, Life Planning Seminars for 50-plus Workers |url=http://www.aarp.org/work/2013-aarp-best-employers/george-mason-university-aarp-best-employers/ |access-date=April 24, 2015 |publisher=AARP}}</ref> Phi Beta Kappa established a chapter at the university in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Phi Beta Kappa, Here We Come! {{!}} George Mason|url=https://www2.gmu.edu/news/1093|access-date=2020-10-27|website=www2.gmu.edu}}</ref>

In 2018, a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit revealed that conservative donors, including the Charles Koch Foundation and Federalist Society, were given direct influence over faculty hiring decisions at the university's law and economics schools. GMU President Ángel Cabrera acknowledged that the revelations raised questions about the university's academic integrity and pledged to prohibit donors from sitting on faculty selection committees in the future.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/us/koch-donors-george-mason.html |title=What Charles Koch and Other Donors to George Mason University Got for Their Money |first1=Erica L. |last1=Green |first2=Stephanie |last2=Saul |work=The New York Times |date=May 5, 2018 |via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>

Cabrera resigned his position on July 31, 2019, to become president of Georgia Tech.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Stirgus|first=Eric|date=13 June 2019|title=Ga. Board of Regents hires Ángel Cabrera to lead Georgia Tech|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/just-board-regents-hires-angel-cabrera-lead-georgia-tech/FXemE23fUu1j2mpH3MNPPO/|access-date=2020-06-26|website=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Anderson|first=Nick|date=20 June 2019|title=Anne Holton named George Mason U. interim president|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/06/20/anne-holton-named-george-mason-u-interim-president/|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> Following Cabrera's resignation, Anne B. Holton served as interim president until June 30, 2020.<ref name=":0" />

On February 24, 2020, the Board of Visitors appointed Gregory Washington as the university's eighth president, and he assumed that role on July 1, 2020. Washington is the university's first African-American president.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.gmu.edu/news/583236|title=Gregory Washington named George Mason University's eighth president &#124; George Mason|website=www2.gmu.edu}}</ref>

On March 23, 2020, George Mason shifted to exclusively online instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hybrid instruction occurred during the Fall 2020, Spring 2021, and Fall 2021 semesters during which the university offered a combination of online and in-person instruction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.gmu.edu/coronavirus|title=Are Classes being held?|access-date=2020-08-01}}</ref>

==Campuses==
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George Mason University has four campuses in the United States, all within the Commonwealth of Virginia.<ref name="distributedcampusmodel" /> Three are in the Northern Virginia suburbs of the Washington metropolitan area, and one is in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.<ref name="distributedcampusmodel" /> The university also has one campus in South Korea, in the Songdo International Business District of Incheon.<ref>{{cite act |number=23.1–1504 |year=2016 |url=http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title23.1/chapter15/section23.1-1504/}}</ref><ref name="distributedcampusmodel">{{cite web |url=http://provostblog.gmu.edu/archives/215 |title=Distributed Campuses |author=Office of the Provost, George Mason University |work=gmu.edu|access-date=February 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304233129/http://provostblog.gmu.edu/archives/215|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Between 2005 and 2009 the university had a campus at Ras al-Khaimah, [[Place:United Arab Emirates|United Arab Emirates]].<ref name="Ras al Khaym">{{Cite news |last=Lewin |first=Tamar |date=February 28, 2009 |title=George Mason University, Among First With an Emirates Branch, Is Pulling Out |newspaper=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/education/01campus.html |access-date=December 22, 2015}}</ref> The Blue Ridge campus, just outside Front Royal, is run in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution.<ref name="factsheet" />

===Fairfax===
The university's Fairfax Campus is situated on {{Convert|677|acre|ha|abbr=off}} of landscaped land with a large pond in a suburban environment in George Mason, Virginia, just south of the City of Fairfax in central Fairfax County. The [[Place:Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]] is approximately {{Convert|20|miles|km}} from campus.{{efn |<ref>{{cite web |url=http://shuttle.gmu.edu/ |title=Mason Shuttles |website=gmu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fairfaxva.gov/CUEBus/CUEBus.asp |access-date=February 5, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617025457/http://www.fairfaxva.gov/CUEBus/CUEBus.asp |archive-date=June 17, 2013 |title=CUE Bus System}}</ref>}} Notable buildings include the {{Convert|320000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} student union building, the Johnson Center; the Center for the Arts, a 2,000-seat concert hall; the {{Convert|180000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} Long and Kimmy Nguyen Engineering Building; Exploratory Hall for science, new in 2013; an astronomy observatory and telescope; the {{Convert|88900|sqft|m2|adj=on}} Art and Design Building; the newly expanded Fenwick Library,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://facilities.gmu.edu/projects/view-project.cfm?customel_dataPageID_2336=2453 |title=View a Project :: Facilities :: George Mason University |website=gmu.edu|access-date=February 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305005504/http://facilities.gmu.edu/projects/view-project.cfm?customel_dataPageID_2336=2453|archive-date=March 5, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> the [[Organization:Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study|Krasnow Institute]]; and three fully appointed gyms and an aquatic center for student use.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://recreation.gmu.edu/ |title=Recreation – George Mason University |website=gmu.edu}}</ref> The stadiums for indoor and outdoor track and field, baseball, softball, tennis, soccer and lacrosse are also on the Fairfax campus,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gomason.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205054675&DB_OEM_ID=25200&DB_OEM_ID=25200%7ctitle=Facilities%7cwork=gomason.com |title=Facilities |website=gomason.com |access-date=August 5, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924022956/http://www.gomason.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205054675&DB_OEM_ID=25200&DB_OEM_ID=25200%7Ctitle%3DFacilities%7Cwork%3Dgomason.com |archive-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref> as is Masonvale, a housing community for faculty, staff and graduate students.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.masonvale.com/fairfax-va-apartments.asp |title=Masonvale Apartments &#124; Faculty & Staff Housing in Fairfax VA |website=Masonvale.com |access-date=February 1, 2016}}</ref>

==== Transportation ====
This campus is served by the Washington Metro Orange Line at the Vienna-GMU station and Metrobus routes.<ref name="metrovienna">{{cite web |author=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |title=Vienna/Fairfax-GMU |url=http://www.wmata.com/rail/station_detail.cfm?station_id=103 |access-date=September 30, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001175134/http://www.wmata.com/rail/station_detail.cfm?station_id=103 |archive-date=October 1, 2015}}</ref> The CUE Bus Green One, Green Two, Gold One, and Gold Two lines all provide service to this campus at {{Coord| 38.8347|-77.3070 |name=Cue Bus Stop}}.<ref name="cue">{{cite web |author=City of Fairfax |title=CUE Bus Map and Schedule |url=http://www.fairfaxva.gov/government/public-works/transportation-division/cue-bus/cue-bus-map-and-schedule |access-date=September 30, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151001081753/http://www.fairfaxva.gov/government/public-works/transportation-division/cue-bus/cue-bus-map-and-schedule |archive-date = October 1, 2015 |url-status = dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> This campus is served by the Virginia Railway Express Manassas Line at the Burke Center station.<ref name="vre">{{cite web |author=Virginia Railway Express |title=General Schedule Information |url=http://www.vre.org/service/schedule.htm |access-date=September 30, 2015 |archive-date=April 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430145635/http://vre.org/service/schedule.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Fairfax Connector Route 306: GMU–Pentagon provides service to this campus.<ref name="FairfaxConnector">{{cite web |author=County of Fairfax |title=Fairfax Area Routes |url=http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/connector/routes/fairfax.htm |access-date=September 30, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151001123703/http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/connector/routes/fairfax.htm |archive-date = October 1, 2015 |url-status = dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Mason provides shuttle service between this campus and Vienna, Fairfax, GMU Metro station, the Burke Center VRE station, the Science and Technology Campus, West Campus, and downtown City of Fairfax.<ref name="MasonShuttles">{{cite web |author=George Mason University |title=Mason Shuttles |url=http://shuttle.gmu.edu/ |access-date=September 30, 2015}}</ref>

====George Mason statue and Enslaved People of George Mason Memorial====
[[File:George Mason statue and campus walkway.jpg|thumb|A statue of George Mason on the campus]]
[[File:Virginia Sq-GMU station entrance pylon at night.jpg|thumb|Washington Metro's Virginia Square-GMU campus stop]]
[[File:An aerial view of the Johnson Center at dawn..jpg|thumb|The Johnson Center]]
The bronze statue of George Mason on campus{{efn|another bronze statue of George Mason can be found at the George Mason Memorial in Washington, D.C.}} was created by Wendy M. Ross and dedicated on April 12, 1996.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statue – Fairfax Campus – The Mason Explorer – George Mason University Campus Map |url=http://eagle.gmu.edu/map/buildings/statue.php |website=eagle.gmu.edu |access-date=April 22, 2015 |archive-date=September 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908231116/http://eagle.gmu.edu/map/buildings/statue.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> The 7{{sfrac|1|2}} foot statue shows George Mason presenting his first draft of the Virginia Declaration of Rights which was later the basis for the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights. Beside Mason is a model of a writing table that is still in the study of Gunston Hall, Mason's Virginia estate. The books on the table—volumes of [[Biography:David Hume|Hume]], [[Biography:John Locke|Locke]] and [[Biography:Jean-Jacques Rousseau|Rousseau]]—represent influences in his thought.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pastandpresent.gmu.edu/items/show/16 | title=George Mason Statue - Mason's Beloved Landmark }}</ref>

In 2021, an Enslaved People of George Mason Monument designed by Perkins & Will was installed near the George Mason Statue.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gmu.edu/news/2022-04/enslaved-people-george-mason-memorial-dedicated-landmark-day-university | title=The Enslaved People of George Mason Memorial is dedicated in 'a landmark day for the university' }}</ref> The memorial includes panels describing the lives of two of the enslaved at Gunston Hall: Penny, who was gifted by Mason to his daughter, and James, Mason’s personal attendant.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dei.chss.gmu.edu/about/enslaved-people-of-george-mason | title=The Enslaved People of George Mason Project }}</ref>

===Arlington===
The Arlington Campus (renamed Mason Square in 2022<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gmu.edu/news/2022-03/mason-square-will-be-arlingtons-economic-development-epicenter | title=Mason Square will be Arlington's economic development epicenter }}</ref>) is situated on {{convert|5.2|acres|ha|abbr=off}} in Virginia Square, a bustling urban environment on the edge of Arlington County, Virginia's Clarendon business district and {{convert|4|miles|km|spell=in}} from downtown Washington, D.C. The campus was founded in 1979 with the acquisition of a law school.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ahistoryofmason.gmu.edu/exhibits/show/prominence/contents/schooloflaw |title=A History of George Mason University – 1978–1996: Emergence : The Law School Battle…and Triumph |website=gmu.edu |access-date=April 7, 2015 |archive-date=July 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703210418/http://ahistoryofmason.gmu.edu/exhibits/show/prominence/contents/schooloflaw |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1998, Hazel Hall opened to house the George Mason University School of Law (now Antonin Scalia Law School); subsequent development created Van Metre Hall (formerly Founders Hall), home of the Schar School of Policy and Government,<ref name="spgia.gmu.edu">{{cite web |url=http://spgia.gmu.edu/ |title=School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs |access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref> the Center for Regional Analysis,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cra.gmu.edu/ |title=Center for Regional Analysis |website=gmu.edu |access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref> and the graduate-level administrative offices for the School of Business.<ref name="gmu.edu" /> Vernon Smith Hall houses the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, the Mercatus Center, and the Institute for Humane Studies. The campus also houses the 300-seat Van Metre Hall Auditorium.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.stayarlington.com/directory/van-metre-hall/ | title=Van Metre Hall - George Mason University }}</ref> A new building, Fuse at Mason Square, is scheduled to be completed in 2025.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://construction.gmu.edu/fuse-mason-square | title=Fuse at Mason Square }}</ref>

==== Transportation ====

This campus is served by the Washington Metro Orange Line at the Virginia Square-GMU station, a campus shuttle service, and Metrobus route 38B.{{efn |<ref name="metrovasq">{{cite web |author=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |title=Virginia Square-GMU |url=http://www.wmata.com/rail/station_detail.cfm?station_id=98 |access-date=October 16, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212065920/http://www.wmata.com/rail/station_detail.cfm?station_id=98 |archive-date=December 12, 2008}}</ref><ref name="mapparkarl" />}} The rail station is located one block west of the campus.<ref name="mapparkarl" /> Arlington Rapid Transit or ART Bus routes 41, 42, and 75 also provide service at this location.<ref name="metrovasq" /> The campus offers one electric vehicle charging station, five disabled permit automotive parking locations, three bicycle parking locations, and one Capital Bikeshare location.<ref name="mapparkarl">{{cite web |last=Kisielewski |first=Dennis |title=Arlington Campus Information |url=http://info.gmu.edu/Maps/ArlingtonMap15.pdf |publisher=George Mason University |access-date=October 16, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150922012137/http://info.gmu.edu/Maps/ArlingtonMap15.pdf |archive-date = September 22, 2015 |url-status = dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

=== Science and Technology campus ===
The Science and Technology campus opened on August 25, 1997, as the Prince William campus in Manassas, Virginia, on {{convert|134|acre|ha|abbr=off}} of land, some still currently undeveloped.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ahistoryofmason.gmu.edu/exhibits/show/presence/contents/princewilliamcampus |title=A History of George Mason University – 1996–2012: Prominence : The Prince William Campus |website=gmu.edu |access-date=April 7, 2015 |archive-date=June 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630185653/http://ahistoryofmason.gmu.edu/exhibits/show/presence/contents/princewilliamcampus |url-status=dead }}</ref> More than 4,000 students are enrolled in classes in [[Biology:Bioinformatics|bioinformatics]], [[Engineering:Biotechnology|biotechnology]], information technology, and forensic biosciences educational and research programs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://irr.gmu.edu/factbooks/1314/Factbook1314_Enrollment.pdf |title=Enrollment |access-date=April 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630175601/http://irr.gmu.edu/factbooks/1314/Factbook1314_Enrollment.pdf |archive-date=June 30, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> There are undergraduate programs in health, fitness and recreation. There are graduate programs in exercise, fitness, health, geographic information systems, and facility management. Much of the research takes place in the high-security Biomedical Research Laboratory.<ref name="ncbid.cos.gmu.edu">{{cite web |url=http://ncbid.cos.gmu.edu/ |title=National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases |website=gmu.edu |access-date=August 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905234122/http://ncbid.cos.gmu.edu/ |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The 1,123-seat Merchant Hall and the 300-seat Verizon Auditorium in the Hylton Performing Arts Center opened in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hyltoncenter.org/ |title=Hylton Performing Arts Center |website=hyltoncenter.org |access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref><ref>Trescott, Jacqueline (April 29, 2010). "George Mason University gets ready to raise a new curtain". Washington Post. p. C2.</ref>

The 110,000-square-foot Freedom Aquatic and Fitness Center is operated by the Mason Enterprise Center.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freedom-center.com/ |title=Fitness, Pool and Gym – Freedom Aquatic and Fitness Center – Manassas, Virginia |website=freedom-center.com |access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref> The Mason Center for Team and Organizational Learning stylized as EDGE is an experiential education facility open to the public.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.edgeatmason.com/ |title=The EDGE – Team Building Ropes Course and Outdoors Activities – Virginia, DC, Maryland |website=edgeatmason.com |access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref> The Sports Medicine Assessment Research and Testing lab stylized as SMART Lab is located within the Freedom center. The SMART Lab is most known for its [[Medicine:Concussion|concussion]] research.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://smartlab.gmu.edu/about/ |title=About Us |website=smartlab.gmu.edu |access-date = September 24, 2016}}</ref> On April 23, 2015, the campus was renamed to the Science and Technology Campus.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gov. McAuliffe Joins George Mason University to Launch Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research |url=http://newsdesk.gmu.edu/2015/04/governor-mcauliffe-joins-george-mason-university-to-launch-institute-for-advanced-biomedical-research/ |access-date=April 23, 2015}}</ref>

In 2019, the university engaged in a feasibility study of creating a medical school at the Prince William Campus.<ref>{{cite web|last=Clabaugh|first=J.|date= 20 June 2019|title=George Mason University to consider adding a medical school|website=WTOP|url=https://wtop.com/business-finance/2019/06/george-mason-university-to-consider-adding-a-medical-school/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sides|first=E.|date=16 November 2019|title=George Mason University to layout timeline for proposed medical school at Prince William campus|website=Inside Nova|url=https://www.insidenova.com/news/education/prince_william/george-mason-university-to-layout-timeline-for-proposed-medical-school/article_0b28b2ae-07d2-11ea-bf21-0fc35919f090.html}}</ref>

=== Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation ===
[[File:Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation.jpg|thumb|Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation]]
The campus in Front Royal, Virginia, is a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the university.<ref name="factsheet">{{cite magazine |author=National Zoological Park |title=Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation Facilities and Program Fact Sheet |url=http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/PressMaterials/PressKit/SIMason/SImasonfacility.cfm |magazine=Smithsonian |access-date=October 17, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907191801/http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/PressMaterials/PressKit/SIMason/SIMasonfacility.cfm |archive-date=September 7, 2015}}</ref> Open to students in August 2012 after breaking ground on the project on June 29, 2011, the primary focus of the campus is global conservation training.<ref name="factsheet" /> The Volgenau Academic Center includes three teaching laboratories, four classrooms, and 18 offices.<ref name="factsheet" /> Shenandoah National Park is visible from the dining facility's indoor and outdoor seating.<ref name="factsheet" /> Living quarters include 60 double occupancy rooms, an exercise facility, and study space.<ref name="factsheet" />

=== Mason Korea (Songdo, South Korea) ===
{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Mason Korea
| official_name            = Songdo Campus <br /> {{Korean|hangul=송도 캠퍼스}}
| settlement_type          = University Campus

| parts                    = 
| parts_type               = 
| image_map                = 
| image_skyline            = File:Songdo Campus, Mason Korea..jpg
| image_caption            = Data Center, Library, Guest House, Student's Hall{{efn|from left to right}}
| subdivision_name6        = 
| subdivision_type6        = Census-Designated Place
| subdivision_type5        = Post Town Name
| subdivision_name5        = 
| subdivision_name4        = Songdo
| subdivision_type4        = International Business District
| subdivision_name3        = Yeonsu-gu
| subdivision_type3       = District
| subdivision_name2        = [[File:Flag of Incheon.svg|23px]] Incheon
| subdivision_type2        = Metropolitan City
| subdivision_name1        = Seoul Capital Area (Sudogwon)
| subdivision_type1        = Region
| subdivision_name         = {{flagcountry|South Korea}}
| subdivision_type         = Country
| postal_code_type         = Postal Code
| postal_code              = 21985
| other_name               = Korea Campus
|website                 =  {{Official website|http://masonkorea.gmu.edu/}}
}}

Opened in March 2014, the Songdo campus is in South Korea's Incheon Free Economic Zone, a {{convert|42000|acre|ha|abbr=off|adj=on}} site designed for 850,000 people. It is located {{convert|25|mi|km}} from Seoul and a two-hour flight from China and Japan, and is connected to the Seoul Metropolitan Subway.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}}

The Commonwealth of Virginia considers the Songdo campus legally no different from any other Mason campus: {{blockquote|"... board of visitors shall have the same powers with respect to operation and governance of its branch campus in Korea as are vested in the board by the Code of Virginia with respect to George Mason University in Virginia ..."<ref name="Petersen2010">{{Citation |last=Petersen |first=J. Chapman |title=Establishment of branch campus in the Republic of Korea |access-date=2016-05-08 |date=2010-04-12 |url=http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title23/chapter9.1/section23-91.29:1/ }}</ref>}}

Mason Korea's first commencement class graduated in December 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://koreabizwire.com/incheon-global-campus-slowly-coming-to-fruition/104489?ckattempt=3 |website=koreabizwire.com |access-date=2019-06-14 |title=Incheon Global Campus Slowly Coming to Fruition |first=M.H. |last=Lee |date=2017-12-14 }}</ref>

Students from Mason Korea earn the same diploma as home campus students, with English as the language of instruction.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://masonkorea.gmu.edu/about/why-mason-korea | title=Why Mason Korea? | date=July 19, 2021 }}</ref>

==Academics==
===Rankings===
{{Infobox US university ranking
<!-- U.S. rankings -->| ARWU_NU = 63-85
| Forbes = 91
| THE_WSJ = 178
| USNWR_NU = 105
| Wamo_NU = 61
<!-- Global rankings -->| USNWR_W = 453
| THES_W = 251–300
| QS_W = 1001–1200
| ARWU_W = 201–300
}}

Mason offers undergraduate, graduate master's, law, and doctoral degrees in both professional education and liberal arts education.<ref name="Factbook" /> The student-faculty ratio is 17:1; 58 percent of undergraduate classes have fewer than 30 students and 30 percent of undergraduate classes have fewer than 20 students.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://irr2.gmu.edu/cds/cds_new/sec_action.cfm?year=2018-19&sec_id=I |title=Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning |website=irr2.gmu.edu|access-date=June 25, 2019}}</ref>

=== Colleges, schools, and accreditation ===

{| class="wikitable" style="border:0; text-align:center; line-height:100%;"
! colspan=13 style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Colleges and Schools of George Mason University
|- style="font-weight: bold;"
|| Historical name
|| Current name
|Accreditation and Academic-Professional Associations<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accreditation |url=https://provost.gmu.edu/academics/accreditation |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="2" |University-wide accreditations 
|[[Organization:Southern Association of Colleges and Schools|Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]] (SACS)
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | College of Arts and Sciences 1957
| style="text-align: center;" | College of Humanities and Social Sciences 2006<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chss.gmu.edu/ |title=College of Humanities and Social Sciences |work=gmu.edu |access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref>
|
* [[Organization:American Psychological Association|American Psychological Association]] (APA)
* Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | College of Science 2006<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cos.gmu.edu/ |title=College of Science |work=gmu.edu |access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref>
|
* [[Organization:American Chemical Society|American Chemical Society]] (ACS)
* US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)
|- style="text-align: center;"
|| School of Business Administration 1977 School of Management 1981
School of Business 2014<ref name="gmu.edu">{{cite web |url=http://business.gmu.edu/ |title=George Mason University - School of Business |website=business.gmu.edu}}</ref>
|| Donald G. Costello College of Business 2023<ref>{{cite web |url=https://business.gmu.edu/about/donald-g-costello/ |title= About Donald G. Costello}}</ref>
|
* [[Organization:Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business|Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business]] (AACSB)
|- style="text-align: center;"
|| School of Law 1979
|| Antonin Scalia Law School 2016{{refn|Name change to Antonin Scalia School of Law:
* {{cite news |last=Chappell |first=Bill |title=Plan For Antonin Scalia School Of Law Is Tweaked Over Unfortunate Acronym |work=The Two-Way Breaking News from NPR |access-date=April 6, 2016 |date=April 6, 2016 |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/06/473228688/plan-for-antonin-scalia-school-of-law-is-tweaked-over-unfortunate-acronym}}
* {{Cite news |last=Neil |first=Martha |title=George Mason law school to take name of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia |work=ABA Journal |access-date=April 1, 2016 |date=March 31, 2016 |url=http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/george_mason_to_take_name_of_late_supreme_court_justice_antonin_scalia/}}
* {{Cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Casey |title=George Mason University to Rename Law School After Scalia |work=Bloomberg.com |access-date=April 1, 2016 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-01/george-mason-university-to-rename-law-school-after-scalia}}
* {{Cite news |issn=0190-8286 |last=Svrluga |first=Susan |title=George Mason law school to be renamed the Antonin Scalia School of Law |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=April 1, 2016 |date=March 31, 2016 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/03/31/george-mason-law-school-to-be-renamed-the-antonin-scalia-school-of-law/}}
* {{Cite conference |publisher=The Antonin Scalia School of Law at George Mason University |title=Mason Receives $30 Million in Gifts, Renames School of Law After Justice Antonin Scalia |location=Arlington, VA |access-date=April 1, 2016 |url=http://www.law.gmu.edu/news/2016/scalia_school_of_law_announcement |conference= |archive-date=April 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403025555/http://www.law.gmu.edu/news/2016/scalia_school_of_law_announcement |url-status=dead }}
----
Name change to Antonin Scalia Law School:
* {{cite news |last=Chappell |first=Bill |title=Plan For Antonin Scalia School Of Law Is Tweaked Over Unfortunate Acronym |work=The Two-Way Breaking News from NPR |access-date=April 6, 2016 |date=April 6, 2016 |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/06/473228688/plan-for-antonin-scalia-school-of-law-is-tweaked-over-unfortunate-acronym}}
* {{Cite news |issn=0099-9660 |last=Gershman |first=Jacob |title=George Mason University Renames Law School After Justice Antonin Scalia |work={{wipe|The Wall Street Journal}} |access-date=April 1, 2016 |date=March 31, 2016 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/george-mason-university-to-rename-law-school-after-justice-antonin-scalia-1459452145}}}}
|
* [[Organization:American Bar Association|American Bar Association]] (ABA)
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | School of Information Technology and Engineering 1985 
[[Organization:Volgenau School of Engineering|Volgenau School of Engineering]] 2005<ref>{{cite web |title=About – Volgenau School of Engineering |url=http://volgenau.gmu.edu/about |access-date=February 23, 2018 |work=gmu.edu}}</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | College of Engineering and Computing 2021
|
* [[Organization:ABET|Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology]] (ABET)
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | School of Nursing 1985 College of Health and Human Services 1998<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chhs.gmu.edu/ |title=College of Health and Human Services |work=gmu.edu |access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | College of Public Health<ref name="George Mason University Launches Vi">{{cite web | url=https://www.gmu.edu/news/2022-10/george-mason-university-launches-virginias-first-college-public-health | title= George Mason University Launches Virginia's First College of Public Health}}</ref>
|
* Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA)
* Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM)
* [[Organization:Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education|Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education]] (CAHME)
* [[Organization:Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education|Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education]] (CCNE)
* [[Organization:Council on Education for Public Health|Council on Education for Public Health]] (CEPH)
* [[Organization:Council on Social Work Education|Council on Social Work Education]] (CSWE)
* Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND)
* Virginia Department of Health Professions - Virginia Board of Nursing (VA DHP-VBN)
|-
| colspan="2" |College of Visual and Performing Arts 1990<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cvpa.gmu.edu/ |title=College of Visual and Performing Arts @ George Mason University |work=gmu.edu |access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref>
|
* [[Organization:Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation|Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation]] (CAEP)
* [[Organization:National Association of Schools of Music|National Association of Schools of Music]] (NASM)
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | School of Public Policy 1990
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Schar School of Policy and Government 2016<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/05/05/george-mason-u-lands-another-gift-from-a-politically-connected-donor/ |title=George Mason U. lands another gift from a politically connected donor |newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=August 5, 2016}}</ref>
|
* Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA)
* Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA)
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Department of Public and International Affairs 1990
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| style="text-align: center;" | Graduate School of Education 1991
| style="text-align: center;" | College of Education and Human Development 1994<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cehd.gmu.edu/ |title=CEHD – College of Education and Human Development |work=gmu.edu |access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref>
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* Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)
* Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE)
* [[Organization:Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation|Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation]] (CAEP)
* [[Organization:National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education|National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education]] (NCATE)
* Council on Accreditation of Parks, Recreation, Tourism and Related Professions (COAPRT)
* International Baccalaureate (IB)
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| style="text-align: center;" | School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution 1991
|[[Social:School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution|Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution]] 2020<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scar.gmu.edu/news/583461|title=S-CAR to become the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution {{!}} The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution|website=scar.gmu.edu|access-date=2020-03-11}}</ref>
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| colspan=2 style="text-align: center;" | [[Organization:Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study|Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study]] 1993
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George Mason University is accredited by the [[Organization:Southern Association of Colleges and Schools|Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]] (SACS) to award bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees.<ref>{{cite letter|first=Belle|last=Wheelan|recipient=Alan Merten|subject=Reaffirmation|language=en|date=January 10, 2012|url=http://provost.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/SACS-Reaffirmation-Letter.pdf|access-date=January 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305045129/http://provost.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/SACS-Reaffirmation-Letter.pdf|archive-date=March 5, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==== College of Public Health ====
The college is located in the Peterson Family Health Sciences Hall on the Fairfax campus.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Woolsey|first=Angela |title=Study meets practice at new GMU Population Health Center|url=http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/study-meets-practice-at-new-gmu-population-health-center/article_24f6830c-026c-11ea-9bb5-1bcf81229162.html|access-date=2020-08-06|website=Fairfax County Times|date=November 8, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Currently, the college is home to approximately 3,000 students.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Virginia University Begins Construction on 73|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/2015/08/virginia-university-begins-construction-on-73.html|access-date=2020-08-06|website=Bizjournals}}</ref> The college offers 5 undergraduate degrees, 12 graduate degrees, and 11 certificates. Academic programs in the college are accredited by the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA), Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM), and Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME), [[Organization:Council on Education for Public Health|Council on Education for Public Health]] (CEPH), [[Organization:Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education|Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education]] (CCNE), and [[Organization:Council on Social Work Education|Council on Social Work Education]] (CSWE). The College took the name College of Public Health in November 2022.<ref name="George Mason University Launches Vi"/>

===Admissions===
For 2023, George Mason had an undergraduate acceptance rate of 90%, did not consider high school class rank, and did not require standardized test scores, for admission. For those submitting scores the middle 50% had an SAT score between 1140 and 1350 or an ACT score between 25 and 31.<ref>{{cite web |title=George Mason University Admissions |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/gmu-3749/applying#:~:text=George%20Mason%20University%20admissions%20has,score%20of%2025%20and%2031. |website=usnews.com |publisher=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=6 November 2023}}</ref>

Between 2009 and 2013, George Mason saw a 21% increase in the number of applications, has enrolled 4% more new degree-seeking students, and has seen the percentage of undergraduate and graduate applications accepted each decrease by 4%. Law applications accepted increased by 10%.<ref name="Factbook">{{cite book |last1=Dooris |first1=John |last2=Smith |first2=Kris |last3=Detlev |first3=Angela |last4=Ko |first4=Jang |last5=McCullough |first5=Samantha |last6=McDonnell |first6=Robert |last7=Wu |first7=Huiping |last8=Yoo |first8=Jenny |last9=Zora |first9=Kathryn |title=Factbook |date=2014 |publisher=George Mason University}}</ref> Mason enrolled 33,917 students for Fall 2013, up 956 (+3%) from Fall 2012. Undergraduate students made up 65% (21,990) of the fall enrollment, graduate students 34% (11,399), and law students 2% (528). Undergraduate headcount was 1,337 higher than Fall 2012 (+7%); graduate headcount was 262 lower (−2%); and law student headcount was 119 lower (−18%). Matriculated students come from all 50&nbsp;states&nbsp;and 122 foreign countries.<ref name="Factbook" /> As of fall 2014, the university had 33,791 students enrolled, including 21,672 undergraduates, 7,022 seeking master's degrees, 2,264 seeking doctoral degrees and 493 seeking law degrees.<ref name="Factbook" />

=== Enrollment ===
As of 2017, the university enrolled 34,904<ref>{{cite web |url=https://irr2.gmu.edu/cds/cds_new/sec_action.cfm?year=2016-17&sec_id=B |title=Office of Institutional Research and Assessment |website=irr2.gmu.edu |access-date=April 14, 2017 |archive-date=November 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101043838/https://irr2.gmu.edu/cds/cds_new/sec_action.cfm?year=2016-17&sec_id=B |url-status=dead }}</ref> students, making it the largest university by head count in the Commonwealth of Virginia.<ref>[https://archive.today/20091019115421/http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/education/article/GMUU15_20091014-221605/299431/ In head count, George Mason edges VCU | Richmond Times-Dispatch]. .timesdispatch.com. Retrieved on March 11, 2011.</ref>

=== Academic affiliations ===

* Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area (CUWMA)
* Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC)
* Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
* [[Organization:State Council of Higher Education for Virginia|State Council of Higher Education for Virginia]] (SCHEV)
* National Sea Grant College Program (Sea-grant)
* Smithsonian Institution (SI) - Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI)
* [[Organization:Transatlantic Policy Consortium|Transatlantic Policy Consortium]] (TPC)

==Research==
George Mason University hosts $149 million in sponsored research projects annually, as of 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mason sponsored research spending reaches $149 million |url=https://www2.gmu.edu/news/575956 |website=George Mason |access-date=27 December 2019|df=mdy-all|date = 2 April 2019}}</ref> In 2016, Mason was [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup_listings/view_institution.php?unit_id=232186 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913002510/http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup_listings/view_institution.php?unit_id=232186 |url-status=dead|archive-date=September 13, 2018 |title=Carnegie Classifications {{!}} Institution Profile|website= carnegieclassifications.iu.edu |access-date= March 18, 2016}}</ref> Mason moved into this classification based on a review of its 2013–2014 data that was performed by the Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www2.gmu.edu/news/182106 |title=Mason achieves top research ranking from Carnegie |website = George Mason|date = 3 February 2016}}</ref>

The research is focused on health, sustainability and security. In health, researchers focus is on wellness, disease prevention, advanced diagnostics and biomedical analytics. Sustainability research examines climate change, natural disaster forecasting, and risk assessment. Mason's security experts study domestic and international security as well as cyber security.<ref>{{cite web |title=Office of Research – Research Focus |url=http://research.gmu.edu/focus.html |website=research.gmu.edu |access-date=April 27, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150420053235/http://research.gmu.edu/focus.html|archive-date = April 20, 2015|url-status = dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

===Centers and institutes===
The university is home to numerous research centers and institutes.<ref name="gmu-centers-institutes">{{cite web |url=http://www.gmu.edu/resources/centers-institutes/ |title=Centers and Institutes - George Mason University |website=www.gmu.edu |access-date=December 25, 2018 |archive-date=December 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225225909/http://www.gmu.edu/resources/centers-institutes/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine<ref name="McAteer">{{cite news |last1=McAteer |first1=MJ |title=GMU research addresses world issues |url=http://www.virginiabusiness.com/news/article/gmu-research-addresses-world-issues |access-date=January 20, 2017 |publisher=Virginia Business |date=August 30, 2016}}</ref>
* Center for Clean Water and Sustainable Technologies (CCWST)<ref name="McAteer" />
* Center for Climate Change Communication (4C)<ref name=GMU_ClimateChangeComm>{{cite web |title=Center for Climate Change Communication |url=https://www2.gmu.edu/research/directory-centers-and-institutes |website=climatechangecommunication.org |publisher=George Mason University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507151333/https://www2.gmu.edu/research/directory-centers-and-institutes |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 7, 2019}}</ref>
* Center for Collision Safety and Analysis<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kirkley |first1=John |title=A New Dawn: Bringing HPC to Smaller Manufacturers |url=http://www.scientificcomputing.com/article/2014/11/new-dawn-bringing-hpc-smaller-manufacturers |access-date=January 20, 2017 |work=Scientific Computing |publisher=Advantage Business Media |date=November 13, 2014}}</ref>
* Center for Excellence in Command, Control, Communications, Computing and Intelligence (C4I)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kott |first1=Alexander |title=Battle of Cognition |date=2008 |publisher=Greenwood |isbn=978-0313349959 |page=257 |ref=Kott}}</ref>
* Center for Humanities Research
* Center for Location Science<ref>{{cite web |url=http://locationscience.gmu.edu/ |title=Center for Location Science |work=gmu.edu |access-date=January 19, 2017}}</ref>
* Center for Neural Informatics<ref name="Leergaard" />
* Center for Peacemaking Practice<ref>{{cite web |url=https://scar.gmu.edu/center-peacemaking-practice |title=Center for Peacemaking Practice |work=gmu.edu |access-date=July 22, 2020}}</ref>
* Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship<ref name="gmu-centers-institutes" />
* Center for Regional Analysis<ref name="gmu-centers-institutes" />
* Center for Social Complexity<ref>{{cite web |url=http://socialcomplexity.gmu.edu/ |title=Center for Social Complexity |author=Office of the Provost |work=gmu.edu |access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref>
* Center for Study of Public Choice<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wescott |first1=David |title=Is This Economist Too Far Ahead of His Time? |url=http://www.chronicle.com/article/Is-This-Economist-Too-Far/238050 |access-date=January 20, 2017 |work=Chronicle Review |publisher=Chronicle of Higher Education |date=October 16, 2016}}</ref>
* Center for Neural Informatics, Structures, and Plasticity (CN3)<ref name="Leergaard">{{cite book |last1=Leergaard |first1=Trygve |title=Mapping the Connectome |date=2011 |publisher=Frontiers |isbn=978-2889191079 |page=135}}</ref>
* Center for Well-Being<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wellbeing.gmu.edu/ |title=Center for the Advancement of Well-Being |work=gmu.edu |access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref>
* Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research<ref name="McAteer2">{{cite news |last1=McAteer |first1=MJ |title=An 'extroverted campus' |url=http://www.virginiabusiness.com/news/article/an-extroverted-campus |access-date=January 21, 2017 |publisher=Virginia Business |date=August 28, 2015}}</ref>
* Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zimmermann |first1=Christian |title=Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World |url=https://edirc.repec.org/data/icgmuus.html |website=EDIRC |publisher=Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |access-date=March 30, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Organization:Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study|Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study]]<ref name="McAteer" />
* Mercatus Center<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dillow |first1=Clay |title=The FAA is Way Overstating the Risk Drones Pose to Airliners |url=http://fortune.com/2016/03/16/faa-overstating-risk-drones-pose-to-airliners/ |access-date=March 30, 2016 |work=Fortune |publisher=Time, Inc. |date=March 16, 2016}}</ref>
* National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases<ref name="McAteer" />
* Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rogers |first1=Alexa |title=New GMU course combines history of Appalachian Trail with digital media |url=http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/fairfax_county/new-gmu-course-combines-history-of-appalachian-trail-with-digital/article_7d017b08-c6f9-11e6-8c3d-2b4267ccf1e0.html |access-date=January 20, 2017 |publisher=Fairfax Times |date=December 20, 2016}}</ref>
* SMART Lab (Sports Medicine Assessment, Research & Testing)<ref>{{cite news |last1=London |first1=Susan |title=States' Preparticipation Physical Evaluations Vary Widely |url=http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/837010 |access-date=January 20, 2017 |publisher=Medscape Medical News |date=December 22, 2014}}</ref>
* Stephen S. Fuller Institute <ref>[Stephen S. Fuller Institute] [http://sfullerinstitute.gmu.edu/]</ref>
* Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security
* Center for Security Policy Studies
* Center for Transportation Public-Private Partnership Policy
* Center on Nonprofits, Philanthropy, and Social Enterprise
* Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC)
* Center for Energy Science and Policy
* National Security Institute
* Center for Government Contracting
* Global Antitrust Institute
* Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution
* Center for the Study of Gender and Conflict Resolution
* Peace and Conflict Studies Center Asia (PACSC Asia)
* Center for the Study of Narrative and Conflict Resolution
* Mary Hoch Center for Reconciliation{{div col end}}

== Student life and community relations ==

===Traditions===
[[File:Bench painting.jpg|thumb|Benches painted by students outside the Fenwick Library]]
Students have often decorated the George Mason statue on the Fairfax campus for events. Some have rubbed the statue toe to bring good luck. Many pose with the statue for graduation photographs.<ref>Decorate: {{Hanging indent | {{cite book |last1=Sharrer |first1=Emily |title=George Mason University 2012 |date=March 15, 2011 |publisher=College Prowler}}}} {{Hanging indent | {{cite news |last1=Brand |first1=Madeleine |title=Who Was This Guy George Mason? |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5315321 |access-date=March 18, 2017 |work=Day to Day |publisher=National Public Radio |date=March 31, 2006}}}} Luck: {{Hanging indent | {{cite book |last1=Sharrer |first1=Emily |title=George Mason University 2012 |date=March 15, 2011 |publisher=College Prowler}}}} {{Hanging indent | {{cite news |last1=Ackman |first1=Asher |title=Mason: the Myth, the Legend |url=http://gmufourthestate.com/2015/04/07/mason-the-myth-the-legend/ |access-date=March 18, 2017 |publisher=Fourth Estate |date=April 7, 2015}}}}Graduation: {{Hanging indent | {{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=David |title=Dual GMU Graduation for F.C. Mom & Daughter |url=https://fcnp.com/2014/06/18/dual-gmu-graduation-for-f-c-mom-daughter/ |access-date=March 18, 2017 |publisher=Falls Church News-Press |date=June 18, 2014}}}}</ref> Between 1988 and 1990 Anthony Maiello wrote the original ''George Mason Fight Song'', which was edited by Michael Nickens in 2009.<ref>Original: {{Hanging indent |{{cite web |url=http://www.music.gmu.edu/node/153 |title=Prof. Anthony Maiello |work=gmu.edu |quote="Hail to George Mason! Don your green and gold! We're going to sing for George Mason, Patriots brave and bold! We're going to cheer for George Mason, Proud for the world to see! We'll prove our honor and might, And we'll FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! As we march onward to victory!"|access-date=April 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426130730/http://music.gmu.edu/node/153|archive-date=April 26, 2015|url-status=dead}}}}Edit: {{Hanging indent |{{cite web |url=http://music.gmu.edu/node/152 |title=Dr. Michael Nickens |work=gmu.edu|access-date=April 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308142839/http://music.gmu.edu/node/152|archive-date=March 8, 2015|url-status=dead}}}}</ref>

Each spring, student organizations at Mason compete to paint one of the 38 benches located on the Quad in front of Fenwick Library. For years, student organizations have painted those benches that line the walkway to gain recognition for their group. With more than 300 student organizations, there is much competition to paint one of the benches. Painting takes place in the spring.<ref>Bench painting: {{Hanging indent | {{cite book |last1=Sharrer |first1=Emily |title=George Mason University 2012 |date=March 15, 2011 |publisher=College Prowler}}}} {{Hanging indent | {{cite web |title=Bench Painting – Student Involvement – George Mason University |url=https://si.gmu.edu/registered-student-organizations/bench-painting/ |website=si.gmu.edu |access-date=April 22, 2015}}}}</ref>

===Housing===
On the Fairfax campus, the northernmost housing is technically on campus, but about a mile (1600 m) from the center of campus, about a half mile (800 m) from the edge of the majority of the Fairfax campus in the housing area known as the Townhouses.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://housing.gmu.edu/residence-halls/upper-class-students/townhouses |title=Townhouses {{!}} Housing|website=housing.gmu.edu|language=en|access-date=September 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921001620/https://housing.gmu.edu/residence-halls/upper-class-students/townhouses|archive-date=September 21, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> On the eastern edge of the Fairfax campus lies Masonvale, houses intended for graduate students and visiting faculty.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Byrne |first1=Tim |title=Apartments in Fairfax, VA |url=http://www.masonvale.com/fairfax-va-apartments.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729203410/http://www.masonvale.com/fairfax-va-apartments.asp|archive-date=July 29, 2016 |publisher=Lincoln Property Company |access-date=January 23, 2017 |ref=masonvale}}</ref> On the southern edge of the Fairfax campus are President's Park, Liberty Square, and Potomac Heights. On the western side of the Fairfax campus, near Ox Road/Rt 123, are the Mason Global Center{{refn|formerly the Mason Inn Conference Center & Hotel}}, Whitetop, and Rogers.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Todd |title=Setting the standard |url=https://intoglobal.com/partnerships/united-states/george-mason-university.aspx |website=INTO |publisher=INTO University Partnerships |access-date=January 23, 2017 |ref=globalcenter}}</ref> The Student Apartments off Aquia Creek Lane were torn down in 2019. Closer to the center of the Fairfax campus are the residence halls along Chesapeake Lane, named: Northern Neck, Commonwealth, Blue Ridge, Sandbridge, Piedmont, and Tidewater, as well as Hampton Roads, Dominion, Eastern Shore, and the Commons. At the Science and Technology (SciTech) campus near Manassas, Virginia, {{convert|21|mi|km}} west of Fairfax, Beacon Hall was designed for graduate student housing. {{convert|54|mi|km}} west of Fairfax, the G.T. Halpin Family Living & Learning Community is on the Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation campus. {{convert|6961|mi|km}} west of Fairfax, Student's Hall and Guest House are on the Songdo campus.<ref name="Petersen2010" /><ref name="Songdo">{{cite web |last1=Redden |first1=Elizabeth |title=Try, Try Again |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/11/06/george-mason-moves-ahead-south-korea-campus |access-date=January 25, 2017 |website=Inside Higher Ed |date=November 6, 2012}}</ref>

====On-campus robot food delivery====
George Mason University's Fairfax Campus is the first U.S. campus to include robot food delivery in its meal plans.<ref name="robots">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/01/22/george-mason-students-have-new-dining-option-food-delivered-by-robots/ |title=George Mason students have a new dining option: Food delivered by robots |last1=Holley |first1=Peter |date=January 22, 2019 |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=January 27, 2019}}</ref> 25 autonomous robots were provided by the Estonian robotics company [[Company:Starship Technologies|Starship Technologies]] to carry out meal deliveries.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www2.gmu.edu/news/574036 |title=There are robots on campus—here's what you need to know |publisher=George Mason University}}</ref>

===Student organizations===
Student organizations can have an academic, social, athletic, religious/irreligious, career, or just about any other focus. The university recognizes 500 such groups.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Long |first1=Lauren |title=Organizations Directory |url=https://getconnected.gmu.edu/organizations |website=Get Connected |publisher=Student Involvement |access-date=February 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202015734/https://getconnected.gmu.edu/organizations|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> One notable example is the nationally-ranked GMU debate team led by Dr. Jacquelyn Poapst.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Communication {{!}} Faculty and Staff: Jackie Poapst |url=https://communication.gmu.edu/people/jpoapst |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=Communication |language=en}}</ref>

===Student media===
Mason sponsors several student-run media outlets through the Office of Student Media.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://studentmedia.gmu.edu/index.html |title=Student Media – An office of University Life |work=gmu.edu|access-date=April 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503135754/http://studentmedia.gmu.edu/index.html|archive-date=May 3, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''Fourth Estate'': Website and weekly student newspaper, available on Mondays<ref name="Home - Fourth Estate">{{cite web |url=http://gmufourthestate.com/ |title=Fourth Estate |work=gmufourthestate.com |access-date=August 5, 2015 |date=March 8, 2014}}</ref>
* ''The George Mason Review'':A cross-disciplinary, undergraduate journal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gmreview.gmu.edu/ |title=The George Mason Review |work=gmu.edu |access-date=August 5, 2015 |date=May 25, 2011}}</ref>
* ''Hispanic Culture Review'': Publishes creative writing, book reviews, narratives, and essays in both Spanish and English. Published annually.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hispanicculturereview.onmason.com/ |title=Hispanic Culture Review |work=onmason.com |access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref>
* Mason Cable Network: A television outlet run by the students, for the students, that provides analytical, and entertaining programming.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://masoncablenetwork.com/ |title=Mason Cable Network |work=masoncablenetwork.com |access-date=August 5, 2015 |date=December 23, 2014}}</ref>
* ''Phoebe'': A journal that annually publishes original works of literature and art.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phoebejournal.com/ |title=Phoebe |work=phoebejournal.com |access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref>
* ''So to Speak: ''A feminist journal that publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art each semester.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sotospeakjournal.org/ |title=So to Speak / feminism + language + art |work=So to Speak |access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref>
* ''Volition'': Formerly known as ''Apathy'', is George Mason University's undergraduate creative literature and art magazine.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://volition.gmu.edu/ |title=About Us - Volition |date=November 2, 2011 |website=volition.gmu.edu}}</ref>
* WGMU Radio: Broadcasts a wide array of music, talk, sports, and news programming. WGMU is also the flagship station for George Mason's Men's and Women's Basketball team, part of the Go Mason Digital Network.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Waits |first1=Jennifer |title=Visiting WGMU Radio at George Mason University |url=http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2015/08/03/visiting-wgmu-radio-at-george-mason-university/ |access-date=April 16, 2017 |publisher=Radio Survivor |date=August 3, 2015}}</ref>

=== Greek life ===
Mason has 42 fraternities and sororities recognized by the university,<ref name=":3">{{cite web |title=Councils and Chapters – Student Involvement – George Mason University |url=https://si.gmu.edu/greek-life/councils-and-chapters/ |website=si.gmu.edu |access-date=April 22, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150423065139/http://si.gmu.edu/greek-life/councils-and-chapters/|archive-date = April 23, 2015|url-status = dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> with a total Greek population of about 1,800. Mason does not have a traditional "Greek Row" of housing specifically for fraternities, although recruitment, charitable events—including a spring Greek Week—and other chapter activities take place on the Fairfax Campus.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fraternity & Sorority Life – Student Involvement – George Mason University |url=http://si.gmu.edu/greek-life/ |website=si.gmu.edu |access-date=April 22, 2015 |archive-date=April 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419140740/http://si.gmu.edu/greek-life/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Athletics ===

====Division I teams====
[[File:GMU-BBallGame-Spring05.jpg|thumb|Hofstra visits the Patriot Center, now known as EagleBank Arena, in January 2005]]
The George Mason Patriots are the athletic teams of George Mason University located in Fairfax, Virginia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://about.gmu.edu/campuses/ |title=Campuses |work=About Mason|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401222448/http://about.gmu.edu/campuses/|archive-date=April 1, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=March 16, 2015}}</ref> The Patriots compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference for most sports. About 485 student-athletes compete in 22 men's and women's Division I sports – baseball, basketball, cross-country, golf, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, volleyball, and wrestling. Intercollegiate men's and women's teams are members of the National Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, the Atlantic 10, the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA), the Eastern Wrestling League (EWL), and the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America (IC4A).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://irr.gmu.edu/FastFacts/ |title=Mason Visitors Center – Mason Facts and Figures |work=gmu.edu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160211191347/http://irr.gmu.edu/FastFacts/ |archive-date=February 11, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Intramural club sports====
In addition to its NCAA Division I teams, George Mason University has several club sports.<ref name="George Mason Club Sports">{{cite web |url=https://recreation.gmu.edu/club-sports/ |title=Club Sports – Recreation – George Mason University |work=gmu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mason360.gmu.edu/club_signup?group_type=14121 |title=Listing of Groups and Organizations {{!}} Mason360|website=mason360.gmu.edu|access-date=August 16, 2019}}</ref>

====Performing arts====
The Mason Players is a faculty lead student organization that produces six productions. This season includes two "Main Stage" productions, which are directed by faculty members or guest artists. As well as "Studio" productions, which are directed by students through an application process within Mason Players. There is also an annual production of "Originals", which consists of 10 minute original plays written by students. Full time students of George Mason University, both outside and a part of the School of Theater are allowed to audition for these productions.
<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sharp |first1=Rachel |url=https://theater.gmu.edu/student-opportunities/mason-players |title=Mason Players |website=Theater at GMU}}</ref>

=== Cultural capital, political influence, and controversy ===
According to U.S. News and World Report University Rankings, George Mason University is ranked #1 in [[Social:Social mobility|Social Mobility]] among universities in the Commonwealth of Virginia and nationally ranked #72 in Top Performers on Social Mobility. The New York Times Top U.S. Colleges with the Greatest Economic Diversity ranking ranks the university at #19 for advancing social mobility for its students and alumni and having [[Social:Socioeconomic status|socioeconomic status]] diversity through [[Social:Cultural capital|cultural capital]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Leonhardt |first1=David |last2=Wu |first2=Ashley |date=2023-09-07 |title=The Top U.S. Colleges With the Greatest Economic Diversity |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/09/07/magazine/college-access-index.html |access-date=2024-01-14 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The university is also ranked No. 8 in the nation for [[Philosophy:Freedom of speech|Freedom of Speech]] and protecting rights enshrined in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution according to the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), FIRE also posits that the majority viewpoint of the student body leans politically liberal in the sense of modern liberalism in the United States,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Free Speech Rankings |url=https://rankings.thefire.org/rank/school/george-mason-university |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=rankings.thefire.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mason soars in national rankings |url=https://publichealth.gmu.edu/news/2023-09/mason-soars-national-rankings |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=College of Public Health |language=en}}</ref> although the political ideologies of libertarianism in the United States<ref name=":1" /><ref name="elg" /><ref name=":2" /> and conservatism in the United States<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Getahun |first=Hannah |date=April 30, 2023 |title=Scalia Law is a haven for conservative SCOTUS justices: NYT |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/scalia-law-is-a-haven-for-conservative-scotus-justices-nyt-2023-4 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> are also visible on campus with the university stating that it strives for "comprehensive ideological balance," evidence including but not limited to the university being "home to both the Antonin Scalia Law School and the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution," named after a conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice (Antonin Scalia) politically appointed by Republican Party U.S. President and a liberal U.S. President ([[Biography:Jimmy Carter|Jimmy Carter]]) and First Lady (Rosalynn Carter) who are members of the Democratic Party, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Examiner |first=Washington |date=2023-09-22 |title=George Mason University blasts Heritage Foundation DEI report: 'Wholly fictitious' |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2453425/george-mason-university-blasts-heritage-foundation-dei-report-wholly-fictitious/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=Washington Examiner |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Demographics ====
According to the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, 44% of students have taken on Federal Student Loans, and in terms of socioeconomic diversity, 28% of students have received Pell grants reserved for low-income students. Among undergraduate students, 80% of students are enrolled full-time while 20% are enrolled part-time<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=College Scorecard |url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?232186-George-Mason-University |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=collegescorecard.ed.gov |language=en}}</ref>

In terms of ethnic and racial demographics: American Indian/Alaska Native people make up 0% of the student body and 0% of the full-time staff; Asian people make up 22% of the student body and 14% of the full-time staff; Black people make up 11% of the student body and 5% of the full-time staff; Hispanic and Latino people make up 17% of the student population and 3% of the full-time staff; Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander people make up 0% of the student body and 0% of the full-time staff; Non-resident alien people make up 5% of the student body and 8% of the full-time staff; people of Two or more races/multiracial people make up 5% of the student body and 2% of the full-time staff; people of an Unknown ethno-racial demographic make up 3% of the student body and 3% of the full-time staff; and White people make up 36% of the student body and 65% of the full-time staff.<ref name=":5" /> 

==== Koch Foundation funding and Economics department ====
George Mason University has been subject to controversy surrounding donations from the Charles Koch Foundation, in particular to the College of Humanities and Social Sciences' Department of [[Finance:Economics|Economics]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Koch and George Mason University |url=https://www.desmog.com/koch-and-george-mason-university/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=DeSmog |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="elg">{{Cite news |last1=Green |first1=Erica L. |last2=Saul |first2=Stephanie |date=2018-05-05 |title=What Charles Koch and Other Donors to George Mason University Got for Their Money |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/us/koch-donors-george-mason.html |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=George Mason University becomes a favorite of Charles Koch |url=https://apnews.com/article/-----613470e79eb64a5f9a4880996e0fd7c5 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Associated Press |date=April 2016 |language=en}}</ref> which was seen as being allegedly influenced by [[Philosophy:Libertarianism|libertarian]] political thought, evidenced by the political activities of the Koch brothers. University documents revealed that the Koch brothers were given the ability to pick candidates as a condition of monetary donations.<ref name="elg" /> George Mason University altered its donor rules following the controversy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=George Mason tightens donor rules after uproar over Koch|url=https://apnews.com/807149f5a8044bf49e24deadffac72fd|date=2019-04-26|website=AP NEWS|access-date=2020-05-18}}</ref> 

==== Law school ====
[[File:George Mason University, Hazel Hall.jpg|thumb|Antonin Scalia Law School]]
The naming of the Antonin Scalia Law School after the late conservative United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the hiring of conservative United States Supreme Court Justices Bret Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, and Clarence Thomas as professors, the allegedly “lavish treatments,” speaking gigs, and "all-experiences-paid" travel arrangements they received, its close ties with the  Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, and the extensive provision of professional development and [[Social:Continuing education|continuing education]] programs, as well as speaking engagements for sitting [[Social:Judge|judges]] of lower and appellate divisions - in particular dealing with the topic of [[Philosophy:Law and economics|law and economics]] - has brought on controversy on the university itself, the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Federal Judiciary of the United States as a whole over the overt conservative political influence taking place at the law school and the university’s growing influence over the U.S. judicial system. The law school had also received some controversy due to its relationship with the overtly libertarian university-affiliated Mercatus Center<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dayen |first=David |date=2018-09-19 |title=Koch-Funded Think Tank Linked to George Mason University Is Now Pretending It's Not Part of George Mason University |url=https://theintercept.com/2018/09/19/the-mercatus-center-is-a-part-of-george-mason-university-until-its-not/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=The Intercept |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Brian |date=2021-11-18 |title=Trump ally's fund received over $20 million last year, then funneled cash to other right-leaning groups |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/18/trump-ally-leonard-leo-85-fund-received-20-million-in-2020.html |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> think tank which is known to have received donations from a conservative political donor group known as The 85 Fund-Judicial Education Project headed by conservative legal activist Leonard Leo.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Brian |date=2021-11-18 |title=Trump ally's fund received over $20 million last year, then funneled cash to other right-leaning groups |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/18/trump-ally-leonard-leo-85-fund-received-20-million-in-2020.html |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> 

==== Public policy school ====
[[File:George_Mason_University_-_Arlington,_Virginia_(14306711841).jpg|left|thumb|Headquarters of the Schar School of Policy and Government and the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security]]
George Mason University's [[Social:Public policy school|public policy school]] and political science department, the Schar School of Policy and Government, was the subject of some controversy over its relationship with former intelligence agency personnel of the United States Intelligence Community. In particular, the 2009 hiring of General Michael Hayden, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), [[Organization:National Security Agency|National Security Agency]] (NSA), and principal deputy director of national intelligence—Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the hiring of Robert Deitz, former [[Social:General counsel|general counsel]] of the NSA, the [[Organization:National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency|National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]] (NGA), senior counsel to the director of the CIA, and the deputy general counsel for intelligence at the U.S. Department of Defense were controversial due to Hayden's and Deitz's alleged roles in mass surveillance including the NSA warrantless surveillance programs of 2001–2007 and other similar ethical criticisms.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Silverstein |first=Ken |date=December 12, 2014 |title=Irony 101: Study Ethics with Legal Ace Who Sanctioned NSA Wiretapping, CIA Torture |url=https://theintercept.com/2014/12/22/irony-101-study-ethics-robert-deitz-legal-ace-sanctioned-nsa-wiretapping-cia-torture/ |access-date=2020-09-06 |website=The Intercept |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":32">{{Cite web |title=Faculty Advisory Committee |url=https://haydencenter.gmu.edu/faculty-advisory-committee |access-date=2020-09-06 |publisher=Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security}}</ref>

Former intelligence officers Michael Haden, Robert Deitz, and Larry Pfeiffer (who was chief of staff of the CIA), founded the university-affiliated Michael V. Hayden Center while working at George Mason University's Schar School of Policy and Government. The center has a secretive, undisclosed board of advisors composed of non-academic "intelligence, national security, legal, corporate, and international security" communities who guide strategy.<ref name=":03">{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://haydencenter.gmu.edu/about |access-date=2020-09-05 |publisher=Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security}}</ref>

==== Historical hoaxes ====
The George Mason University's historical hoaxes were a group of internet hoaxes and a [[Social:Disinformation|disinformation campaigns]] created by students as part of a class project for a course on "Lying about the Past" taught by [[History:History|history]] professor T. Mills Kelly, with the goal of creating an Internet deception that affected news media platforms.<ref name="Atlantic2">{{cite news |author=Yoni Appelbaum |date=May 15, 2012 |title=How the Professor Who Fooled Wikipedia Got Caught by Reddit |newspaper=The Atlantic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/05/how-the-professor-who-fooled-wikipedia-got-caught-by-reddit/257134/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518070328/http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/05/how-the-professor-who-fooled-wikipedia-got-caught-by-reddit/257134/ |archive-date=May 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>Matheson, Whitney. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081205232921/http://blogs.usatoday.com/popcandy/2008/12/ahoy-delve-into.html Pop Candy blog], USAToday.com, December 4, 2008</ref><ref>[http://bavatuesdays.com/the-last-american-pirate/ "The Last American Pirate"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213051110/http://bavatuesdays.com/the-last-american-pirate/|date=2010-12-13}}, December 4, 2008</ref><ref name="The evening world">{{cite news |date=April 22, 1895 |title=Who Killed Alice Walsh? |newspaper=The Evening World |url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1895-04-22/ed-1/seq-1/ |url-status=live |access-date=2014-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103114141/http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1895-04-22/ed-1/seq-1/ |archive-date=2013-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2012-05-14 |title=Serial Killers, Beer, and Lies About the Past |url=http://edwired.org/2012/05/14/serial-killers-beer-and-lies-about-the-past/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721004013/http://edwired.org/2012/05/14/serial-killers-beer-and-lies-about-the-past/ |archive-date=2012-07-21 |access-date=2012-07-20 |publisher=edwired}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2012-06-01 |title=Wikipedia and Me |url=http://edwired.org/2012/06/01/wikipedia-and-me/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716005018/http://edwired.org/2012/06/01/wikipedia-and-me/ |archive-date=2012-07-16 |access-date=2012-07-20 |publisher=edwired}}</ref><ref name="Mills Kelly">{{citation |author=Mills Kelly |title=No More Lying About the Past |date=March 31, 2013 |url=http://edwired.org/2013/03/31/no-more-lying-about-the-past/ |access-date=February 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221144912/http://edwired.org/2013/03/31/no-more-lying-about-the-past/ |url-status=live |publisher=Center for History and New Media, George Mason University |archive-date=February 21, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Digital Past 2015 |url=http://edwired.org/courses/h390sp15/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219165811/http://edwired.org/courses/h390sp15/ |archive-date=2015-02-19 |access-date=2015-02-19}}</ref>

=== Sexual misconduct ===
In 2016 a male student won an appeal overturning his suspension for sexual assault.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kingkade |first=Tyler |date=2016-03-29 |title=Student Accused In BDSM Sexual Assault Case Wins Rare Legal Victory |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/george-mason-sexual-assault-due-process_n_56f9988de4b014d3fe23d789 |access-date=2020-05-18 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}</ref>

The Title IX process (which investigates sex discrimination) at George Mason University has continued to be subject to controversy. Following the hiring of Brett Kavanaugh as a visiting professor in the law school in 2019, students circulated a petition demanding not only the removal of Kavanaugh, but to increase the number of Title IX Coordinators on campus. The petition received 10,000 signatures and resulted in approval for funding for two more Title IX Coordinator positions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Woolsey |first=Angela |date=April 19, 2019 |title=GMU approves funding for two added Title IX coordinators |url=http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/gmu-approves-funding-for-two-added-title-ix-coordinators/article_dbc3a0be-62db-11e9-a5a5-172f8820e14f.html |access-date=2020-05-18 |website=Fairfax County Times |language=en}}</ref>

In 2018, Peter Pober was alleged to have committed sexual misconduct during his tenure as a Competitive Speech Coach.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kitchener |first=Caroline |title=A #MeToo Nightmare in the World of Competitive College Speech |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/03/students-accuse-gmu-forensics-coach-sexual-harassment/585211/ |access-date=2020-05-18 |work=The Atlantic |issn=1072-7825}}</ref> He retired while being investigated for misconduct.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Larimer |first=Sarah |title=George Mason professor retires amid sexual harassment allegations |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/george-mason-professor-retires-amid-sexual-harassment-allegations/2018/08/18/683e60d8-9055-11e8-bcd5-9d911c784c38_story.html |access-date=2020-05-18 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en}}</ref>
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== Notable faculty and alumni==

=== Faculty ===
{{Missing information | section| the positions occupied and dates taught at George Mason usually supplied for faculty |date=November  2023}}

* Vasily Aksyonov, Russian novelist, poet, and anti-totalitarian dissident, author of ''Generations of Winter'', taught Russian literature at GMU during a period of exile in the 1980s–90s
*Donald J. Boudreaux, economist, contributor of the ''Pittsburgh Tribune-Review'' and the ''Cafe Hayek'' blog, and author of the books ''Globalization'' and ''Hypocrites and Half-Wits''
* [[Biography:James M. Buchanan|James M. Buchanan]], 1986 Nobel Memorial Prize winner for Economics<ref>{{cite news |last = Schudel |first = Matt |title = James Buchanan, GMU economist who won Nobel |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/james-buchanan-gmu-economist-who-won-nobel/2013/01/09/4557617e-5a86-11e2-beee-6e38f5215402_story.html |access-date=April 16, 2017 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=January 9, 2013 }}</ref>
* Bryan Caplan, economist, blogger at EconTalk, author of ''[[Finance:The Myth of the Rational Voter|The Myth of the Rational Voter]]'' and ''[[Finance:The Case Against Education|The Case Against Education]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.vox.com/conversations/2018/2/16/16870408/public-education-libertarianism-democracy-bryan-caplan |title = Why this economist thinks public education is mostly pointless |publisher=Vox |date=September 20, 2018 }}</ref>
* Tyler Cowen, economist, director of the Mercatus Center at Mason and founder of the blog Marginal Revolution<ref>Cowen: {{Hanging indent | {{cite news |url = https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/27/tyler-cowen-pepper-sprayed_n_5042358.html |title = Tyler Cowen Pepper Sprayed While Teaching Law School Class On Vigilantism |newspaper = Huffington Post |date=March 27, 2014 |first=Arin |last=Greenwood }}}} {{Hanging indent | {{cite magazine |url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/gregorymcneal/2014/03/27/law-professor-pepper-sprayed-during-class-by-man-demanding-a-citizens-arrest/ |title = Law Professor Pepper Sprayed During Class By Man Demanding A 'Citizen's Arrest' |magazine=Forbes |date=March 27, 2014 |first=Greg |last=McNeal }}}} {{Hanging indent | {{cite news |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/tyler-cowens-attacker-thought-the-professor-was-controlling-his-mind-cowen-testifies/2014/04/29/a4c5b9f4-cfb9-11e3-b812-0c92213941f4_story.html |first=Rachel |last=Weiner |title = Tyler Cowen's attacker thought the professor was controlling his mind, Cowen testifies |newspaper ={{wipe|The Washington Post}} |date=April 29, 2014 |access-date=April 29, 2014 }}}}</ref>
* Christopher d'Amboise, danseur, choreographer, Tony Award nominee.<ref>{{cite magazine |url = http://www.playbill.com/article/song-and-dance-stars-new-work-the-studio-gets-nyc-workshop-com-121632 |title = Song and Dance Star's New Work The Studio Gets NYC Workshop |magazine=Playbill |date=August 30, 2004}}</ref>
* Helen C. Frederick, artist and printmaker
* Jack Goldstone, sociologist and political scientist specializing in revolutions; nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution; 2014&nbsp;winner&nbsp;of Guggenheim Award<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/jack-goldstone/ |title = John Simon Guggenheim Foundation {{!}} Jack Goldstone |website=www.gf.org |language=en-US |access-date=August 23, 2017 }}</ref>
* Hugh Heclo, political scientist, Guggenheim Fellow, and Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Public Affairs
* [[Biography:Jonathan Katz (computer scientist)|Jonathan Katz]], cryptographer and co-author of Introduction to Modern Cryptography
* Brett Kavanaugh, Supreme Court Justice<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/23/politics/brett-kavanaugh-george-mason-professor-summer-class/index.html |title = Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to teach summer class in England for George Mason law |first=Veronica |last=Stracqualursi |website=CNN |date = March 23, 2019 |access-date=March 25, 2019 }}</ref>
* Steven Pearlstein, Pulitzer Prize winner for economics in ''{{wipe|The Washington Post}}''<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/business/media/08pulitzers.html |newspaper = The New York Times |title=Washington Post Wins Six Pulitzers |first=Richard |last=Pérez-Peña |date=April 8, 2008 |access-date=May 24, 2010 }}</ref>
* Russ Roberts, economist and host of EconTalk<ref>{{cite news |last = Jackman |first = Tom |title = GMU professor helps create viral rap videos — about economics |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-state-of-nova/post/gmu-prof-helps-create-viral-rap-videos--about-economics/2011/05/11/AFruUquG_blog.html |access-date=April 16, 2017 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=May 12, 2011 }}</ref>
* Roy Rosenzweig, Fulbright scholar,&nbsp;historian,&nbsp;founded Center for History and New Media<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/12/AR2007101202489.html |title=Digital Historian Roy A. Rosenzweig |newspaper={{wipe|The Washington Post}} |date=October 13, 2007 |access-date=October 8, 2014 |author=Bernstein, Adam }}</ref>
* Louise Shelley, 2015 Andrew Carnegie Fellow from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.<ref>{{cite news |last = Larkworthy |first = Tyler |title = These are the Penn students fighting human trafficking |url = http://www.thedp.com/article/2017/03/students-against-human-trafficking-penn |access-date=April 16, 2017 |newspaper=Daily Pennsylvanian |date=March 19, 2017}}</ref>
* Martin Sherwin, Pulitzer Prize&nbsp;winner for his biography of Robert Oppenheimer<ref>{{cite news |last=Olson |first=Wyatt |title = A-bomb Ended World War Ii, but Set Stage for the Cold War |url = https://www.stripes.com/news/a-bomb-ended-world-war-ii-but-set-stage-for-the-cold-war-1.365555 |access-date=April 16, 2017 |newspaper=Stars and Stripes |date=August 31, 2015 }}</ref>
* [[Biography:Vernon L. Smith|Vernon L. Smith]], 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize-winning economist.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gillespie |first1=Nick |last2=Lynch |first2=Michael W. |title=The Experimental Economist |issue=October |publisher=Reason |date=2002}}</ref>
* Gordon Tullock, co-founder of public choice economics.<ref>{{cite news |last=Somin |first=Ilya |title = Gordon Tullock, RIP |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/11/05/gordon-tullock-rip/ |access-date=April 16, 2017 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=November 5, 2014 }}</ref>
* Roger Wilkins, Clarence J. Robinson Professor of History and American Culture, Pulitzer Prize winner, journalist, civil rights leader and former Assistant Attorney General of the United States
* Walter E. Williams, John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics<ref>{{cite news |last1=Irvine |first1=Spencer |title=Walter E. Williams Wins Bradley Prize for Work on Free Markets |url=https://www.academia.org/walter-e-williams-wins-bradley-prize-for-work-on-free-markets/ |access-date=April 16, 2017 |publisher=Accuracy In Academia |date=March 7, 2017}}</ref>
* Joshua D. Wright, University Professor of Law, former Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joshua D Wright |url=https://www.law.gmu.edu/faculty/directory/fulltime/wright_joshua}}</ref>

=== Alumni ===
* Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, President of Puntland and Prime Minister of Somalia<ref>{{cite news |last=Gettleman |first=Jeffrey |title = Somalia Names New Prime Minister |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/world/africa/24somalia.html |access-date=June 23, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 23, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110626195247/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/world/africa/24somalia.html |archive-date=June 26, 2011 |url-status= live }}</ref>
*Bryon Allen (born 1992), basketball player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* [[Biography:Anousheh Ansari|Anousheh Ansari]], Iranian-American engineer, co-founder of Prodea Systems and the first Muslim woman in space<ref>{{cite magazine |last = Freed |first = Benjamin |title = DC-Area Universities Warn Some Staff and Students Against Travel Outside US |url = https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/01/29/gwu-uva-umd-trump-travel-ban/ |access-date=April 16, 2017 |magazine=Washingtonian |date=January 29, 2017 }}</ref>
* Justin Bour, former Major League Baseball player<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/nationals-journal/wp/2015/05/05/former-all-met-and-george-mason-patriot-justin-bour-homers-against-hometown-team/ |title = Former All-Met and George Mason Patriot Justin Bour homers against hometown team |last=Janes |first=Chelsea |date=May 5, 2015 |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286 |access-date=March 6, 2016 }}</ref>
* Callie Brownson, American football coach<ref>{{cite news |last = Gribble |first = Andrew |title = Callie Brownson named Chief of Staff for Browns Head Coach Kevin Stefanski |url = https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/callie-brownson-named-chief-of-staff-for-browns-head-coach-kevin-stefanski?campaign=sf:fanshare:facebook |access-date=10 June 2021 |website = www.clevelandbrowns.com |date=31 January 2020 |language=en }}</ref>
* Anna E. Cabral, Treasurer of the United States under President George W. Bush<ref>{{cite web |last1=Patterson |first1 = R. B. |last2=Zhang |first2 = H. Y. |title = Right on the Money: A U.S. Treasurer and Public Servant |website = Harvard Crimson |url = http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/5/27/anna-cabral-1990-profile/ }}</ref>
* Shawn Camp, former Major League Baseball player, current GMU interim baseball coach Toronto Blue Jays<ref>{{cite web |last=Fawcett |first=D. |date=19 March 2019 |title = Battlefield's talented trio assume new roles |url = http://www.insidenova.com/sports/battlefield-s-talented-trio-assume-new-roles/article_8cdd7998-cd9d-11e4-aa61-a7a153ae66a4.html |website=Inside Nova }}</ref>
* Kathleen L. Casey, Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission<ref>{{cite web |website = U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |title = Commissioner Kathleen L. Casey (Biography) |url= https://www.sec.gov/about/commissioner/casey.htm }}</ref>
* Rabia Chaudry, Pakistani-American attorney, author of ''New York Times'' best-seller ''Adnan's Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial'' and podcast host
* Mike Colangelo, former Major League Baseball player
* [[Biography:Ken Cuccinelli|Ken Cuccinelli]], Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security under President Donald Trump, former Attorney General of Virginia and 2013 Republican nominee for Governor
* Carla Dove, ornithologist and leading expert of bird-aircraft strikes<ref>{{cite web |title = Dove, Carla J. (Active) |url = https://wbfc.science/single/?smid=403 |website=Washington Biologists' Field Club |access-date=30 March 2021 |date=1 October 2019 }}</ref>
* Mike Draper, former Major League Baseball player
* Chad Dukes, radio personality
* Erden Eruç, president and CEO of the non-profit Around-n-Over and the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the globe<ref>{{cite web |last=Heil |first=N. |date= 12 February 2013 |title = Around the World in 1,026 Days |website=Outside |url = https://www.outsideonline.com/1913651/around-world-1026-days}}</ref>
* Christine Fox, former Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense. With her appointment, Fox became the highest-ranking woman to serve in the United States Department of Defense. She also served as the inspiration for the character Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood in the film ''Top Gun''<ref>{{cite news|last=Richman|first=Alan|title=Air Warfare Expert Christine Fox—Fighter Pilots Call Her "Legs"—Inspires the New Movie Top Gun| url= http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20091443,00.html|access-date=December 22, 2013| work=People |date=August 5, 1985| page= 115| archive-date=June 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616055144/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20091443,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Hala Gorani, anchor and senior correspondent for CNN International
* Jim Hagedorn, congressman from Minnesota's first congressional district
* Nikki Hornsby, Grammy Voting Recording Artist, Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Founder of CJP-NHRecords.com, carrying on the Hornsby Family Music Tradition Internationally.{{citation needed|reason=lacks a reliable source confirming attendance|date=June 2019}}
* David Jolly, former member of the United States House of Representatives<ref>{{cite web |title = Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress - Retro Search |url = https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=J000296%7Ctitle=Jolly |access-date=2020-06-26 }}</ref>
* Jake Kalish, baseball player<ref>[http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=592455#/career/R/pitching/2016/ALL "Jake Kalish Stats, Highlights, Bio,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] MiLB.com</ref>
* Archie Kao, actor best known for Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, Chicago P.D., and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation<ref>{{cite news |last = Zhong |first = Tai |title = Zhou Xun high holy Yuan response to divorce rumors: not away from |url = http://entertainments.dwnews.com/news/2017-02-21/59801263.html |access-date = April 16, 2017 |website = DWNews |date = February 21, 2017 |archive-date = April 17, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170417071629/http://entertainments.dwnews.com/news/2017-02-21/59801263.html |url-status = dead }}</ref>
* Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, former Poet Laureate of Virginia<ref>{{Cite web |title = 'America the Beautiful' will be celebrated at June 3 concert {{!}} Rappahannock Record |date = May 24, 2017 |url = https://rrecord.com/america-the-beautiful-will-be-celebrated-at-june-3-concert/ |access-date=2020-06-26 |language=en-US }}</ref>
* Peter G. Levine, stroke recovery researcher, author of ''Stronger After Stroke''.
* Cameron Long (born 1988), basketball player in the Israeli Premier League
* Jennifer Loud, nurse practitioner, medical researcher and former assistant chief of the [[Organization:National Cancer Institute|National Cancer Institute]]'s clinical genetics branch<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-20 |title=Jennifer Loud Retires - NCI |url=https://dceg.cancer.gov/news-events/news/2020/loud-retirement |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=dceg.cancer.gov |language=en}}</ref>
* January Makamba, Tanzanian politician<ref>{{cite news |title = January Yusuf Makamba |url = https://www.weforum.org/people/january-yusuf-makamba |access-date=April 1, 2020 |website=World Economic Forum }}</ref>
* Jason Miskiri, former NBA player
* Darryl Monroe, professional basketball player, 2016 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP
* Dayton Moore, president of the Kansas City Royals<ref>{{cite news |last=Kilgore |first=Adam |date=20 October 2014 |title = George Mason products have helped cultivate Royals' success |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/george-mason-products-have-helped-cultivate-royals-success/2014/10/20/d39ec38c-58a4-11e4-8264-deed989ae9a2_story.html |newspaper = The Washington Post}}</ref>
* Sareh Nouri, Persian luxury bridal designer<ref>{{cite web |date=2012-02-03 |title = Local Talent: Sareh Nouri {{!}} Washingtonian (DC) |url = https://www.washingtonian.com/2012/02/03/local-talent-sareh-nouri/ |access-date=2020-06-26 |website=Washingtonian |language=en-US }}</ref>
* Chris O'Grady, former Major League Baseball player
* J. J. Picollo, general manager for the Kansas City Royals
* Steve Ricchetti, former Deputy Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton<ref>[http://centeroncongress.org/steve-ricchetti Steve Ricchetti: President, Ricchetti, Inc.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419022813/http://centeroncongress.org/steve-ricchetti |date=April 19, 2016 }}, Center for Congress at [[Organization:Indiana University|Indiana University]] (accessed April 5, 2016).</ref>
* Robert Rose, former NBA player
* Denise Turner Roth, Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/100046 |title = Denise Turner Roth – Administrator |website = Gsa.gov |access-date=February 1, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160126011335/http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/100046 |archive-date=January 26, 2016 }}</ref>
* Karl Rove, former Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush<ref>{{cite news |newspaper = The Washington Post |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/karl-rove/gIQAUrlsAP_print.html |title = Karl Rove }}</ref>
* Rhea Seehorn, actress best known for playing Kim Wexler on ''Better Call Saul''<ref>{{cite web |last=Owen|first=R. |date=1 February 2015 |title = Richmond native Vince Gilligan back with prequel to "Breaking Bad" |website = Richmond Times-Dispatch |url = http://www.richmond.com/entertainment/television/richmond-native-vince-gilligan-back-with-prequel-to-breaking-bad/article_207e45b9-3624-5d4e-8219-9d6e69e72138.html }}</ref>
* Shawn Stiffler, head baseball coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish
* Martin Andrew Taylor, former senior executive Corporate VP of Windows Live and [[Software:MSN|MSN]], Chief of Staff to former [[Company:Microsoft|Microsoft]] CEO Steve Ballmer<ref>{{cite news |first = Dudley |last = Brier |title = Plugged in to Microsoft's biggest rival |url = http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002237511_msftlinux11.html |newspaper = Seattle Times |date=April 11, 2005 |access-date=October 31, 2013 }}</ref>
*David Verburg, track and field athlete, 2016 Olympic gold medalist
*Ian Weakley, Olympic hurdler
* Chris Widger, former Major League Baseball player Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=124234 |title = Chris Widger Stats, Highlights, Bio &#124; MiLB.com Stats &#124; The Official Site of Minor League Baseball |website = MiLB.com }}</ref>
* Ricky Wilson, former NBA player
*Irad Young (born 1971), American-Israeli soccer player 
* Tyler Zombro, former Major League Baseball player

==See also==
* George Mason University's historical hoaxes
* Northern Virginia Community College

== Explanatory notes ==
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== References ==
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