George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia · Public

Of 109 assessed programs, 108 leave graduates out-earning a typical Virginia high-school graduate (about $36,613/yr) and 1 fall short. Another 159 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$11,942
$30k to $48k	$12,093
$48k to $75k	$15,224
$75k to $110k	$19,430
$110k and up	$25,894
All families (average)	$17,915

Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

109 of 268 programs could be assessed 41% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Virginia high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$110,754	+$74,141	clears the bar	$21,000	0.3 yrs	757
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$62,563	+$25,950	clears the bar	$17,625	0.7 yrs	405
Management Science	Bachelor's Degree	$97,049	+$60,436	clears the bar	$17,250	0.3 yrs	371
Criminal Justice	Bachelor's Degree	$69,511	+$32,898	clears the bar	$17,750	0.5 yrs	329
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$61,100	+$24,487	clears the bar	$19,500	0.8 yrs	321
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$64,301	+$27,688	clears the bar	$19,125	0.7 yrs	293
Curriculum and Instruction	Master's Degree	$65,713	+$29,100	clears the bar	$24,500	0.8 yrs	290
Special Education	Master's Degree	$72,192	+$35,579	clears the bar	$23,695	0.7 yrs	267
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$89,878	+$53,265	clears the bar	$13,000	0.2 yrs	222
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$74,125	+$37,512	clears the bar	$20,449	0.5 yrs	205
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$91,132	+$54,519	clears the bar	$20,000	0.4 yrs	182
Public Health	Bachelor's Degree	$65,358	+$28,745	clears the bar	$20,500	0.7 yrs	174
International Relations	Bachelor's Degree	$69,399	+$32,786	clears the bar	$20,117	0.6 yrs	166
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$85,224	+$48,611	clears the bar	$19,440	0.4 yrs	166
Computer Software and Media Applications	Master's Degree	$162,691	+$126,078	clears the bar	$35,713	0.3 yrs	153
Law	First Professional Degree	$135,661	+$99,048	clears the bar	$65,077	0.7 yrs	148
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$134,691	+$98,078	clears the bar	$38,186	0.4 yrs	141
Counseling Psychology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$84,541	+$47,928	clears the bar	$29,092	0.6 yrs	135
Homeland Security	Bachelor's Degree	$143,972	+$107,359	clears the bar	$21,479	0.2 yrs	122
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$88,080	+$51,467	clears the bar	$20,000	0.4 yrs	120
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$89,888	+$53,275	clears the bar	$20,500	0.4 yrs	119
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$69,210	+$32,597	clears the bar	$18,375	0.6 yrs	119
Special Education	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$66,463	+$29,850	clears the bar	$27,557	0.9 yrs	115
Visual and Performing Arts, General	Bachelor's Degree	$54,703	+$18,090	clears the bar	$21,125	1.2 yrs	113
Computer and Information Science	Master's Degree	$142,690	+$106,077	clears the bar	$26,262	0.2 yrs	108
English	Bachelor's Degree	$56,071	+$19,458	clears the bar	$18,750	1.0 yrs	106
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other	Bachelor's Degree	$64,046	+$27,433	clears the bar	$21,500	0.8 yrs	96
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	$63,672	+$27,059	clears the bar	$21,651	0.8 yrs	95
Civil Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$93,856	+$57,243	clears the bar	$20,787	0.4 yrs	93
Public Administration	Master's Degree	$100,692	+$64,079	clears the bar	$41,000	0.6 yrs	93
International Relations	Master's Degree	$100,525	+$63,912	clears the bar	$34,250	0.5 yrs	87
Public Policy Analysis	Master's Degree	$97,926	+$61,313	clears the bar	$37,996	0.6 yrs	84
Healthcare Administration	Master's Degree	$124,416	+$87,803	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	82
Counseling Psychology	Master's Degree	$75,619	+$39,006	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	79
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$87,548	+$50,935	clears the bar	$19,000	0.4 yrs	79
Social Work	Master's Degree	$70,044	+$33,431	clears the bar	$41,000	1.2 yrs	76
Mechanical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$96,467	+$59,854	clears the bar	$24,113	0.4 yrs	75
Security Science and Technology	Master's Degree	$92,064	+$55,451	clears the bar	$41,000	0.7 yrs	75
History	Bachelor's Degree	$51,168	+$14,555	clears the bar	$18,750	1.3 yrs	74
Accounting	Master's Degree	$110,482	+$73,869	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	72
Neuroscience	Bachelor's Degree	$68,546	+$31,933	clears the bar	$19,727	0.6 yrs	70
Biology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$19,849 1-year earnings	-$16,764	falls short	$41,000	insufficient data	66
Public Health	Master's Degree	$83,248	+$46,635	clears the bar	$41,000	0.9 yrs	66
Social Work	Bachelor's Degree	$55,715	+$19,102	clears the bar	$19,250	1.0 yrs	65
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$103,074	+$66,461	clears the bar	$25,000	0.4 yrs	62
Psychology	Master's Degree	$102,945	+$66,332	clears the bar	$46,514	0.7 yrs	59
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$77,519	+$40,906	clears the bar	$24,750	0.6 yrs	57
Graphic Communications	Bachelor's Degree	$47,440	+$10,827	clears the bar	$22,985	2.1 yrs	53
Nursing	Master's Degree	$119,531	+$82,918	clears the bar	$41,000	0.5 yrs	52
Economics	Master's Degree	$111,251	+$74,638	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	51
Sustainability Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$61,216	+$24,603	clears the bar	$24,670	1.0 yrs	47
Accounting	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$109,911	+$73,298	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	47
Hospitality Management	Bachelor's Degree	$62,727	+$26,114	clears the bar	$20,500	0.8 yrs	46
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	$60,874	+$24,261	clears the bar	$22,483	0.9 yrs	45
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	Bachelor's Degree	$72,271	+$35,658	clears the bar	$25,000	0.7 yrs	44
Mathematics and Computer Science	Bachelor's Degree	$53,179 1-year earnings	+$16,566	clears the bar	$23,500	1.4 yrs	44
Biomedical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$93,533	+$56,920	clears the bar	$23,594	0.4 yrs	42
Film and Photography	Bachelor's Degree	$50,086	+$13,473	clears the bar	$23,205	1.7 yrs	42
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$46,765	+$10,152	clears the bar	$21,917	2.2 yrs	42
Teacher Education (by subject)	Bachelor's Degree	$59,979	+$23,366	clears the bar	$21,696	0.9 yrs	41
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	$77,681	+$41,068	clears the bar	$20,504	0.5 yrs	40
Biology	Master's Degree	$53,381 1-year earnings	+$16,768	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	39
Computer Engineering	Master's Degree	$158,029	+$121,416	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	38
Medical Illustration and Informatics	Master's Degree	$123,627	+$87,014	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	37
School Counseling	Master's Degree	$63,423	+$26,810	clears the bar	$38,978	1.5 yrs	35
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	Master's Degree	$80,990	+$44,377	clears the bar	$43,917	1.0 yrs	35
Public Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$67,973	+$31,360	clears the bar	$18,750	0.6 yrs	34
Human Development and Family Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$61,565	+$24,952	clears the bar	$25,000	1.0 yrs	33
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	$45,656	+$9,043	clears the bar	$27,000	3.0 yrs	33
Education	Doctoral Degree	$105,869	+$69,256	clears the bar	$60,555	0.9 yrs	32
Computer Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$117,942	+$81,329	clears the bar	$25,500	0.3 yrs	32
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Master's Degree	$38,077 1-year earnings	+$1,464	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	29
Security Science and Technology	Bachelor's Degree	$63,182	+$26,569	clears the bar	$23,251	0.9 yrs	29
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management	Master's Degree	$66,400	+$29,787	clears the bar	$42,750	1.4 yrs	29
Curriculum and Instruction	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$65,472	+$28,859	clears the bar	$22,414	0.8 yrs	28
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$88,870	+$52,257	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Economics	Doctoral Degree	$97,632	+$61,019	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
History	Master's Degree	$59,751	+$23,138	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
Civil Engineering	Master's Degree	$103,586	+$66,973	clears the bar	$20,500	0.3 yrs	26
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Master's Degree	$62,682	+$26,069	clears the bar	$41,000	1.6 yrs	26
Criminal Justice	Master's Degree	$56,018 1-year earnings	+$19,405	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Educational Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$89,656 1-year earnings	+$53,043	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	25
Systems Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$114,815	+$78,202	clears the bar	$20,500	0.3 yrs	25
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Bachelor's Degree	$58,931	+$22,318	clears the bar	$19,500	0.9 yrs	23
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	$37,081 1-year earnings	+$468	clears the bar	$22,875	48.9 yrs	23
Computer Science	Bachelor's Degree	$84,632 1-year earnings	+$48,019	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	$96,138	+$59,525	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Systems Engineering	Master's Degree	$135,210	+$98,597	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$62,383	+$25,770	clears the bar	$20,000	0.8 yrs	21
Geography and Cartography	Bachelor's Degree	$74,692	+$38,079	clears the bar	$20,500	0.5 yrs	21
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$64,603	+$27,990	clears the bar	$16,676	0.6 yrs	21
Music	Master's Degree	$53,431	+$16,818	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Dance	Bachelor's Degree	$36,901	+$288	clears the bar	$26,950	93.6 yrs	20
Nursing	Doctoral Degree	$148,171	+$111,558	clears the bar	$57,000	0.5 yrs	20
Human Resources	Master's Degree	$99,147	+$62,534	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	Master's Degree	$167,363	+$130,750	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Teacher Education (by subject)	Master's Degree	$61,859	+$25,246	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	Master's Degree	$114,727	+$78,114	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Psychology	Doctoral Degree	$128,100	+$91,487	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Real Estate	Master's Degree	$124,978	+$88,365	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Geology and Earth Science	Bachelor's Degree	$53,441	+$16,828	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Interdisciplinary Studies	Master's Degree	$93,214	+$56,601	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Geography and Cartography	Master's Degree	$114,744	+$78,131	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Master's Degree	$38,622 1-year earnings	+$2,009	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Homeland Security	Master's Degree	$154,158	+$117,545	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$61,498 1-year earnings	+$24,885	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Bachelor's Degree	$59,024	+$22,411	clears the bar	$28,000	1.2 yrs	0
Management Science	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$104,506 1-year earnings	+$67,893	clears the bar	$34,045	0.5 yrs	0
English	Master's Degree	$67,126	+$30,513	clears the bar	$36,561	1.2 yrs	insufficient data
Business	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	245
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	153
Data Analytics	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	78
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	46
Business Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	39
International/Globalization Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	37
Business	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
Teacher Education (by subject)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Biology	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Literature	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Teacher Education (by level)	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Electrical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Data Analytics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Communications and Media	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Computer and Information Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Teacher Education (by level)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Medical Laboratory Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Information Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
IT Administration and Management	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Geology and Earth Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Anthropology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Geography and Cartography	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Electrical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Physics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Public Health	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Industrial Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Statistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Legal Professions and Studies, Other	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Nursing	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Natural Resources and Conservation	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Statistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Biological and Physical Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Public Relations and Advertising	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Civil Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Computer Engineering	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Chemistry	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($36,613/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.