Business, Management & Marketing at George Mason University

If you plan to study business, management and marketing, take a look at what George Mason University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and has a total student population of 38,541. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1,301 students received a bachelor's degree in business, management and marketing from GMU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business, Management & Marketing section at the bottom of this page.

GMU Business, Management & Marketing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Management & Marketing
• Master’s Degree in Business, Management & Marketing

Online Classes Are Available at GMU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, GMU does offer online courses in business, management and marketing for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

GMU Business, Management & Marketing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business, management and marketing progam at GMU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

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

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	47
Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Schools	70
Most Focused Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	920

In 2021, 228 students received their master’s degree in business, management and marketing from GMU. This makes it the #240 most popular school for business, management and marketing master’s degree candidates in the country.

Business, Management & Marketing Student Demographics at GMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business, management and marketing majors at George Mason University.

GMU Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1,301 students earned a bachelor's degree in business, management and marketing from GMU. About 49% of these graduates were women and the other 51% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its business, management and marketing bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	356
Black or African American	115
Hispanic or Latino	183
White	397
International Students	172
Other Races/Ethnicities	78

GMU Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of business, management and marketing master's degrees went to men and 45% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Mason University with a master's in business, management and marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	40
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	97
International Students	34
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

GMU also has a doctoral program available in business, management and marketing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Business, Management & Marketing

If you plan to be a business, management and marketing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at George Mason University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	496
Business Administration & Management	392
Accounting	346
Finance & Financial Management	169
Marketing	139
General Business/Commerce	55
Hospitality Management	41
Human Resource Management	17
Real Estate	11

Careers That Business, Management & Marketing Grads May Go Into

A degree in business, management and marketing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Office Clerks	77,480	$34,940
Customer Service Representatives	71,380	$35,030
General and Operations Managers	52,440	$142,000
Management Analysts	49,510	$105,700
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	41,690	$43,140

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.