Business Administration & Management at George Mason University

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

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and approximately 38,541 students attend the school each year. Of the 6,388 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from George Mason University in 2021, 263 of them were business administration and management majors.

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

GMU Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

Online Classes Are Available at GMU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

GMU does offer online education options in business administration for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

GMU Business Administration & Management Rankings

The business administration major at GMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business Administration & Management. 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.

In 2021, 112 students received their master’s degree in business administration from GMU. This makes it the #274 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of GMU Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at GMU is $49,321. This is 19% higher than $41,334, which is the national average for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 263 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration & Management from GMU in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	37
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	36
White	114
International Students	34
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

GMU Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of business administration master's degrees went to men and 37% went to women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from GMU, 54% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	60
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

Related Majors

• Real Estate
• Human Resource Management
• Hospitality Management
• General Business/Commerce
• Marketing

Careers That Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business administration 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
General and Operations Managers	52,440	$142,000
Management Analysts	49,510	$105,700
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	38,820	$61,190
Retail Sales Supervisors	32,140	$47,330
Managers	17,280	$134,500

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.