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Computer & Information Sciences at George Mason University

Computer & Information Sciences at George Mason University

If you plan to study computer & information sciences, 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 approximately 38,541 students attend the school each year.

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

GMU Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences
  • Master’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? GMU offers distance education options for computer & information sciences at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

GMU Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The computer & information sciences major at GMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer & Information Sciences. 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.

There were 19 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer & information sciences, making the school the #40 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer & Information Sciences Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

22% Women
65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 78% of computer & information sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer & information sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 322
Black or African American 89
Hispanic or Latino 70
White 199
International Students 46
Other Races/Ethnicities 60

GMU Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Program

36% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 64% of computer & information sciences master's degrees went to men and 36% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 54
Black or African American 17
Hispanic or Latino 19
White 84
International Students 461
Other Races/Ethnicities 21

Concentrations Within Computer & Information Sciences

Computer & Information Sciences majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from George Mason University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Information Systems 876
Computer Software & Applications 232
Computer Science 23
Computer Systems Networking 13
Information Technology 10
Information Science 8

Careers That Computer & Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

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

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Software Applications Developers 38,110 $113,690
Systems Software Developers 27,800 $119,860
Computer Systems Analysts 26,800 $102,290
Computer User Support Specialists 19,880 $58,290
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 18,520 $93,860

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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