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General Computer & Information Sciences at George Mason University

60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study general 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 has a total student population of 38,541.

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

GMU General Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences
Master’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences

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.

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

Master’s Degree

GMU General Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The computer and information sciences major at GMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer and information sciences, making the school the #35 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer and Information Sciences Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU General Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

16% Women

60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 84% of computer and information sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 16% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer and 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 and information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	129
Black or African American	34
Hispanic or Latino	37
White	100
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	26

GMU General Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Program

33% Women

6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of computer and information sciences master's degrees went to men and 33% 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 computer and information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	21
International Students	212
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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Careers That Computer and Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and 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
Computer Systems Analysts	26,800	$102,290
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	18,520	$93,860
Computer Workers	14,580	$105,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,450	$173,290
Computer Network Architects	9,700	$123,050

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
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