OT - Mason's Academic Programs Rising High in National Rankings

[Pikapppatri8]

Mason has eight graduate programs in the top 25 nationally, with several leaping forward in U.S. News rankings

George Mason University has eight graduate programs listed among the top 25 nationally, according to the latest rankings by U.S. News & World Report, reflecting the university’s reputation of being a top institution for advanced degrees. The list was led by Mason’s part-time law program at the...

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George Mason University has eight graduate programs listed among the top 25 nationally, according to the latest rankings by U.S. News & World Report, reflecting the university’s reputation of being a top institution for advanced degrees.

Full Rankings​

Below is a preview of Mason’s rankings for its graduate programs. It will be updated if additional rankings become available:

Part-time Law: No. 4 nationally, No. 1 among public institutions.

Intellectual Property: No. 19 nationally, No. 6 among public institutions (Best in Virginia).

Best Law School: No. 30 nationally, No. 11 among public institutions.

Contracts: No. 37 nationally, No 18 among public institutions.

Constitutional Law: No. 40 nationally, No. 19 among public institutions.

Corporate Law: No. 41 nationally, No. 17 among public institutions.

International Law: No. 67 nationally, 30 among public institutions.

Tax Law: No. 70 nationally, No. 33 among public institutions.

Criminal Law: No. 80 nationally, No. 38 among public institutions.

Trial Advocacy: No. 89 overall, No. 31 among public institutions.

Dispute Resolution: No. 103 nationally, No. 43 among public institutions.

Health Care Law: No. 108 nationally, No. 50 among public institutions.

Environmental Law: No. 122 nationally, No. 62 among public institutions.

Clinical Training: No. 148 nationally, No. 64 among public institutions.

Legal Writing: No. 169 nationally, No. 74 among public institutions.

Public Affairs: No. 39 nationally, No. 26 among public institutions.

Homeland Security: No. 7 nationally, No. 6 among public institutions (Best in Virginia).

Nonprofit Management: No. 18 overall, No. 14 among public institutions (Best in Virginia).

Public Policy Analysis: No. 24 nationally, No. 12 among public institutions (Best in Virginia).

Public Finance: No. 26 nationally, No. 19 among public institutions (Best in Virginia).

Leadership: No. 27 nationally, No. 19 among public institutions.

Local Government Management: No. 27 nationally, No. 24 among public institutions (Best in Virginia).

Part-time MBA: No. 67 nationally, No. 40 among public institutions.

Education: No. 67 overall, No. 52 among public institutions.

Special Ed: No. 15 nationally, No. 14 among public institutions.

Elementary Teacher Ed: No. 20 nationally, No. 16 among public institutions.

Engineering: No. 92 nationally, No. 56 among public institutions.

Industrial Engineering: No. 39 nationally, No. 29 among public institutions.

Statistics: No. 54 nationally, No. 38 among public institutions.

Computer Science: No. 63 nationally, No. 37 among public institutions.

Computer Engineering: No. 75 nationally, No. 44 among public institutions.

Electrical Engineering: No. 82 nationally, No. 49 among public institutions.

Civil Engineering: No. 89 nationally, No. 63 among public institutions.

Bioengineering: No. 103 nationally, No. 65 among public institutions.

Geology: No. 113 nationally, No. 81 among public institutions.

Mathematics: No. 115 nationally, No. 72 among public institutions.

Biological Sciences: No. 119 nationally, No. 66 among public institutions.

Physics: No. 132 nationally, No. 78 among public institutions.

Chemistry: No. 165 overall, No. 107 among public institutions.

Nursing Master's: No. 37 nationally, No. 23 among public institutions.

Nursing-DNP: No. 52 nationally, No. 38 among public institutions.

Public Health: No. 70 nationally, No. 45 among public institutions.

Social Work: No. 79 nationally, No. 54 among public institutions.

Economics: No. 74 overall, No. 40 among public institutions.

Psychology: No. 80 nationally, No. 47 among public institutions.

Industrial-Organizational Psychology: No. 5 nationally, No. 4 among public institutions.

 

[Patriotsince81]

Patriots Earn NABC Team Academic Excellence Award - George Mason University Athletics

The George Mason University men's basketball team has been honored with an NABC Team Academic Award, the National Association of Basketball Coaches announced Tuesday.

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[Walter]

 

[Walter]

Just as I have always predicted, now that JMU has been reclassified as a National University, George Mason (#137) is ranked ahead of JMU (#151) in the 2023 US News College Rankings.

EDIT: from a DukesDomain poster: “. . . 151 is pretty disappointing. Even more so to see us behind George Mason, a school we regularly referred to as a community college and commuter school. I guess we're the community college now. GMU has come a long way and is probably at an advantage with more robust graduate school offerings. We must increase our graduate school programs if we expect to ever move up these rankings into further relevance.”

Correct me if I am wrong, but I don’t think graduate programs are a factor in these rankings. The number of graduate programs do factor in for classification, but not rankings.

 

[Pikapppatri8]

Just as I have always predicted, now that JMU has been reclassified as a National University, George Mason (#137) is ranked ahead of JMU (#151) in the 2023 US News College Rankings.

EDIT: from a DukesDomain poster: “. . . 151 is pretty disappointing. Even more so to see us behind George Mason, a school we regularly referred to as a community college and commuter school. I guess we're the community college now. GMU has come a long way and is probably at an advantage with more robust graduate school offerings. We must increase our graduate school programs if we expect to ever move up these rankings into further relevance.”

Correct me if I am wrong, but I don’t think graduate programs are a factor in these rankings. The number of graduate programs do factor in for classification, but not rankings.

Well this is nice. I think the other thing to consider is the research budget. We keep forgetting how large our research programs are and its the reason we have a 200 acre satellite campus with a Class (III or IV) viral biology research lab one of four on the east coast. That has plugged Mason in with other universities and large companies.

 

[Pikapppatri8]

When you look at the deeper numbers - it is even more impressive.

Overall ranking
Publics: 64 (up from 67)
Nationally: 137 (up from 148)

Diversity
Publics: 7 (up from 12) Best in Virginia
Nationally: 13(up from 21)

Innovation
Publics: 8 (up from 9) Best in Virginia
Nationally: 20

Undergraduate Cybersecurity
Publics: 10 (up from 15)
Nationally: 19 (up from 28)

Undergraduate Computer Science
Publics: 40 (up from 45)
Nationally: 72 (up from 82)

Undergraduate Business
Publics: 53
Nationally: 86

Undergraduate Engineering
Publics: 57
Nationally: 94

Undergraduate Nursing
Publics: 70 (up from 71)
Nationally: 93 (up from 96)

Best for Veterans
Publics: 58 (up from 62)
Nationally: 89

 

[The Great PATSby]

Great to see the increase in rankings. My neighbor is a professor at Mason and told me that President Washington's goals is to have Mason ranked in the Top 100 for National Universities by the US News World Report Rankings.

 

[Walter]

Great to see the increase in rankings. My neighbor is a professor at Mason and told me that President Washington's goals is to have Mason ranked in the Top 100 for National Universities by the US News World Report Rankings.

That is a good goal, but he may want to back off that 91% acceptance rate.

 

[Pikapppatri8]

That is a good goal, but he may want to back off that 91% acceptance rate.

Concur - Mason is getting a lot of good candidates - and we used to have a 62% acceptance rate. We should get back to that and allow the remainder to go to vcu and ODU.

 

[GSII]

I wonder if the acceptance rate is just incoming true 1st yr students? Or does it include transfers. Dr. W did say Mason is about inclusion, but damn, 91% is too high.

 

[GMU79]

I wonder if the acceptance rate is just incoming true 1st yr students? Or does it include transfers. Dr. W did say Mason is about inclusion, but damn, 91% is too high.

Getting close to Liberty's 100%

 

[GMUgemini]

I wonder if the acceptance rate is just incoming true 1st yr students? Or does it include transfers. Dr. W did say Mason is about inclusion, but damn, 91% is too high.

If you are trying to grow enrollment it makes sense. You set criteria and you let in almost everyone who applies who meets that requirement.

Harvard could probably be 91% if they let in all the highly qualified candidates who apply there. But then they’d be massive.

 

[Walter]

If you are trying to grow enrollment it makes sense. You set criteria and you let in almost everyone who applies who meets that requirement.

Harvard could probably be 91% if they let in all the highly qualified candidates who apply there. But then they’d be massive.

We are not Harvard. I guarantee there are a lot of academically questionable applicants being admitted who will either not graduate or get worthless degrees.

 

[GMUgemini]

We are not Harvard. I guarantee there are a lot of academically questionable applicants being admitted who will either not graduate or anything get a worthless degree.

More likely is we aren’t getting enough applicants to push that number down.

 

[Walter]

More likely is we aren’t getting enough applicants to push that number down.

Agree. Mason wants to continue to grow in student population. And that affects student selectivity. Which US News doesn’t punish unless the entrance scores and/or the graduation rate goes down.

 

[bravesfan]

Agree. Mason wants to continue to grow in student population. And that affects student selectivity. Which US News doesn’t punish unless the entrance scores and/or the graduation rate goes down.

After all these years (and better rankings), Mason still has that "commuter school" and "safety school" reputation.

 

[Pikapppatri8]

I disagree - I have family who sent their kids to Mason from out of state for the software engineering program. My niece went to Mason specifically for the Accounting program. And given the number of on-campus beds that they have (almost as many as Tech) I think that image has dissipated.

After all these years (and better rankings), Mason still has that "commuter school" and "safety school" reputation.

 

[mkaufman1]

After all these years (and better rankings), Mason still has that "commuter school" and "safety school" reputation.

I disagree - I have family who sent their kids to Mason from out of state for the software engineering program. My niece went to Mason specifically for the Accounting program. And given the number of on-campus beds that they have (almost as many as Tech) I think that image has dissipated.

Both of you are right.

The University has turned the corner when it comes to having more on-campus life and having a lot of out of staters (like me). Unfortunately though, many folks still consider it a commuter school which it is to some degree. It won't shed its label, ever. The good thing is, is that folks can make their Mason experience whatever they want. If they want to run home from class and make it high school 2.0, they can. If you want to party hard, there's probably a way to do that too.

I made my own fun, and I was very nervous I'd be the only one who wasn't from down the street. I started at Mason in 2003 so that's a long time ago already too. Its probably only changed for the better even with the same stupid label.

 

[Pikapppatri8]

Both of you are right.

The University has turned the corner when it comes to having more on-campus life and having a lot of out of staters (like me). Unfortunately though, many folks still consider it a commuter school which it is to some degree. It won't shed its label, ever. The good thing is, is that folks can make their Mason experience whatever they want. If they want to run home from class and make it high school 2.0, they can. If you want to party hard, there's probably a way to do that too.

I made my own fun, and I was very nervous I'd be the only one who wasn't from down the street. I started at Mason in 2003 so that's a long time ago already too. Its probably only changed for the better even with the same stupid label.

Again disagree - JMU was once a small all woman's teaching school. It evolved. I think the commuter school image is seen more by older alumni than newer students. I know for a fact - I engage with the Software Engineering students to get talent early. My CEO told me we should be almost living inside the School of Engineering departments to scout talent at the Junior level. It is one my annual review metrics.

 

[bravesfan]

I made my own fun, and I was very nervous I'd be the only one who wasn't from down the street. I started at Mason in 2003 so that's a long time ago already too. Its probably only changed for the better even with the same stupid label.

I made my own fun too. So much so that I made it on the police blotter more than once...