Explore Our Degree Programs
Mason's 10 colleges and schools cover all academic areas, as well as opportunities to craft your own program. Whether you're passionate about a certain subject or want to explore your options, we'll provide advice, guidance, and grounding.
Mason offers 132 degree programs at the master’s, doctoral, and professional levels, as well as more than 100 graduate-level certificates. Many classes occur at times and locations that allow you to work while pursuing your degree.
Our unique location and curriculum combine to both teach you the skills you’ll need to excel and create the contacts that will give you that chance to shine. Plus, the law school’s dedicated staff will help you as you chart a path to a meaningful career.
Take the Path to Becoming a Patriot
Learn about undergraduate study and receive periodic updates about information sessions, admissions events, and activities of interest to you. You can also download a copy of our admissions viewbook.
Mason offers both in-person and virtual visits, so that you can explore our three Virginia campuses, learn about our academic programs, and get to know our students, faculty, and staff.
Whether you are a graduating high school senior, undergraduate transfer student, graduate student, or an international student, your first step to joining Mason Nation begins here.
Check Out the Academic Calendar
Find priority dates, when fees are due, and when classes start.
Apply for Scholarships and Financial Aid
Complete the FAFSA form, read the handbook, explore types of aid.
Look into Housing Options
Select a residence hall, look into our Learning Communities, explore payment options.
Explore Transportation Opportunities
Find parking, take the Metro, catch a bus or shuttle, ride your bicycle.
Life at Mason
Student Life
Stretch your wings within a safe space. Take your choice of dining options, find a place to study, join a club, take the shuttle to D.C., or catch a Patriots basketball game.
Diversity
We have a variety of communities here, and you're sure to find a group of people like you. The great thing is you'll also be embraced by communities who are not like you.
Campus Jobs
Get work experience while you study through Handshake, Mason’s job search platform for on-campus, part-time, work-study, internship, and full-time jobs.
Recreation
Our rec centers feature aquatics, fitness equipment, intramural and club sports, outdoor adventures, and well-being programs. Get fit and have fun.
News and Updates
Introducing Mason Square
Mason’s Arlington Campus is being renamed Mason Square, an urban destination of learning, collaboration, and economic development.
Murals at Mason
Senior art and visual technology student Lecsi Pillar designed and created a mural showcasing the student hangout the Corner Pocket.
Memorial to Be Dedicated
The Enslaved People of George Mason Memorial, a focal point of how the university is addressing its identity, will be dedicated on Monday, April 4.
Priorities
Mason is home to Virginia’s largest and most diverse student body, and we're among the most diverse universities in the nation. We have a culture of seeing things as they are, accepting challenges, and figuring out how to get the work done. We're a leader, but we can do more.
We educate leaders, conduct interdisciplinary research, invest in sustainable infrastructure, and promote and support socially conscious entrepreneurship. We're also home to the Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, the only program of its type in the nation.
Mason conducts research that goes beyond the desire to know and understand; we want to make a difference. Research is vital to expanding our knowledge, sparking new ideas, and developing innovative techniques that have an impact on society, the economy, and the environment.