George Mason University Ranking

In the year 2026, George Mason University is ranked #401 and this is constant from last three years. 

To derive these rankings, many different factors are used by THE. Some of them are given below -

• Teaching
• Research environment
• Industry
• International outlook
• Research quality

The QS World uses many factors for deriving the rank and subsequently a score out of 100 each year. 

The QS factors include the faculty-student ratio, employer reputation, Employer outcomes, academic reputation and more. 

For the year 2026, GMU gets a score of 67.6 out of 100 in the QS World rankings.

George Mason University is one of the best universities in the world and it is also known as a tier 1 institution. 

As per the QS Global rankings, George Mason ranks at #951 in the year 2026. This marks an improvement from #1001 in 2025.

George Mason University is one of the best ranked universities around the world. Many ranking bodies including US News and World have ranked GMU well. 

As per the same, George Mason is ranked #117 under the National rankings 2026. Under the Global University rankings, this university is ranked #510.

George Mason University is one of the top ranked universities for higher education in the world. The university is ranked at #457 in the world as per Shiksha Popularity Rankings. Top ranking bodies worldwide ranks George Mason University that are listed below-

George Mason secures a global rank of #1001 as part of the Global University Rankings 2025, given by a popular global university ranking publication.

Additionally, the same publication also ranks the institute #591 for Sustainability. 

On a national-level, GMU secures a rank of #99 as part of the latest Shiksha Popularity Rankings.

Shiksha, also ranks some of its popular courses:

George Mason is considered among the most prominent higher educational institutions in the United States. It ranks highly as part of domestic & international university rankings given by some major ranking platforms. 

Shiksha ranks it #105 as part of its country-level rankings, while another major ranking publication, ranks it #117 as part of the National University Rankings 2025. 

Globally, the institute secures a rank of #951-1000 as per the World University Rankings given by a prominent publication for the year 2026.

George Mason University popularly known as GMU is highly ranked by top-ranking authorities in the world. As per Shiksha Grading, GMU has an overall B+ ranking, and courses offered by the university have a ranking of B+, C+, and C. Moreover, GMU has ranked #105 out of 150 universities under the category of Best Colleges in National Universities by the highly reputed ranking agency in the nation. Check the table mentioned below which shows the Shiksha Grading for popular courses offered by the GMU: