George Mason University

George Mason University (GMU) & Arizona State University (ASU) are two of the best higher educational institutions in their respective regions. While, GMU is based in Fairfax, Virginia, ASU has set up camp in Tempe, Arizona.

They share similar acceptance rates, with the GMU acceptance rate being 91%, while ASU's being 90%. There are some parameters that are not as common though, as shown in the comparison 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 #99 as part of its country-level rankings, while another major ranking publication, ranks it #109 as part of the National University Rankings 2025. 

Globally, the institute secures a rank of #1001 as per the World University Rankings given by a prominent publication for the year 2025.

The George Mason University application deadlines for 2025 vary by programme for international students. The upcoming GMU deadline for undergraduate admission in the Fall 2025 is Jun 01, 2025. Mentioned below is the George Mason application deadline for undergraduate programs:

George Mason application deadline for graduate admission:

As per data curated from the official university housing portal of GMU, the annual room cost is around USD 26,597 (INR 22.75 L). This fee includes the room fee of around USD 14,010 (INR 12 L) as well as Support Fees of around USD 12,587 (INR 10.75 L). 

The fee covers costs such as: utilities, electricity, Wi-fi & the maintenance costs. 

Alternatively, students can also look for off-campus accommodation by referring GMU's off-campus housing resource that lists a number of properties available to be rented near the university campus.

As per data curated from an unofficial source, GMU has a total UG enrolment of 27,666 students (as of Fall 2023) with a gender distribution of 51.0% male students & 49.0% female students. 

Of this population, 22% students are known to be living as part of college-owned or maintained residential facilities while the rest are living as part of off-campus accommodation.

George Mason University offers Cyber Security course at undergraduate and graduate levels to international students. The duration of Master of Science in Cyber Security Engineering is 18 months and BS in Cyber Security Engineering is 4 years at GMU USA. The below table includes the George Mason University fees for Cyber Security course:

George Mason University is not more expensive than other top US universities like Arizona State University, Harvard University, MIT, etc. George Mason fees vary between INR 15 L and INR 41 L for first-year. The below table includes the first-year fees of some popular courses at the university: