Business Administration & Management at George Mason University

If you plan to study business administration and management, 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 approximately 38,541 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 263 students received a bachelor's degree in business administration from GMU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business Administration & Management section at the bottom of this page.

GMU Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

Online Classes Are Available at GMU

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

GMU Business Administration & Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business administration programs across the country. The following shows how GMU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business administration major at GMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business Administration & Management. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	34
	36
	73
	84
	138
	147
	242
	511
	1,003
	1,232

In 2021, 112 students received their master’s degree in business administration from GMU. This makes it the #274 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of GMU Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at GMU is $49,321. This is 19% higher than $41,334, which is the national average for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at GMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business administration majors at George Mason University.

GMU Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 263 business administration majors earned their bachelor's degree from GMU. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Mason University with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	37
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	36
White	114
International Students	34
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

GMU Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

The business administration program at GMU awarded 112 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 63% of these degrees went to men with the other 37% going to women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from GMU, 54% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Mason University with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	60
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

GMU also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Business Administration & Management

Business Administration & Management majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from George Mason University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business Administration and Management	360
Project Management	15

Related Majors

• Real Estate
• Human Resource Management
• Hospitality Management
• General Business/Commerce
• Marketing

Careers That Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business administration 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
General and Operations Managers	52,440	$142,000
Management Analysts	49,510	$105,700
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	38,820	$61,190
Retail Sales Supervisors	32,140	$47,330
Managers	17,280	$134,500

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
• Image Credit: By Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.