2008-2009
Facts and Figures

 

Degree Programs Offered
Undergraduate	68
Graduate (Master's - 72; Doctoral - 27)	99
Professional (Law)	1
Total	168
Students (Fall 2008 Enrollment)
Undergraduate Degree Seeking	18,240
Graduate Degree Seeking Master's	7,507
Graduate Degree Seeking Doctoral	1,839
Professional (Law)	681
Nondegree Seeking Undergraduate	569
Nondegree Seeking Graduate	1,878
Total Enrollment	30,714
Full-Time Enrollment	16,694
Part-Time Enrollment	14,020
In-State Students-(83%)	25,449
Out-of-State Students-(17%)	5,265
Minority Enrollment
Native American	87
Asian American	3,612
African American	2,105
Hispanic	1,589
Nonresident International	1,731
Freshman Class
First-Time Freshmen	2,558
Tuition and Fees Fall 2008
In-state undergraduate students $313/credit hour (Full time - 12 credit hours)	$7,512/year
In-state graduate students $370/credit hour (Full time - 9 credit hours)	$6,660/year
Out-of-state undergraduate students $936.50/credit hour	$22,476/year
Room and Board
Room (average per year)	$4,000/year
Board (15 meals per week)	$3,000/year
Residential Population
Students Living on Campus	4,779
Financial Aid Profile
Student Aid Grand Total	$138.5 million
Students Receiving Aid (46.7%)	14,150
Average Grant	$5,483
Average Loan	$9,492
Average Work Study	$2,025
Total Operating Budget
$889.7 million
Research Expenditures
$82 million
Buildings
Academic/Administration Facilities	72
Student Unions/Sports and Recreation Facilities	9
Student Housing	69
Parking Structure	2
Total	152
Buildings Under Construction
Arlington II
Academic V - Art and Visual Technology
Academic VI - Volgenau School of Information Technology & Engineering
Housing VIIC
Hylton Performing Art Center
Parking Deck III
Public Safety
Facilities Open to the Public
Aquatic and Fitness Center Aquatic and Fitness Center The 92,000-square-foot two-pool complex includes a 8,000-square-foot fitness gallery, four classrooms, whirlpool and co-ed sauna with men's and women's shower/locker rooms, and family changing area. Web site: http://aquatics.gmu.edu Concert Hall Center for the Arts The Center for the Arts complex includes the 2,000-seat Concert Hall, two experimental theaters, three dance studios, and music and fine arts studios. Five hundred Concert Hall tickets are available free to students for each performance. Website: www.gmu.edu/cfa. Freedom Aquatic and Fitness Center The 110,000 square foot complex is located on the Prince William campus as a result of a partnership between George Mason Universtiy, Prince William County and the City of Manassas. The center includes a 50-meter 10-lane competition pool, 7,000 square foot leisure pool with a two-story figure-eight waterslide, current channels and whirlpool, weight training room, fitness assessment labs, cardiovascular fitness areas, 2 basketball courts, elevated running/walking track, 3 racquetball courts and daycare facilities for infants and toddlers. Web site: http://www.freedom-center.com. George W. Johnson Center The Johnson Center has eight acres of floor space and houses a 25,000-volume book collection, media center, computer labs, bank, bookstore, convenience store, and food services. Specially outfitted spaces provide opportunities for film, dance, meetings, and private study. The center fosters university-wide learning by integrating students' curricular and extracurricular activities and by strengthening relationships between the university's communities. Web site: jcweb.gmu.edu. Patriot Center Patriot Center is a 10,000-seat sports and entertainment arena designed for basketball, concerts, and other sports and entertainment events. The center's arena hosts over 120 events annually and in 2005 attracted over 522,000 guests from the affluent Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Patriot Center Web site: http://www.patriotcenter.com   Recreation Sports Complex The complex features 113,900 square feet (110,400 for the original building, 3,500 for the 1992 weight room addition), and includes a 200-meter track, six basketball courts, seven tennis courts, seven volleyball courts, eight handball/racquetball courts, a batting cage, golf and archery nets, fencing lanes, locker rooms, a weight room, and saunas. It also features a 400-meter outdoor track, soccer field, baseball diamond, and other athletic fields.
Athletic Programs
About 250 student-athletes compete in 20 men's and women's Division I sports-baseball, basketball, cross country, diving, golf, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, volleyball, and wrestling. Intercollegiate men's and women's teams are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC),the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA), and the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America (IC4A). Web site: gmusports.ocsn.com.

Updated: January 12, 2009
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