Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at George Mason University

If you are interested in studying higher education/higher education administration, you may want to check out the program at George Mason University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and has a total student population of 38,541.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Higher Education/Higher Education Administration section at the bottom of this page.

GMU Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

GMU Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Rankings

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Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master’s Program

Of the 20 students who earned a master's degree in Higher Education/Higher Education Administration from GMU in 2020-2021, 10% were men and 90% were women.

In the higher education/higher education administration master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• General Educational Leadership & Administration

Careers That Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in higher education/higher education 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
Postsecondary Education Administrators	2,770	$113,240
Education Administrators	1,280	$104,310

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.