Enrollment Trends at GMU

The student population at George Mason University is 39,049 (27,014 undergraduate and 12,035 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 6,088 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at GMU is 69.18% which is increased by 6,361 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 273 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.07 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

7,421 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 564.96% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 36,075 where 39,049 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

69.18% of total students is undergraduate students and 30.82% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 6,361 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 273 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.07 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in GMU.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at George Mason University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	32,961	20,653	10,002	10,651	12,308	5,143	7,165
2013-14	33,917 956	21,990 1,337	10,663 661	11,327 676	11,927 -381	4,938 -205	6,989 -176
2014-15	33,729 -188	22,349 359	10,874 211	11,475 148	11,380 -547	4,732 -206	6,648 -341
2015-16	33,929 200	23,066 717	11,246 372	11,820 345	10,863 -517	4,641 -91	6,222 -426
2016-17	34,909 980	23,817 751	11,711 465	12,106 286	11,092 229	4,566 -75	6,526 304
2017-18	35,984 1,075	25,010 1,193	12,440 729	12,570 464	10,974 -118	4,431 -135	6,543 17
2018-19	37,316 1,332	26,192 1,182	13,190 750	13,002 432	11,124 150	4,473 42	6,651 108
2019-20	37,863 547	26,662 470	13,489 299	13,173 171	11,201 77	4,512 39	6,689 38
2020-21	38,541 678	27,104 442	13,698 209	13,406 233	11,437 236	4,641 129	6,796 107
2021-22	38,628 87	26,882 -222	13,547 -151	13,335 -71	11,746 309	4,775 134	6,971 175
2022-23	39,049 421	27,014 132	13,798 251	13,216 -119	12,035 289	5,028 253	7,007 36
Average	36,075	24,613	12,242	12,371	11,462	4,716	6,746

George Mason University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 24,613 where 27,014 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at George Mason University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	20,653	16,265	7,821	8,444	4,388	2,181	2,207
2013-14	21,990	17,261	8,280	8,981	4,729	2,383	2,346
2014-15	22,349	17,818	8,555	9,263	4,531	2,319	2,212
2015-16	23,066	18,430	8,883	9,547	4,636	2,363	2,273
2016-17	23,817	19,266	9,353	9,913	4,551	2,358	2,193
2017-18	25,010	20,221	9,891	10,330	4,789	2,549	2,240
2018-19	26,192	21,213	10,571	10,642	4,979	2,619	2,360
2019-20	26,662	21,672	10,849	10,823	4,990	2,640	2,350
2020-21	27,104	21,603	10,756	10,847	5,501	2,942	2,559
2021-22	26,882	21,142	10,508	10,634	5,740	3,039	2,701
2022-23	27,014	21,512	10,868	10,644	5,502	2,930	2,572
Average	24,613	24,613	9,667	10,006	24,613	2,575	2,365

George Mason University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 11,462 where 12,035 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at George Mason University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	12,308	4,032	1,872	2,160	8,276	3,271	5,005
2013-14	11,927	4,160	1,902	2,258	7,767	3,036	4,731
2014-15	11,380	4,144	1,923	2,221	7,236	2,809	4,427
2015-16	10,863	4,162	1,951	2,211	6,701	2,690	4,011
2016-17	11,092	4,409	2,024	2,385	6,683	2,542	4,141
2017-18	10,974	4,427	1,958	2,469	6,547	2,473	4,074
2018-19	11,124	4,497	1,911	2,586	6,627	2,562	4,065
2019-20	11,201	4,409	1,952	2,457	6,792	2,560	4,232
2020-21	11,437	4,428	1,947	2,481	7,009	2,694	4,315
2021-22	11,746	4,774	2,133	2,641	6,972	2,642	4,330
2022-23	12,035	5,609	2,644	2,965	6,426	2,384	4,042
Average	11,462	11,462	2,020	2,439	11,462	2,697	4,307

George Mason University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 36.81% and the percentage of black students is 11.38% at George Mason University. 19.05% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at George Mason University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	68	4,419	2,810	2,915	116	16,465	1,149
2013-14	53	4,725	3,056	3,267	122	16,737	1,194
2014-15	72	5,001	3,153	3,420	122	16,371	1,209
2015-16	72	5,207	3,321	3,626	111	15,813	1,275
2016-17	63	5,528	3,565	4,004	123	16,102	1,311
2017-18	53	5,992	3,784	4,336	100	16,192	1,370
2018-19	42	6,308	3,979	4,676	82	16,196	1,527
2019-20	59	6,643	4,059	4,920	64	15,771	1,565
2020-21	59	7,094	4,246	5,348	56	15,554	1,577
2021-22	60	7,301	4,285	5,452	41	15,029	1,583
2022-23	49	7,438	4,445	5,607	41	14,374	1,567
Average	59	5,969	3,700	4,325	89	15,873	1,393

George Mason University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

7,421 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 19% of total students. The number of online students has increased 564.96% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at George Mason University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	33,729	1,116	5,793	26,820
2015-16	33,929	1,240	6,661	26,028
2016-17	34,909	1,463	7,314	26,132
2017-18	35,984	1,631	8,568	25,785
2018-19	37,316	2,164	10,589	24,563
2019-20	37,863	2,582	10,032	25,249
2020-21	38,541	27,235	9,667	1,639
2021-22	38,628	8,748	21,490	8,390
2022-23	39,049	7,421	20,436	11,192
Average	36,661	5,956	11,172	19,533

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