Mason in the Rankings

"[These] rankings reflect the value and performance families are looking for from a college education, and Mason’s year-over-year enrollment increases and placement of our graduates confirm that we are now a destination for graduates from Virginia and beyond."

President Gregory Washington

U.S. News and World Report

Read - U.S. News & World Report: Mason has 10 graduate programs in the top 30 nationally

Read - Mason's Antonin Scalia Law School ranked second in the commonwealth and D.C. Area

Category	Among publics	Nationally
Overall Ranking	51	105
Innovation	8 (best in VA)	20
Social Mobility	51 (best in VA)	72
Best school for veterans	49 (Best in VA)	69 (tied with American)

Undergraduate programs	Among publics	Nationally
Business	52	84 (tied with American)
Computer Science	59	100
Economics	43	99
Engineering	67	105
Nursing	85	112
Psychology	36	67 (tied with George Washington)
Teaching	17 (tied with UVA)	48 (tied with Gallaudet)

Graduate programs	Among publics	Nationally
Biological Sciences	66 (tied with Virginia Tech)	119
Biological Sciences	59	96
Chemistry	113 (tied with ODU)	173
Civil Engineering	66	90
Clinical Psychology	74	101 (tied with George Washington, Catholic University)
Computer Engineering	38	64 (tied with George Washington)
Computer Science	38	65
Constitutional Law	20	42
Contracts Law	12	29
Corporate Law	13	36
Criminal Law	45	94
Criminology	10 (best in VA)	10
Earth Science	91	124
Education	65	83
Electrical Engineering	58	93
Elementary Education	16	20
Engineering	53	82
English	62	99
Fine Arts	73 (tied with George Washington)	39
Healthcare Management	17	32 (tied with Georgetown)
Homeland Security	5 (best in VA)	5
Industrial Engineering	25 (tied with UVA)	34
Industrial Organization Psychology	4	5
Intellectual Property Law	9 (Best in VA; tied with UVA)	22
International Law	30	67
International Law	30	67
Law School	12	32
Math	56	91 (tied with George Washington)
Nonprofit Management	9	13
Nursing DNP	28	39
Nursing Masters	21	38
Part-time Law	1	4
Part-time MBA	40 (tied with William & Mary)	65
Physics	72	113 (tied with George Washington)
Psychology	47	80
Public Affairs	27 (tied with VCU)	39
Public Finance	18 (best in VA)	24
Public Health	50 (tied with VCU)	76
Public Policy Analysis	21	34
Social Work	54	79
Sociology	57	84
Special Education	17	19
Statistics	39	54
Tax Law	38	74
Trial Advocacy Law	22	64

Online masters programs	Among publics	Nationally
Business (non-MBA)	45	66
Information Technology	36	52
Education (overall)	47	52
Education for Veterans	17	18
Education (curriculum and instruction)	12	12
Education (administration and supervision)	14	15
Special Education	11	11
Engineering	36	44
Engineering (industrial)	10	12
Nursing	46	64

The New York Times

Category	Among publics	Nationally
Economic Diversity	19 (best in VA)	56

Foundation for Independent Rights and Expression (FIRE)

Category	Among publics	Nationally
Student free speech and open inquiry	8	8

Times Higher Education

Category	Among publics	Nationally
Overall	52	87
Arts and Humanities	46 (tied with William & Mary)	80
Business and Economics	48 (tied with ODU)	79 (tied with American)
Clinical and Health	33 (tied with Virginia Tech)	58
Computer Science	45 (tied with ODU, UMBC)	73 (tied with George Washington)
Education	56 (tied with ODU, UMBC, William & Mary)	74 (tied with Howard)
Engineering	62 (tied with VCU)	96
Law	5	15
Life Sciences	57	88
Physical Sciences	72 (tied with ODU)	109
Psychology	41 (tied with VCU)	69
Social Sciences	30 (tied with Virginia Tech)	59

National Science Foundation

Read: Mason research shows its strength in NSF report

Category	Among publics	Nationally
Social Sciences	8	11 (best in the DMV)
Computer/Informational Sciences (Federally Funded Research)	11	19
Computer/Informational Sciences (Total Research Funding)	16	24
Engineering	56	78
Overall	77	122

Washington Monthly

Read: 2023 College Guide and Rankings

Category	Among publics	Nationally
Overall	60	91
Pell Grant performance	55 (best in VA)	73
Social mobility	34 (best in VA)	54
Best bang for the buck (Southeast)	8 (best in VA)	25

Forbes

Category	Among publics	Nationally
Overall	40	93

Academic Rankings of World Universities (Shanghai Rankings)

Category	Among Publics	Nationally
Atmospheric Science	18 (best in VA)	25
Business Administration	57	78
Clinical Medicine	39	76
Communication	47 (best in VA)	65
Computer Science	46	73
Earth Science	44 (best in VA, tie with UVA)	60)
Ecology	60	76
Economics	31	57
Education	41	56
Electronic Engineering	50 (best in VA, tie with VCU)	76
Information Science	19	26
Law	10	23
Management	52	79
Materials Science	52	79
Political Science	53	88
Psychology	51	80
Public Administration	33 (best in VA, tie with UVA)	47
Public Health	33	67

Wall Street Journal/College Pulse

Category	Among publics	Nationally
Overall	33	95
Social mobility	41 (best in VA)	56

Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Ed.

Category	Among publics	Nationally
Communications technology	5 (Best in VA)	15
Health, fitness, and recreation	31	67
Homeland Security	18 (Best in VA)	35
Humanities	30	46
Public administration	30	84

Money

Read - In Money’s 2023 College Rankings, Mason is a star

	Overall
Awarded one of America's Best Colleges	4.5/5 Stars

EduRank

Category	Among publics	Nationally
Broadcast journalism	37 (best in VA)	53
Conflict resolution	10 (best in VA)	20
Criminology	19 (best in VA)	25
Data Administration	19 (best in VA)	29
Early childhood education	19	21
Entrepreneurship	1	2
Human rights law	7 (best in VA)	23
Intellectual property law	7 (best in VA)	19
International economics	25	46
International relations	17 (best in VA)	35
Political economy	12 (best in VA)	24
Public policy administration	15 (best in VA)	26
Remote sensing engineering	30 (best in VA)	38
Software engineering	13	18
Special education	27	32
UX/UI design	10	14
Web design	8 (best in VA)	11

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